61.   By law, California only issues marriage licenses to heterosexual couples.

62.   Currently only heterosexual married couples and single people are allowed to adopt.

63.   Families brought their children, and some heterosexual couples walked hand-in-hand.

64.   Gay marriages are legal in Norway, with all the rights of a heterosexual couple except for a church wedding and adoption.

65.   Gay rights activists are pushing for a law that would grant homosexual couples housing and health benefits enjoyed by married heterosexual couples.

66.   Gay rights activists in Brazil have long sought a whole range of benefits and rights for homosexuals that are now available to heterosexual couples.

67.   In the Netherlands, gay couples and unmarried heterosexual couples can apply for court approval to adopt children after living together for three years.

68.   Known as PACS, it provides fiscal and social advantages to homosexual couples and unwed heterosexual couples.

69.   Lawmakers on Thursday granted legal benefits to heterosexual couples with common law marriages but denied the rights to same-sex partners, angering gay and lesbian groups.

70.   Like heterosexual married couples, gay couples under the new laws are able to apply for court approval to adopt children after living together for three years.