Those pesky anti-gay marriage laws are such a pain. Rhode Island based lesbians Margaret Chambers and Cassandra Ormiston are stuck in a loveless Massachusetts marriage because RI judges won’t dissolve same-sex marriages, which the state doesn’t recognize. Next stop: the state’s Superior Court. Then, the world! [WCSH-6] ...

Thousands of students and a gay group are outraged by Washington University's decision to bestow an honorary degree on conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly. The university is set to honor Schlafly May 16th during their annual commencement ceremonies. A conservative political activist best known for her stand against the feminist movement of the 1970s, Schlafly remains an active figure today. She continues to publish her own political newsletter which she started in 1967, The Phyllis Schlafly Report and remains president of The Eagle Forum, a group dedicated to the advancement of conservative causes. In recent years, Schlafly has returned ...

In regards to the news that New York state will continue to recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in other states, Focus on the Family's Bruce Hausknecht has a few thoughts. Unfortunately, "YAY! Fairness prevails! Mazel tov, gays!" is not the theme of his reaction: “Inexplicably, the high court is letting stand a ruling that says that New York essentially has no public policy regarding same-sex 'marriages' performed elsewhere,” he said. “It's ridiculous legal reasoning to insist that a state could recognize a type of ‘marriage’ from outside that it will not permit within the state. Yet that's ...

Just when you think things are looking good for the gay community, one state is doing every thing it can to keep gay couples from getting the same rights as heterosexual couples. Pennyslvania's State Senate could vote on a constitutional amendment later this week banning both civil unions and same sex marriages. Gay marriage is already banned in Pennyslvania, but this bill will take it a step further: “No union other than a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as marriage or the functional equivalent of marriage by the commonwealth.” ...

Last August, we briefly told you about Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, an out lesbian, being rebuked by the United States Presbyterian Church for presiding over same-sex unions. Well we're happy to announced that yesterday, a church court decided that Spahr didn't actually violate church policy because same-sex marriages aren't a recognized concept within the church. So wait, why are we saying that we're happy if the church, which doesn't specifically prohibit same-sex unions, used our relationship non-recognition as a basis for reconsideration? Well, they didn't completely. In a somewhat contradictory opinion, the ruling also upheld the right for same-sex ...

There's been an interesting new development the continuing saga that is the argument over gay marriage in the Presbyterian Church (USA).The short version of the story is that a minister in the PCUSA was brought up on charges for officiating at a same-sex weddings in 2004 and 2005. Her Presbytery (the group of churches in a small geographical area) found her guilty and gave the very lightest discipline it could, a rebuke. That rebuke decision was reversed on appeal to the Synod (a group of Presbyteries in a geographical area.)Well, today the Synod decision was upheld at the General ...