The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 18, 2013 Britain Legalizes Same Sex-Marriage Beginning in 2014 ------------------------------------------------------ Lawmakers in Britain have voted to legalize gay marriage beginning next year. Britain becomes the 15th country to equalize marriage, joining recent countries including France, Uruguay and New Zealand. .