Same-Sex Marriage Headlines

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FILE - This Wednesday, July 31, 2013 photo shows Gov. Tom Corbett at Dow Chemical's new research-and-development facility in Collegeville, Pa. Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a morning TV news show, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The Pennsylvania governor was on WHP-TV in Harrisburg speaking about gay marriage when an anchor asked about a statement his lawyers made in a recent court filing, comparing the marriage of gay couples to the marriage of children because neither can legally marry in the state. Corbett, a lawyer, former federal prosecutor and state attorney general, also said he does not think a pending legal challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage belongs in federal court. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pa. gov: Gay marriage is like marriage of siblings

Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a Friday morning TV news show, a remark that was quickly condemned by advocates involved in the state's ongoing battle over whether to allow gays to wed. ...

Colorado Editorial Roundup

A sampling of recent editorials from Colorado newspapers: The Denver Post, Sept. 27, on Sen. Kent Lambert's remarks on civil unions: We learned earlier this week that homosexuality causes heavy rains — so says Colorado pastor and radio host Kevin Swanson — but did you also know the gay agenda ...

News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT

Enrollment for health coverage begins LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Uninsured Kentuckians swarmed to the state's online health insurance marketplace Tuesday, but technical snafus temporarily delayed signing up people for coverage on the opening day of enrollment as the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got off to a ...

Kentucky defends same-sex marriage ban

Kentucky's Attorney General is defending the state's same-sex marriage ban, saying it should stand even though his office acknowledges overturning it would grant gay couples the same legal protections as straight couples. In an 18-page filing in federal court in Louisville, Assistant Attorney General Clay Barkley asked U.S. District Judge ...

Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers

The Times, Munster. Sept. 30, 2013. Generating jobs will help Hoosier families As much as Hoosiers profess to love their children, the new report on the Status of Girls in Indiana is sobering. The report compares Hoosier girls ages 10 to 19 with their peers in other states on a ...

Ga. woman not allowed to change name on license

A Georgia woman says state officials won't allow her to change her name on her driver's license to reflect her marriage to her wife. Danielle McCollum was trying to add the last name of her wife, Shakira Tucker, to her Georgia driver's license this month, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/15BsqAW). ...

NJ legal battle over gay marriage will continue

A judge's ruling Friday that New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry will not be the last word on the issue after Gov. Chris Christie's administration said it would appeal to a higher court. The judge, Mary Jacobson, sided with gay and lesbian couples and a gay rights group ...

FILE - In this May 1, 2008 file photo, a truck passes a pump at an Exxon Mobil station in Williamsville, N.Y. Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday, Sept. 28, 2013, that it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time starting the first week of October 2013. The company says it will recognize "all legal marriages" when it determines eligibility for health care plans for the company's 77,000 employees and retirees in the U.S. (AP Photo/David Duprey, file)

Exxon to offer benefits to same-sex couples in US

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time starting next week. The company says it will recognize "all legal marriages" when it determines eligibility for health care plans for the company's 77,000 employees and retirees ...

Cindy Meneghin, right, kisses her partner Maureen Kilian, both from Butler, N.J., during a rally at Garden State Equality in Montclair, N.J., hours after a Superior Court Judge ruled that New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Meneghin has been with Kilian for 39 years. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled it legal for gay couples to marry in the state beginning Oct. 21, 2013. The ruling comes after a group of gay marriage supporters sued the state in July, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of a law that blocked the federal government from granting benefits to gay couples. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

NJ judge: State must allow gay couples to marry

New Jersey is unconstitutionally denying federal benefits to gay couples and must allow them to marry, a judge ruled Friday. Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson sided almost entirely with a group of same-sex couples and gay rights groups who sued the state in July days after the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Woman asks Miss. to recognize her gay marriage

A woman is asking the conservative state of Mississippi to recognize her out-of-state gay marriage so that she can get a divorce. Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham (Chick AH' luh-CHAT' um) married her wife, Dana Ann Melancon, in California, but the couple lived together in Southaven, Miss., until they separated in 2010. ...

Italy pasta exec's comments on gays spur anger

An executive of the Italy-based pasta maker Barilla has apologized for hurting anyone's "sensitivity" after saying the company would never feature ads depicting gay families. Chairman Guido Barilla's comments Wednesday in an Italian radio interview triggered calls to boycott his company's products, which include cookies and bread. Many of the ...

George H.W. Bush witness at Maine same-sex wedding

Former President George H.W. Bush was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, his spokesman said. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush, attended the ceremony joining Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen as private citizens and friends on Saturday, said spokesman Jim McGrath. Thorgalsen posted a photo ...

Your daily jolt: A ‘bald-headed, fat redneck’ changes his mind on gay marriage

In a weekend conversation with the Democratic Party of Georgia’s LGBT caucus, newly elected chairman DuBose Porter of Dublin declared that he had changed his mind on gay marriage – and that a “bald-headed, fat redneck” would be just the right ambassador to carry the message of marriage equality to ...

FILE - In this March 15, 2013 photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is greeted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as he meets the Cardinals for the first time after his election at the Vatican. In an interview published Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 in 16 Jesuit journals worldwide, Pope Francis called the church’s focus on abortion, marriage and contraception narrow and said it was driving people away. Now, the U.S. bishops face a challenge to rethink a strategy many considered essential for preserving the faith. Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said he thought the pope was telling everyone - inside and outside the church - to focus less on divisive social issues. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Pope's blunt remarks pose challenge for bishops

In recent years, many American bishops have drawn a harder line with parishioners on what could be considered truly Roman Catholic, adopting a more aggressive style of correction and telling abortion rights supporters to stay away from the sacrament of Communion. Liberal-minded Catholics derided the approach as tone-deaf. Church leaders ...

Prop. 8 players join bid to repeal transgender law

An effort to overturn a new law allowing transgender students to choose which school restrooms they use and whether to play boys or girls sports got a boost Friday when a major player in the passage of California's now-defunct same-sex marriage ban threw its support behind the campaign. The National ...

Pope Francis meets Hungary's President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)

Pope blasts abortion after decrying focus on rules

Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced abortions as a symptom of today's "throw-away culture" and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them. Francis issued a strong anti-abortion message and cited Vatican teaching on ...

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012, photo, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins gestures during a news conference to discuss the shooting of a security guard. Floyd Corkins II who planned a mass shooting at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group in Washington last year was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, to 25 years in prison for the plot that injured a security guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Family Research Council shooter gets 25 years

A man who planned a mass shooting at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group in Washington last year was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for the plot that injured a security guard. Floyd Corkins II was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches and nearly 100 rounds of ammunition ...

Putin says no discrimination of gays in Russia

President Vladimir Putin denied Thursday that gays face discrimination in Russia, saying that a new law that has drawn protests worldwide does not infringe on their rights. Putin on Thursday maintained that the law bans only "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors." He argued that it is "no infringement ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel signs autographs during a Christian Democratic election campaign event in Ribnitz-Damgarten at the Baltic sea, northern Germany, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Merkel runs for a third term in Germany's general election on Sunday, Sept. 22. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Wuestneck)

What's at stake in Germany's election

Some of the main issues in Sunday's German election: ___ THE ECONOMY: To tax or not to tax? Chancellor Angela Merkel's opponents want to raise income tax rate for top earners to 49 from 42 percent, a change they say is needed to finance investment in education, infrastructure and other ...

Court deciding if gay juror can be taken off case

An appeals court gave little indication Wednesday whether a potential juror can be booted from a trial solely because of sexual orientation. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals listened to an hour of legal arguments on the issue from lawyers representing two rival drug companies embroiled in an antitrust ...

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