The biggest news of the year? The fight in Congress and the ultimate vote in the Senate to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. True, it's only peripherally related to marriage equality, but it makes the argument against a person being able to marry the one they love that much weaker. "You mean he/she can die for his country but you won't let him/her get married??"
Runner up would have to be all events surrounding Proposition 8, from the trial in January to the uplifting decision and subsequent crushing stay issued in August, to the hearing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just weeks ago.
Across the world, more countries instituted marriage equality, while in the United States, the November election brought both good news and bad in the state-by-state march for equal rights.
Enjoy a month by month timeline covering many of the events that affected the fight for marriage equality world wide this year.