Miss. justices dislike delay in gay-divorce ruling
Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices said Thursday that the court should find the state’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and not wait for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Miss. high court hears arguments over same-sex divorce
Mississippi, which does not allow same-sex marriages, should find a way to grant a divorce to a DeSoto County woman who married another woman in California in 2008.
Appeal leaves gay marriage status in limbo
For weeks, Rebecca “Becky” Bickett and her longtime partner Andrea Sanders kept a bag packed with wedding clothes.
Miss. appeal on gay-marriage set for Jan. 9
Three federal appeals court judges will hear arguments next month about Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Date set in Mississippi same-sex divorce case
The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 21 from a woman who wants the state to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
Judge mulls challenge to Miss. gay marriage ban
A federal judge heard five hours of arguments Wednesday about whether to overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Hearing set on challenge to Miss. gay marriage ban
A federal judge will hear arguments next week in a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Three states deny gay unions despite appellate rulings
The writing is on the wall for gay marriage bans in Kansas, Montana and South Carolina.
Miss. ban on same-sex marriage challenged in suit
A gay-rights group and two lesbian couples filed a federal lawsuit Monday to try to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in Mississippi.
After Senate win, gay groups shift focus to Obama
WASHINGTON — Moments after the Senate passed a historic measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, activists turned their attention toward President Barack Obama and
Senate moving ahead on gay rights bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate is moving forward on the first major bill barring workplace discrimination against gays in nearly two decades as Americans’ shifting views
Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates from both parties are newly upbeat about the prospects for Senate passage of legislation that would bar employers from discriminating
Leonard Pitts: Right decision, wrong reason
Let there be no cheers for Rob Portman.
The Ohio senator is, pardon the tautology, a conservative Republican and last week, he did something conservative Republicans do not do. He came out for same-sex marriage.
Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks
The evangelical pastor chosen to give the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration withdrew from the ceremony Thursday after remarks surfaced that he made two decades ago condemning the gay rights movement.