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.
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.
No gay marriage in Miss. during appeals process
Same-sex marriages won’t be allowed in Mississippi while the state defends its gay-marriage ban, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
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.
Miss. attorneys seek to uphold ban on gay marriage
Mississippi’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general are asking a federal judge to uphold the state’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.
Same-sex marriages begin in the South
Gay and lesbian couples are getting legally married in the South for the first time, crossing a threshold into a conservative region that long stood united against same-sex marriage.
ACLU wants to file brief in same-sex divorce case
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to file a brief in support of a woman who wants the state of Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
Rights of same-sex military spouses vary by state
On the wall over her bunk in Kuwait, Marine Cpl. Nivia Huskey proudly displays a collection of sonogram printouts of the baby boy her pregnant spouse is carrying back home in North Carolina.
Same-sex couple files marriage license in Oktibbeha
Ravi Perry and Paris Prince went to Oktibbeha County’s courthouse Wednesday and filed their marriage license with the government, a mundane task couples complete on a routine basis.
AG briefs due in same-sex divorce case
The state Attorney General’s Office has until Aug. 14 to file briefs in a case involving a DeSoto County woman who wants Mississippi to recognize her same-sex marriage in order to grant a divorce.
History shades Arkansas’ gay marriage debate
Fifty-seven years after federal troops escorted nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School as a white mob jeered, Arkansas again finds itself in the center of a debate over civil rights. This time, the issue is gay marriage, but the 1957 desegregation crisis still casts a shadow.