Utah Attorney General Makes Gay Adoption Harder
It is more difficult for newly married same-sex couples in Utah to adopt, according to lawyers handling such cases, after the attorney general on Monday began urging judges to reject adoption...
View ArticleGays in America's south take heart after week that turned back Republican tide
Boycott threats and growing power of the gay dollar combine to defeat bids to pass discriminatory state laws across the south Blue Ridge, Georgia, a logging town in the state's Appalachian foothills,...
View ArticlePoll detects major shift in American attitudes on gay marriage
Fifty-three percent of Americans now support same-sex marriage, up from 32 percent a decade ago. Reported by Deseret News 19 hours ago.
View ArticleOld friends, opposite sides on Texas gay-marriage issue
The battle over the legalization of same-sex marriage in Texas has put law school pals Mark Phariss and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on opposite ends of one of the nation’s most contentious...
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This was a week of expansion and contraction. Equal rights were allowed to continue expanding in Arizona, where Governor Jan Brewer vetoed an anti-gay bill masquerading as a "religious freedom" bill,...
View ArticleTrail Life USA, Scouting Group Which Excludes Gay Boys, Growing In Popularity
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) — Chatting in the living room one night, Ron Orr gave his 15-year-old son Andrew a choice: He could stick with the Boy Scouts of America and his mission to become an...
View ArticleLone Star Politics: Firestorm over judge's gay marriage ruling
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View ArticleRodd Douthat looks at gay marriage and wonders what’s love got to do with it
That it’s only the thrill Of boy meeting girl Opposites attract - What’s Love Got To Do With It (Britten,Lyle) Ross Douthat is sad. And disheartened. And much like Lili von Schtupp: everything below...
View ArticleSupporters of lifting gay marriage and adoption bans in Michigan gather...
The nearly 100 in attendance were there in a show of support for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, two Hazel Park nurses arguing in court that the gay marriage and adoption bans in Michigan violate their...
View ArticleJudge dismisses witness in Mich. gay marriage trial
Dismissal deals blow to state in its argument against same-sex marriage. Reported by USATODAY.com 3 hours ago.
View ArticleOregon gears for battle over same-sex marriage
Oregon is poised to be the only state to vote on the issue of gay marriage this year — a ballot initiative to overturn an amendment to the state constitution passed a decade ago that defines marriage...
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Oakland County Clerk to testify in trial challenging Michigan's ban on gay...
Detroit — Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown is expected to testify Monday in the second week of the federal trial of a lawsuit filed by two Hazel Park women seeking to strike down Michigan's bans on...
View ArticleConservative NYT Columnist on What to Expect When Gay Marriage Becomes Legal...
A conservative New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat, writes that it's perhaps only a matter of time when same-sex marriage becomes legal in all 50 states, ruminating on what it might be like for...
View ArticleOregon gears for battle over same-sex marriage
Oregon is poised to be the only state to vote on the issue of gay marriage this year — a ballot initiative to overturn an amendment to the state constitution passed a decade ago that defines marriage...
View ArticleClerk: If ban is overturned, same-sex marriage licenses will be immediate
If a federal judge overturns Michigan's ban on gay marriage, Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown says she'll immediately start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples -- even if the state attorney...
View ArticleClerk will follow judges orders on gay marriage
DETROIT (AP) - The elected clerk of a Detroit-area county says shell follow the orders of a judge when it comes to same-sex marriage, not Michigans attorney general. Lisa Brown of Oakland County...
View ArticleClerk Will Follow Judge's Orders on Gay Marriage
Michigan trial on gay marriage ban enters 2nd week; county clerk says she'll follow judge Reported by ABCNews.com 7 hours ago.
View ArticleClerk will follow judge's orders on gay marriage
The elected clerk of a Detroit-area county says she'll follow the orders of a judge when it comes to same-sex marriage, not Michigan's attorney general. Reported by Miami Herald 7 hours ago.
View ArticleHistorical Expert Barred as Witness in Michigan's Gay Marriage Trial
A judge barred a student who was to present a historical defense of marriage between a man and a woman at Michigan's gay marriage trial, saying he might become an expert witness someday but isn't one...
View ArticleHuman Tipping Points: Why I'm Optimistic About Solutions to Global Warming...
Many people worry about "tipping points" in the climate system. For example, could a small increase in Arctic temperatures cause a major methane release with accelerated global warming? Will a little...
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