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Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the ...
Federal court hears 'Sister Wives' lawsuit
A federal judge heard arguments on whether Utah can prohibit plural marriage but issued no immediate ruling in a lawsuit by the stars of the reality ...
Smallest state is big battleground on gay marriage
Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rights assembled at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to make the nation's smallest ...
Court: BA discriminated against Christian staffer
Religious freedom is a right but not an absolute one, Europe's top court said Tuesday, ruling that British Airways discriminated against a devoutly ...
NY poised to be 1st to pass post-massacre gun bill
Days after calling for an overhaul of gun control in New York following the Connecticut school shooting, Gov. Andrew Cuomo worked out a tough proposal ...
Gay marriage protest converges on Eiffel Tower
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's ...
4 women strip, protest Vatican gay marriage stance
Four women have gone topless in St. Peter's Square to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage. Police quickly took the women away Sunday, and ...
Famous church's bells to ring for same-sex couples
The Washington National Cathedral had been ready to embrace same-sex marriage for some time, though it took a series of recent events and a new leader ...
New day, new lawmakers, same Ill. pension fight
New day. New lawmakers. Same old pension-reform dispute. Illinois legislators failed to deliver a solution Tuesday to a ballooning, $96 billion ...
Berlusconi teams up with Northern League
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced a deal Monday with the Northern League — his fractious coalition partner in three governments — to jointly ...
Court to hear 2 days of arguments on gay marriage
The Supreme Court says it will hear two days' worth of arguments over laws affecting gay marriage during the last week of March. Justices on Monday ...
Gay marriage remains a tough sell in Illinois
The stalling of Illinois' gay-marriage push — at least for now — shows the difficulty of approving legislation to legalize it, even with a nudge from ...
Gay marriage supporters look to next session
With a vote to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois looking less likely to happen in the next few days, supporters of marriage equality are looking ...
House adopts GOP rules after partisan debate
The House on Thursday adopted Republican-written rules for the chamber that reflect the party's efforts to cut spending, stop government regulations ...
Many weddings as gay marriage becomes legal in Md.
Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year's Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first ...
Column: Gun debate revives enduring American fight
On the eve of a new year, a libertarian strain pulses through America — a get-government-out-of-my-personal-life sensibility that cuts across ...
UK Catholics urged to lobby against gay marriage
The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has urged followers to write to their representatives in Parliament to oppose the government's ...
NY plaintiff: Gay benefits 'bigger than marriage'
At age 83, Edith Windsor gets plenty of compliments for her courage to take on the federal government in a landmark case that has put attitudes about ...
Maine same-sex couples marry in first hours of law
Arriving in a limo, Donna Galluzzo and Lisa Gorney had all the trappings of a traditional wedding: Rings, flowers, wedding vows, an entourage and a ...
Maine greets gay marriage with midnight weddings
After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment ...
Gay marriage law goes into effect in Maine
Chris Kast and Byron Bartlett already consider themselves married after a 2010 ceremony overlooking Portland Harbor, but now they're doing it all over ...
GOP shows signs of bending after election defeat
For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive ...
Mexico bishop inspires, infuriates with activism
The white-haired bishop stepped before some 7,000 faithful gathered in a baseball stadium in this violence-plagued northern border state. He led the ...
So. Calif. couple unlawfully wedded for 48 years
After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married. The couple from Redlands, an inland California city ...
Pope stresses family values as gay marriage gains
The pope pressed his opposition to gay marriage Friday, denouncing what he described as people eschewing their God-given gender identities to suit ...