Same-Sex Couples

VA Supreme Court Recognizes Unmarried Same-Sex Couples Legal To Divorce

The Virginia Supreme Court has now officially legalized the divorce law to unmarried same-sex couple...

May 03, 2016 12:20 PM EDT

South Korea To Give Legal Protection To Same-Sex US Military Couples

Same-sex spouses in the U.S. military who are based in South Korea will be given legal protection. T...

Apr 18, 2016 01:32 AM EDT

Kentucky Governor OKs Removal of Clerks' Names From Marriage Licenses

Kentucky governor Matt Bevin has signed the bill that will remove the clerks' names from marriage li...

Apr 14, 2016 01:24 AM EDT

Christian Magistrate plans to take legal actions against Michael Gove for sacking him over same sex adoption

Things turned to legal actions after Richard Page was sacked over his comments regarding same sex ad...

Mar 14, 2016 06:58 AM EDT

Kim Davis Update: Obeying Orders and Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses; ACLU's Bid To Reissue Unsigned Licenses Denied

A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has obeyed the orders that were issued regar...

Feb 10, 2016 12:13 AM EST

China Passes its 1st Anti-Domestic Violence Law; Excludes Same-Sex Couples

For the first time, China has passed its anti-domestic violence law. Nevertheless, the law does not ...

Dec 28, 2015 01:36 AM EST

Slovenia Says No to Same-Sex Marriage in a Referendum; Bill discarded in a public vote

Slovenia rejects the proposed same-sex marriage bill by its Parliament. Nearly two-thirds of the vot...

Dec 22, 2015 07:14 AM EST

Chinese man from Hunan urges China to legalize same-sex marriage

Sun Wenlin filed a complaint against Changsa Furong District regarding LGBT's right to get married....

Dec 22, 2015 03:16 AM EST

Washington state florist fined for refusing to service gay wedding

A judge in Washington state on Friday fined a florist $1,000 after she refused to sell flower arrang...

Mar 28, 2015 08:33 AM EDT

Pope names moderate as Chicago archbishop, key role in U.S. Church

Pope Francis, in his first major appointment in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United S...

Sep 21, 2014 12:16 AM EDT

Defense of Marriage Act: Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Provision on Same Sex Marriage Benefits; 'Historic Day,' Lawmaker Says

With two landmark decisions, the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 law blocking federal recognition...

Jun 26, 2013 12:16 PM EDT

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