Bipartisan Bill Moves to Protect Religious Foster Care
Lawmakers are considering a bill to protect religious foster care and adoption agencies in response to recent crackdowns on religious charities by state and local governments.
Gay Marriage
Families Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences If Adoption Agencies Are Shut Down Over Gay Marriage Beliefs
A number of former foster children who are now helping others find homes through faith-based adoption agencies told a Michigan court on Thursday that there will be ‘devastating’ consequences if such agencies are shut down over their views on gay marriage.
Christian Florist Wins at Supreme Court in Gay Wedding Case
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday handed a major religious liberty win to a Washington state Christian florist, vacating a lower court ruling that had required her to design an arrangement for a gay marriage ceremony.
Supreme Court rules for Colorado baker who refused to make cake for same-sex wedding
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Colorado baker who objected to making a cake for a gay couple’s wedding due to his religious opposition to gay marriage.
State pays $300K to magistrate who refused to marry gays
North Carolina is paying a $300,000 legal settlement to a former magistrate who resigned under duress because she said her religious beliefs prevented her from marrying gay couples.
Opposition to same-sex marriage boosts presidential candidate in Costa Rica
A popular revolt against the imposition of same-sex marriage has transformed the political landscape of Costa Rica, propelling a once-obscure Christian evangelical singer to a first-place finish in presidential voting this month and putting the outspoken critic of gay marriage in a strong position to win the spring runoff.
Conservative Christian leads Costa Rica presidential vote, run-off likely
Conservative Christian singer and TV anchor Fabricio Alvarado held a strong lead in Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday, after galvanizing the campaign with his sharp opposition to gay marriage, but a run-off vote looked certain.
Australia poised to legalize same-sex marriage after citizens voice majority support for change
Australia is poised to become the 26th nation to legalize gay marriage after the results of a survey were revealed Wednesday showing a majority support redefining the marital union to include same-sex couples.
Australia same-sex marriage poll: Perth Church leaders come out for ‘yes’ vote
A number of senior church leaders in Perth are coming together to launch Australian Christians for Marriage Equality in support of the ‘yes’ vote in the country’s postal survey on gay marriage.
Germans celebrate first gay marriages
Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende – two civil servants from Berlin – became the first gay couple to marry in Germany on Sunday after parliament voted in June to allow lesbian and gay couples to marry and adopt children.
Judge Orders Defiant Kentucky Clerk to Jail for Standing by Her Christian Beliefs
A Kentucky county clerk was jailed on Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, and a full day of court hearings failed to put an end to her two-month-old legal fight over a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage.
Court: Colorado bakers must eat beliefs and make wedding cakes for gay couples
A Colorado appeals court Thursday ruled that a Denver baker can’t refuse service to a gay couple seeking a wedding cake because of his beliefs, the latest blow for religious liberty and a decision the ACLU said opens the door for a national fight.
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.
Polygamous Montana Trio Applies for Wedding License
A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license so that he can legally wed his second wife.
EU to push for same sex marriages to be accepted across continent
Same sex marriage should be legal across Europe, a senior EU official has said, as he gave his backing to campaigners who argue that unions should be recognized under freedom of movement rules.
Gay marriage fight may be over, but new battlegrounds opening up
The dust didn’t settle on the Supreme Court’s landmark gay marriage ruling before advocates began announcing their next agenda items in the fight for equality.
US Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry nationwide, in a historic decision that invalidates gay marriage bans in more than a dozen states.
Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage
Amy Tincher is an evangelical Christian who plays bass in the band at her suburban Ohio church, where she and her fellow congregants firmly believe the “words we adhere to” are those in the Bible. But last summer, without telling her husband and two kids exactly what she was doing, she boarded a plane for a conference in Kansas whose purpose many evangelicals would plainly consider heretical.
Judge’s Decision Defies California Law and Paves the Way For “Spouse” Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
SACRAMENTO-The recent decision by Judge A. James Robertson II to allow a wrongful death lawsuit to go forward in a case filed by a surviving same-sex partner defies not only California law but also paves the way for passage of Assembly Bill 25, claims Capitol Resource Institute (CRI), a leading pro-family organization based in Sacramento.