After the Supreme Court ruled in June 2015 that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, thousands of same-sex couples got their marriage certificates. It has been a joyful time for many, as they have finally been able to exchange their vows with those who they have loved for years. Despite all of the […]

If you are like most people, then you have probably heard about at least one of the many things in the news related to gay marriage since the Supreme Court’s ruling. If you have been living under a rock, gay marriage was made legal in every state in June. There have been a wide range […]

The Supreme Court has spoken on same-sex marriage. Some would think that the highest court in the land would have the final word on the law in this regard, but some voices from a post-marriage equality nation are quite the opposite. Texas  – “Numerous lawyers stand ready to assist clerks defending their religious liberties,” says […]

Love wins on the hill this week as the U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry everywhere in the country. What is not as clear to many of the people that celebrate the result, though, is how the court determined that the right to marry a partner of […]

An apologizing evangelical walks in his first Pride Parade, and experiences an overwhelming outpouring of love and acceptance from those in attendance. While he has been a long-time stalwart support of full inclusion and equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer (LGBTQ) communities in the faith space, he had also been consistently warned […]

Among states considering “religious protection” laws, Indiana stepped up into the line of fire, and drew heavy fire. Utah seems to have worked around many of the challenges faced by Indiana, Arkansas, and others by also passing explicit protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals alongside the “religious protection” law that the Church […]

Thousands of parishioners at City Church in San Francisco can now open their hearts to their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community members with full fellowship in the evangelical church. While it has always been open to the LGBTQ community, the church’s official policy in the past required celibacy of gay members to […]

Announcing the acceptance of four appeals that relate to issues of same-sex marriage in America, the U.S. Supreme Court takes the first step toward addressing directly one of the hottest political questions of the past decade. State after state in the nation has either passed laws permitting gay marriage or attempted to restrict and avoid […]

Updates on Gay Marriage News Around the United States Now that gay marriage is legal in more than half the states, many states are having to ramp up their arguments as they fight the bans that are being overturned in their state courts. Two recent states that have been in gay marriage news reports are […]

Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state of New York since 2011, but there are still business owners in the state who are slow to accept the legal and social change. Cynthia and Robert Gifford, owners of Liberty Ridge Farm in upstate New York recently found themselves at the heart of a debate that […]