Judge Considers Staying Ohio Gay Marriage Ruling
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge who ordered Ohio to recognize out-of-state gay marriage says he’s inclined to issue a stay of his decision pending appeal. That would mean that most gay couples...
View ArticleJudge Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Pennsylvania
(CNN) — A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, making it the latest in a host of states in which such prohibitions have been declared unconstitutional in the past...
View ArticleCourt to hear Ohio gay marriage arguments
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court will hear arguments in gay marriage fights from Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee in the biggest session of its kind so far. A three-judge panel of the 6th...
View ArticleSupreme Court refuses to rule on same-sex marriage
Watch Video (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Monday it is staying out of the same-sex marriage debate – at least for now. The high court rejected requests from five states to immediately review...
View ArticleCourt upholds gay marriage ban in Ohio
CINCINNATI, Ohio- A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has upheld anti-gay marriage laws in four states, including Ohio, breaking ranks with other courts that have considered the issue and setting up...
View ArticleThen there were 12: Nebraska ordered to end same-sex marriage ban
(CNN) — What a difference a couple of years makes. A federal judge has struck down Nebraska’s ban on same-sex marriage, calling it an “unabashedly gender-specific infringement of the equal rights of...
View ArticleThis excerpt from the Supreme Court ruling is moving people to tears
WASHINGTON- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy authored Friday’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states. In closing his opinion, he wrote this passage, which is moving many to...
View ArticleSupreme Court same sex ruling:some things you need to know to get married in...
CLEVELAND – A Cuyahoga County Probate Court has started issuing marriage license to gay couples following the Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states. The...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Same-sex marriage ruling has ‘made our union a little more...
WASHINGTON, D.C.– President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court’s ruling giving same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide represents a day when justice “arrives like a thunderbolt.” The president,...
View ArticleSupreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide
Watch Video WASHINGTON — In a landmark opinion, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that states, including here in Ohio, cannot ban same-sex marriage, handing gay rights advocates their biggest victory yet....
View ArticleSame-sex marriage rally at Cleveland City Hall
CLEVELAND- While praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, the Cleveland City Council announced it will join a celebratory rally at the steps of city hall. Councilman Joe Cimperman...
View ArticleFirst same-sex marriages performed in Cleveland
CLEVELAND- Several couples were married Friday afternoon in Cuyahoga County Probate Court after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. Chris Richardson and Keith...
View ArticleOhio leaders react to Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling
CLEVELAND- In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio: “The issue of marriage equality is one that...
View ArticleLockwood polygamist family seeks right to marriage
Watch Video BILLINGS, MT — Given the Supreme Court’s recent groundbreaking decision on gay marriage, one Lockwood, Montana family is now looking to solidify rights of its own. According to KTVQ, the...
View ArticleSix couples get married in Akron to celebrate marriage equality
AKRON, Ohio–The landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this year brought several couples to Akron Saturday night. Six couples participated in a “mass wedding,” sending the collective...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses
WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court on Monday night denied an emergency application from a Kentucky clerk who has been refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her religious objections to same-sex...
View ArticlePlugged In: Court clerk wages moral war over institution of marriage
MOREHEAD, Kentucky — 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. Davis was then an unlikely...
View ArticleJudge orders Kentucky clerk to jail for refusing marriage licenses to...
ASHLAND, Ky.–Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis couldn’t be swayed to heed a U.S. Supreme Court order legalizing same-sex marriage, so on Thursday a federal judge held her in contempt and remanded...
View ArticleKim Davis is jailed; clerk’s office to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
ROWAN COUNTY, Kentucky — For the first time since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, same-sex couples in Rowan County, Kentucky, will be able to pick up marriage licenses at the clerk’s...
View ArticleCouple seeks right to marry: The hitch? They’re legally father and son
ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. — The legalization of same-sex marriage has given way to a new problem for a Pennsylvania couple, who technically are father and son. Before states across the country began striking...
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