Mary 'Katherine' Baird Darmer, 47, taught at Chapman University and was known as a supporter to same-sex marriage. Friends of a Chapman University law professor who died after falling from a parking structure last week remembered her as a legal ally to ... See all stories on this topic »
ANNAPOLIS (AP) Maryland senators are unlikely to approve any amendments to a bill legalizing gay marriage, worried that if it heads back to the House of Delegates that it could be in trouble because the vote to pass it there was so close. See all stories on this topic »
By Sophie PILGRIM Some 13 years after France adopted the PACS civil union, gay rights campaigners are calling on France's presidential candidates to grant full marriage and parenting rights to same-sex couples, and polls suggest that it could be a ... See all stories on this topic »
By Elizabeth Dinan WASHINGTON — Top-ranking federal officials announced Tuesday they will not defend policy which fails to extend equal military benefits to same-sex married couples. By letter dated Feb. 21, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, ... See all stories on this topic »
Pending legislation or ballot measures in Minnesota, Maryland, New Hampshire and Maine could legalize gay marriage in those states this year. The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, but Gov. See all stories on this topic »
(Patrick Semansky - AP) Gay marriage bill advances: A Maryland Senate panel voted in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. The full Senate could begin debate on the legislation as early as today. Residential construction expected to grow: A ... See all stories on this topic »
By Michael Pearson, CNN (CNN) - More than two decades ago, when the issue of same-sex marriage first broke into the national consciousness, a gay couple couldn't dream of getting married. A decade ago, no state would allow it, and more than two-thirds ... See all stories on this topic »
The meeting drew a big crowd as the anti-gay marriage amendment and the Tea Party-backed opposition to the county's sustainability were on the agenda. These terms apply to both heterosexual and same-sex couples who live together but aren't married. See all stories on this topic »
Regarding the debate over gay marriage, gay people need equal rights in terms of whom they love and to have that love sanctioned by marriage. Gay marriage would bring financial gains to our state by allowing gay people to marry in Maryland instead of ... See all stories on this topic »
(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — Same-sex couples in California will have to wait a while to find out if they have regained the right to get married, after the backers of the state's gay marriage ban petitioned a federal appeals court to review a split decision ... See all stories on this topic »
