Shelly Phillips works in an office at the First United Methodist Church in Laramie, Wyoming, and rarely donates to political candidates. But in December, she sent a small donation to David Ermold, who wants to be the next clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) from where she lives.
Read moreCatholic Social Services has sued Philadelphia in federal court, claiming the City Council unconstitutionally stopped placing children in its foster homes because of the church’s opposition to gay marriage, “prioritiz(ing) political grandstanding over the needs of children.”
Read moreA federal judge ruled Thursday that Christian foster families may intervene in same-sex couples’ challenge of a Michigan policy allowing state-funded private adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian prospective parents for religious reasons.
Read moreAn Oregon judge has been barred from the courtroom for three years, after the state Supreme Court found he undermined public confidence in the judiciary by refusing to perform same-sex marriages, letting a felon under his supervision handle a gun and repeatedly lying during investigations into his actions.
Read moreNew York, California and 17 other states filed a brief with the Eighth Circuit arguing against a Minnesota couple who claim they should not be forced to make wedding videos for gay couples because of their religious beliefs.
Read moreBritain says it’s disappointed that Bermuda has abolished same-sex marriage, which was legalized in the British island territory last year.
Read moreA California bakery owner can continue to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge ruled.
Read moreAt a hearing reminiscent of the movie “Groundhog Day,” the question of what the true issues at stake are in a case between the state, a same-sex couple, and the Bakersfield baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for them, kept popping up over and over again on Friday.
Read moreAn American woman whose wife is from Italy brought a federal complaint Monday against the State Department, claiming it cited an internal agency policy to unfairly deny one of their sons birthright U.S. citizenship.
Read moreVideo of the historic bench trial that led to the overturning of California’s ban on same-sex marriage will remain sealed for years to come, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreTwo men claim in a federal complaint that they were horrified on the eve of their wedding to find that Vistaprint had mailed them religious pamphlets instead of customized programs they had ordered.
Read moreRomania’s refusal to recognize gay marriage does not mean it can deny residency rights to a citizen’s American husband, an adviser to the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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In an echo of the high-profile gay wedding cake case before the U.S. Supreme Court, California this week sued a Bakersfield bakery to stop it from discriminating against same-sex couples.
Read moreItaly’s refusal to legally recognize the marriages of same-sex couples married abroad violates the couples’ rights to respect for private and family life, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
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Australia’s Parliament voted Thursday to allow same-sex marriage across the nation, following a bitter debate settled by a much-criticized government survey of voters that strongly endorsed change.
Read moreDavid Ermold returned to the Rowan County courthouse Wednesday, nearly two years after Clerk Kim Davis refused to give him a marriage license because he was gay.
Read moreConsidering the case of a Christian baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a gay couple, the U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled Tuesday to find a balance that would protect free speech without opening the door for widespread discrimination.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up Houston’s request for clarity on whether the legalization of same-sex marriage means the city must provide taxpayer-funded benefits to the spouses of its homosexual employees.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday over whether a Colorado baker had a right to decline to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, in a case that pits First Amendment protections against anti-discrimination laws.
Read moreAn Arkansas law that prohibits local governments from passing civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer people is clearly unconstitutional, a legal analysis by NYU’s College of Global Public Health found.
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