Same-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage
DENVER (Reuters) - Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado's ban on gay marriage, following a recent string of court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New...
View ArticleIdaho Couples Ask Judge To Rule On Gay Marriage
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four couples suing the state over Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor without a trial, contending the facts of the case and recent...
View ArticleSame-sex couples challenge Colorado ban on gay marriage
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Nine same-sex couples filed suit on Wednesday challenging Colorado's ban on gay marriage following court decisions striking down similar restrictions in New Mexico,...
View ArticleSuit targets Ohio gay marriage ban
A gay married couple has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit asking a judge to overturn Ohio's statewide gay marriage ban because they say it's preventing them and their daughter from enrolling as a...
View ArticleMark Regnerus Claims Gay Marriage Will Lead Straight Men To Stray, Demand...
The professor behind a controversial and heavily criticized gay parenting study is back in the headlines, this time with some eyebrow-raising claims about same-sex marriage. In a clip provided by Good...
View ArticleOregon Won't Defend State's Gay Marriage Ban
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's attorney general will not defend the state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge. Ellen Rosenblum joins fellow Democratic...
View ArticleOregon AG won’t defend “unconstitutional” gay marriage ban
The barriers to same-sex marriage in America received one more serious jolt Thursday. Oregon’s Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum told a federal judge she cannot, and will not, defend the...
View ArticleMcConnell opponent Bevin suggests gay marriage could lead to parents marrying...
Senate contender Matt Bevin (R) of Kentucky suggested Thursday that gay marriage could open the door to allowing parents to marry their children."If it's alright to have same-sex marriages, why not...
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Mitch McConnell's GOP Challenger Suggests That Gay Marriage Could Lead To...
Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Matt Bevin suggested in a radio interview on Wednesday that legalizing gay marriage could lead to marriages between parents and their children."Again, where do you...
View ArticleDelph disciplined for criticizing Senate leaders on gay marriage bill
Eyewitness News has learned Senate President Pro-Tempore David Long is disciplining Sen. Mike Delph for his critical comments regarding senate leadership's handling of HJR-3, the proposed amendment to...
View ArticleNational Briefing | Northwest: Oregon: Attorney General Won’t Defend Ban on...
Oregon will not defend a ban on gay marriage in the state, which was sued by four same-sex couples who say the ban violates the United States Constitution, the state attorney general said. Reported by...
View ArticleAmerica Is in Transition -- and So Is Its Foreign Policy
America is changing. So too is the rest of the world. But will America's internal changes carry broader implications for its role in the world, the influence and power it wields, and the foreign policy...
View ArticleNational Digest: A roundup of news from across the nation
*ILLINOIS* *Same-sex marriage licenses distributed* Same-sex couples in Illinois’s largest county began receiving marriage licenses Friday after a federal judge ruled that they do not have to wait...
View ArticleFriday Talking Points -- From Russian Panties To Animal Skulls
We've got a lot to get to in our weekly roundup of politics this week, it seems. For those watching the Olympics (or trying to, in and amongst the soap opera that is NBC's coverage, and the...
View ArticleNational Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Ban on Gay Marriage Lifted in Cook County
Same-sex couples in Cook County, which includes Chicago, can wed immediately and do not have to wait until a state law legalizing gay marriage takes effect in June, a judge ruled Friday. Reported by...
View ArticleRuling frees gay Chicago couples to marry early
Jubilant same-sex couples began lining up for marriage licenses in Chicago on Friday after a federal judge ruled there was no reason for residents of Illinois' largest county to wait until the state's...
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Senator rebuked for caucus tweet
State Senate President Pro Tem David Long has disciplined a fellow Republican senator who broke caucus rules by using Twitter to tell Hoosiers what would happen with the proposed constitutional gay...
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New Law - King's Husband Can't Be Queen
Next week parliament will vote on the thorny issue of titles for married gay partners. They will be asked to clear up laws dating as far back as 700 years. The changes are needed to ensure a gay...
View ArticleFederal courts, state officials advance same-sex marriage
The legal momentum favors same-sex marriage as state authorities announce that they will not enforce laws that ban gay marriage and as federal judges rule against such laws. Reported by Christian...
View ArticleThe Fix: Why Matt Bevin has fizzled
It's been a lousy couple of weeks for Matt Bevin. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Republican primary challenger dealt with fallout from the revelation the he once backed a government program...
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