After a long legal battle, same-sex couples will finally be able to get married in more than half of Alabama's counties thanks to a federal judge who affirmed her ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban on Friday.
Starting as early as next week, gay couples in Alabama will be allowed to get married for the first time ever due to a recent federal appeals court decision to deny a stay on a lower court ruling that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on the issue of same-sex marriage later on this year. The U. S. Supreme Court will decide on the issue of same-sex marriage later on this year.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriages in Kansas to continue, making it the 33rd state in which gay unions are permitted and lifting a provisional deferment issued two days prior by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Same-sex couples are now legally permitted to get married in Arizona. Same-sex couples are now legally permitted to get married in Arizona. Beginning on Friday, gay marriage became legal in The Copper State after Attorney General Tom Horne announced that the state would not challenge a federal court decision that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Seven appeals on same-sex marriage bans are pending The U. S. Supreme Court on Monday declined taking up as many as seven cases concerning same-sex marriage, allowing gays to marry in up to 11 new states and leaving nationwide status cloudy.
Although Arizona does not recognize same-sex marriage, a federal judge granted a gay man favor in seeking death benefits from his spouse who died from cancer last month.
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday upheld two lower court decisions that declared that state bans on same-sex marriage in Indiana and Wisconsin are unconstitutional.
Same-sex couples in Miami just got a step closer to obtaining the right to legally wed on Friday after a Miami-Dade County judge ruled that Florida's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, a judge in Colorado became the 16th judge to overturn a state's gay marriage ban since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) last summer, forcing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage.
Although a federal judge in Kentucky struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday, the ruling was temporarily put on hold, which means it's still unclear when same-sex couples could be issued marriage licenses.
A new Gallop poll shows that support for gay marriage has reached an all-time high. American support for gay marriage is at an all-time high, according to a new Gallup poll.
