gay-marriage

Rich Juzwiak · 09/22/14 04:20PM

A new Pew Research Center poll finds a five percent dip in support for gay marriage (down to 49 percent versus 54 percent in Feburary). Also 50 percent of the public now considers homosexuality a "sin" (versus 45 percent last year). But not casting stones of judgment, imagine that. Keep fighting the good fight.

Allie Jones · 07/17/14 01:03PM

A Florida judge overturned the state's ban on gay marriage today, but the ruling only applies to the Florida Keys. There's a similar case still being tried in Miami-Dade county. The Keys seems like a nice place to get married, and couples can do so starting on Tuesday.

Women Gets Double Mastectomy, Birth Certificate Changed To Wed Woman

Rich Juzwiak · 07/14/14 11:20AM

When Jacki decided she wanted to marry her girlfriend Christine, marriage wasn't yet legal in California, where they live. And so she hatched a plan: "I started looking into transgender," she says, as if it's a new diet or LASIK. "In the eyes of the courts, if I were to have my gender changed to male, just like that she gets my social security, she gets my pension." Jacki had a double mastectomy and her gender on her birth certificate changed to "male." She still goes by "Jacki," and Christine still refers to her as "she."

Aleksander Chan · 07/09/14 08:13PM

Adams County District Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree ruled that Colorado's ban on gay marriage—voted on and approved in 2006—unconstitutional Wednesday. The judge issued a stay on his ruling pending appeals. He also ruled that same-sex marriages performed outside of the state should be recognized.

Navy Vet Sues to Be Buried With Her Late Wife

Allie Jones · 07/08/14 03:15PM

U.S. Navy veteran Madelynn Taylor filed a civil rights suit against the Idaho Division of Veterans Services yesterday, after her request to be buried in the state's vet cemetery with her late wife was denied. Taylor married Jean, who died in 2012, in California in 2008.

Colorado Attorney General Sues to Stop Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Aleksander Chan · 07/03/14 08:40PM

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is suing Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall, who has been issuing same-sex marriage licenses while same-sex marriage is still technically banned in the state. Hall has argued that the ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals last month that struck down Utah's ban on gay marriage keeps her in the clear, because the court's jurisdiction covers Colorado and five other surrounding states.

U.S. Presbyterian Church Votes to Allow Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies

Aleksander Chan · 06/19/14 05:29PM

The largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. voted today in Detroit to allow the clergy to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies in the states where gay marriage is recognized. Passed by 76 percent of its 1.8 million members, the provision will amend the church's Book of Order, or constitution, to now read "two persons" instead of "a man and woman" in its language about marriage.

Wisconsin Judge Puts Same-Sex Marriages on Hold

Kelly Conaboy · 06/14/14 10:30AM

After striking down the unconstitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Wisconsin last week, a move that allowed—in eight days—more than 500 couples to finally wed, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb has ruled to put same-sex marriages on hold while an appeal from Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pending.

Bigoted Old Fart Can't Faze These Women Getting Married

Adam Weinstein · 06/12/14 10:45AM

Two longtime partners joined Milwaukee's parade of recent newlyweds Wednesday afternoon, and not even a grumpy old curmudgeon trying to block their nuptials could put a damper on the courthouse ceremony.

Sarah Hedgecock · 05/22/14 09:20AM

William Roletter and Paul Rowe press close to one another with their new marriage certificate on Wednesday at City Hall in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania became the final Northeastern state and the 19th in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Image via Matt Rourke/AP.