American Support For LGBT Causes Rises Sharply Across Religious, Political...
WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans’ attitudes toward the lives and choices of gays and lesbians have changed radically since Massachusetts first legalized same–sex marriage a decade ago. A new survey finds a...
View ArticleMost Americans Now Support Gay Marriage, According to Survey
Support for gay marriage has surged in the United States in a decade with just over half of Americans now behind the idea, according to a survey released Wednesday. Reported by msnbc.com 2...
View ArticleLive coverage: Day 2 of Michigan same-sex marriage trial
Follow Free Press staff writer Tresa Baldas from Michigan's highly anticipated gay marriage trial, as it gets underway today in Detroit, where a federal judge will hear the pros and cons of raising...
View ArticlePrince William County clerk will appeal overturn of Va. gay marriage ban
VIRGINIA By The Associated Press February 26, 2014 - 10:04 am (Photo: Associated Press) Decrease Increase Text size NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Prince William County Circuit Court clerk plans Reported by...
View ArticleGovBeat: States are for losers — or why gay-marriage backers suddenly want...
(Note: We at GovBeat don’t actually think states are for losers.) Beliefs about the role of the federal government may not run all that deep. It was a debate central to the founding of the nation — one...
View ArticleProfessor Defends Homes Led by Same-Sex Couples
Professor at Michigan gay-marriage trial says kids of same-sex parents not disadvantaged Reported by ABCNews.com 4 hours ago.
View ArticleNotice of appeal in Virginia gay marriage ruling filed
Norfolk, Va. — A second clerk plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling that declares Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, according to a notice filed in federal court Tuesday....
View ArticleNotice of Appeal in Va. Gay Marriage Ruling Filed
Second clerk to appeal ruling declaring Virginia's gay marriage ban unconstitutional Reported by ABCNews.com 4 hours ago.
View ArticleSecond Clerk Plans To Appeal Virginia Gay Marriage Ruling
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A second clerk plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling that declares Virginia's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, according to a notice filed in federal court Tuesday....
View ArticleWhy the Arizona 'Gay' Bill is Too Broad--and Why the Left is Wrong About It
I've written previously about the actual text of SB 1062, the controversial Arizona bill that critics say would allow business owners to discriminate against gays. The bill creates a legal defense...
View ArticleWis. AG: Holder's Gay Marriage Comments 'Dangerous'
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's comments giving state attorneys general permission to ignore gay marriage bans was a "dangerous precedent to set."...
View ArticleCompeting gay marriage briefs filed in federal appeals court
Lawyers on both sides of gay marriage — one defending Oklahoma's gay marriage ban and the other seeking to eliminate Utah's ban — filed briefs this week in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
View ArticleNotice of appeal in Va. gay marriage ruling filed
NORFOLK, Va. Reported by MyNorthwest.com 1 hour ago.
View ArticleProfessor defends homes led by same-sex couples
DETROIT (AP) - A sociologist testifying at Michigans gay marriage trial says research clearly shows that children raised by same-sex parents suffer no disadvantage when compared to other kids. Michael...
View ArticleLouisiana AG hires special counsel to fight challenges to gay marriage ban
Louisiana is bringing in a pinch hitter to bat away any challenges to the state's gay marriage ban, state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell confirmed Tuesday (Feb. 25).Caldwell's office will enlist the...
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Arizona governor weighs fate of bill critics call anti-gay
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, under mounting pressure to veto a bill described by critics as a license to discriminate against gays in the name of religion, was...
View ArticleTexas Gay Marriage: Federal Judge Strikes Down Ban
On Wednesday, Judge Orlando Garcia struck down the ban on gay marriage in Texas. The judge went on saying that he did not do it to defy the people of Texas, but to comply with the U.S. constitution....
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Major Conservative Party Donor Ditches Cameron Over Same-Sex Marriage
A long-standing billionaire donor to the Conservative Party was yesterday confirmed to have ceased his backing for David Cameron's party after the Tories championed the same-sex marriage bill in July...
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Trial challenging Michigan's adoption law, gay marriage ban to resume with...
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down Michigan's bans on adoption for same sex couples and gay marriage will continue to present their case Thursday before U.S....
View ArticleTexas pol's gay marriage gaffe
A Republican state senator seems to have a change of heart about the definition of marriage. Reported by Politico 8 hours ago.
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