Lawyers

• 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 couples. The long-held Virginia law ruled out that the man in a sae-sex relationship must continue to pay spousal support because the right for same-sex couples to marry had little to do with the issue of spousal support.

• 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. The Defense Department documents have confirmed this.

• 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 licenses. This comes after a county clerk was jailed last year for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

• 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 adoption. The magistrate will take the issue to the courts.

• 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 regarding the marriage license issuance. American Civil Liberties Union was also denied a request after they wanted her to reissue the unsigned licenses.

• 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 protect gay couples.

• 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 voters discarded the law in a public vote.

• 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. The complaint is said to be a major test case for the government of China.

• 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 arrangements for a gay couple's wedding, officials said.

• 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 States, on Saturday named Bishop Blase Cupich as the new archbishop of Chicago.

• 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 of gay marriage, and it allowed gay marriage to resume in California by declining to decide a separate case.