SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A parade that at times resembled a rainbow-colored dance party snaked Sunday through downtown San Francisco, the centerpiece of a celebration of a freshly endorsed right to marry even as advocates look ahead to new frontiers in the struggle for equality. Cheerleaders, dancers and proud families of lesbians and gays swooped […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took to Twitter to praise the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision as “a big step in our march toward equality.” Obama plans to deliver a statement Friday morning from the White House Rose Garden on the ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states. […]
With 34 areas reporting from 43 voting blocks, Ireland has become the first nation to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. This is despite the strong…
With 34 areas reporting from 43 voting blocks, Ireland has become the first nation to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. This is despite the strong…
The state of Alabama is again at the forefront of change in the United States. It’s been reported that a handful of its cities and…
Alabama’s only openly gay lawmaker is threatening to expose state politicians who have extramarital affairs but say gay marriage is immoral or bad for children.…
MIAMI (AP) — A local judge provided a jump-start Monday to Florida’s entry as the 36th state where gays and lesbians can legally marry, saying she saw no reason why same-sex couples couldn’t immediately get their licenses in Miami-Dade County ahead of a midnight launch statewide. The addition of Florida’s 19.9 million people means 70 […]
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge who mistakenly approved a divorce between two women vacated his decision because their marriage isn’t recognized under state law. Brenda Mohney and Erin O’Leary married in California in 2008, but only Mohney appeared during the divorce proceedings and an Athens County judge didn’t realize both parties are women […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gay couples began getting married Thursday in Las Vegas — the self-proclaimed marriage capital of the world — ending a dizzying legal fight that had kept them waiting for days. Thomas Topovski cried as the Clark County clerk announced to cheers that marriage licenses would finally be issued. He and Jefferson […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast and sent couples racing to pick up licenses. U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III called the plaintiffs — a widow, 11 couples and one couple’s teenage daughters — courageous […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge is expected to issue what could be the most sweeping ruling yet for gay marriage in Ohio by ordering the state to recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in states that allow same-sex marriage. Judge Timothy Black indicated in court on April 4 that he expects to […]
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan state agencies won’t immediately recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages that were performed in the hours before an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that tossed out a state ban on gay marriage, the governor’s office said Sunday. About 300 couples wed Saturday in four Michigan counties before a federal […]
