Jailed clerk vows not to back down, no resolution in sight
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will spend Labor Day weekend in isolation at the Carter County Detention Center with her Bible and her clear conscience.
With clerk jailed, gay Kentucky couple gets marriage license
A gay couple emerged from the office of a defiant county clerk with a marriage license in hand Friday morning, embracing and crying after a lengthy standoff that landed the clerk in jail for her refusal to issue the licenses because she opposed same-sex marriage.
Ky. clerk gets help from GOP state Senate president
The Republican president of the Kentucky state Senate has asked a federal judge to withhold his ruling ordering a county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Clerk in gay marriage fight once unlikely to wage moral war
Kim Davis sat in a church pew on a Sunday morning about four years ago, listening as the man in the pulpit preached of forgiveness and God’s grace.
Kentucky clerk still won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses
A county clerk has again refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, invoking her religious beliefs and “God’s authority” — this time in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against her.
Gay couples win, but still lose after Kentucky judge’s order
Two same-sex couples in this small eastern Kentucky county got everything they wanted in a ruling from a federal judge Monday, except for one sentence.
AP-GfK Poll: Americans divided over same-sex marriage
People in the United States are evenly divided over the Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
Justice Kennedy compares gay marriage uproar to flag burning
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday likened controversy over the court’s decision to allow gay marriage to public reaction over the 1989 ruling that said burning an American flag was protected free speech.
American Samoa questions gay marriage validity in territory
American Samoa stands as the only U.S. territory to hold out against the recent Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.
Patrick Buchanan: Quo vadis, America?
“Natural law — God’s law — will always trump common law,” said Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a Christian leader in her own right, “God will have the final word in this matter.”
Same-sex marriage: Local counties prepared to issue licenses
Same-sex couples in the Golden Triangle were able to receive marriage licenses for the first time Monday, but none were issued.
Professor: Gay couples still face hurdles despite court ruling
The first time they met, June and Bette were too shy to talk to one another.
Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court declared today that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.
Supreme Court ruling against gay marriage could cause legal ‘chaos’
Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in the next few weeks.
After historic arguments, court to rule on same-sex marriage
Pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote could decide the same-sex marriage issue for the nation, did not tip his hand Tuesday in historic arguments at the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court to hear historic same-sex marriage arguments
The Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land.
Groups ask judge to order gay-marriage licenses in Alabama
A group of civil rights organizations filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge to order Alabama probate judges to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and to expand a suit challenging the state’s gay-marriage ban.
Major survey shows most Americans support same-sex marriage
In the late 1980s, support for gay marriage was essentially unheard of in America. Just a quarter century later, it’s now favored by clear majority of Americans.
A defiant Alabama regains ground against gay marriage
Alabama’s stand against same-sex marriage regained ground Wednesday after the state’s highest court ruled that its ban remains legal.
Alabama probate judges ordered to halt gay wedding licenses
Probate judges must again decide whether to issue wedding licenses to gay couples after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is legal, despite a federal court’s decision to the contrary.