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Nov 13, 2015 1:43 PM CST

Utah Foster Moms Can Keep Baby—For Now

Judge reverses order to place baby with heterosexual couple

(Newser) - A 9-month-old girl will be allowed to stay with her foster moms—for now—after a Utah judge on Friday revised his earlier order to remove the baby and place her with a heterosexual couple, the New York Times reports. Following a major public outcry and motions to reconsider filed...

Mormon Rule Changes
Target Gay Couples, Kids

Nov 6, 2015 6:20 PM CST

Mormon Rule Changes Target Gay Couples, Kids

Children of same-sex couples will have to disavow their parents to get baptized

(Newser) - Gay and lesbian Mormons and their supporters are reeling over a rule change by church officials that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children are to be barred from being baptized unless they disavow homosexual relationships. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disseminated...

Men Told They
Can't Wed—
Because They're
Father and Son

Nov 4, 2015 6:29 PM CST

Men Told They Can't Wed— Because They're Father and Son

Penn. couple trying to annul adoption they did strictly for legal purposes

(Newser) - Roland Bosee Jr., 68, and Nino Esposito, 78, have been inseparable since they first met in 1970. "You meet someone and it just clicks," Esposito told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last month. So with the SCOTUS decision over the summer to legalize gay marriage , the men looked forward to...

IRS Now Recognizing
All Same-Sex Marriages

Oct 21, 2015 4:21 PM CDT

IRS Now Recognizing All Same-Sex Marriages

Treasury Dept. agrees: 'husband,' 'wife' apply to gay couples too

(Newser) - The IRS is making it official: The tax agency says it will now recognize same-sex marriages regardless of where they were performed. The IRS and the Treasury Department also said they will interpret the terms "husband" and "wife" to apply to same-sex spouses as well as opposite-sex spouses....

Kim Davis' Lawyers:
Tweaked Licenses Are Valid

Oct 14, 2015 7:19 AM CDT

Kim Davis' Lawyers: Tweaked Licenses Are Valid

Marriage license changes were approved by governor, AG: lawyers

(Newser) - Kim Davis didn't violate a judge's order when she made a host of changes to marriage license forms in Kentucky's Rowan County, her lawyers say. Couples who sued Davis argued the changes—including the removal of her name and a note that the licenses were issued under...

'Shady Group' Spun Pope's Meeting With Kim Davis

'Shady' Group
'Played' Pope
During His
US Visit

Oct 5, 2015 6:30 PM CDT

'Shady' Group 'Played' Pope During His US Visit

Meet the anti-LGBT group called Liberty Counsel

(Newser) - Pope Francis' encounter with Kim Davis generated much media buzz and some clarification from the Vatican . Now the Daily Beast looks at an anti-LGBT legal group called Liberty Counsel that supported Davis and spun the story in her favor—but the profile is none too flattering. "At the end...

Tenn. Official:
God, Don't
Smite Us for
Gay Marriage

Oct 5, 2015 2:10 PM CDT

Tenn. Official: God, Don't Smite Us for Gay Marriage

Blount County commissioner writes resolution begging His mercy

(Newser) - With same-sex marriage now the law of the land, the commissioner of Blount County, Tenn., is proposing a resolution asking that the Supreme Being "pass us by in His coming wrath and not destroy our county as he did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities." Karen Miller'...

Bakery Owners
Won't Pay Gay
Couple $135K
for Cake Refusal

Oct 1, 2015 1:09 PM CDT

Bakery Owners Won't Pay Gay Couple $135K for Cake Refusal

Claim it would cause 'financial ruin,' despite at least $515K raised via crowdfunding

(Newser) - A couple ordered by the state of Oregon to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple they refused to make a wedding cake for won't pay up—despite the fact that more than half a million dollars has been raised for them via crowdfunding, the Oregonian reports....

Pope's Comments
on Plane Will Make
Kim Davis Happy

Sep 28, 2015 6:31 AM CDT

Pope's Comments on Plane Will Make Kim Davis Happy

Says government workers have a 'human right' to refuse gay marriage licenses

(Newser) - Pope Francis made news even while flying home to Rome after his US visit, weighing in on the issue of gay marriage with comments sure to please Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis . Asked whether government employees should be allowed to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the pope...

Until Recently,
Kentucky Clerk
Was a Democrat

Sep 25, 2015 4:38 PM CDT

Until Recently, Kentucky Clerk Was a Democrat

But Kim Davis is switching political parties

(Newser) - Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Democrats in her fight against same-sex marriage. Davis made the announcement while in Washington, DC, to attend the Family Research Council's Value Voters Summit, said Charla Bansley, a spokeswoman...

Kim Davis Accused of
Violating Judge's Order

Sep 19, 2015 10:23 AM CDT

Kim Davis Accused of Violating Judge's Order

Deputy clerk says changes Davis made to licenses may invalidate them

(Newser) - One of Kim Davis' deputy clerks filed a notice in court yesterday claiming the sweeping changes Davis made to marriage license forms upon her return to work this week may make them invalid, NBC News reports. If that turns out to be the case, it could violate a judge's...

Kim Davis'
Office Issues
First Same-Sex
Marriage License

Sep 14, 2015 11:45 AM CDT

Kim Davis' Office Issues First Same-Sex Marriage License

Without the Kentucky county clerk's help

(Newser) - Kim Davis said this morning she wouldn't authorize any marriage licenses now that she's back at work, and she has so far kept to her word. But that didn't stop Carmen and Shannon Wampler-Collins from obtaining their Rowan County license this morning, making them the first same-sex...

Fight Against
Gay Marriage
Costing States
Millions

Sep 10, 2015 3:08 PM CDT

Fight Against Gay Marriage Costing States Millions

'It's the price governments pay for defending bigotry'

(Newser) - Attorneys who fought for the rights of same-sex couples around the country want taxpayers to know how much their lawmakers cost them by obstinately waging a losing battle against gay marriage, Al Jazeera America reports. In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling this summer, lawyers for the plaintiffs in...

Kim Davis Needs to Rest Before Returning to Work

Sep 9, 2015 8:57 AM CDT

Kim Davis Needs to Rest Before Returning to Work

She won't be back to work until Friday at the earliest

(Newser) - Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis may be a free woman , but she won't be reporting back to work today or tomorrow. An attorney for Davis explains that she "needs time to rest" after her stint in jail and won't return to her job in Kentucky until Friday...

Kentucky Clerk
Gets Out of Jail

UPDATED

Sep 8, 2015 1:48 PM CDT

Kentucky Clerk Gets Out of Jail

Judge orders Kim Davis released

(Newser) - The Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has been released from jail, reports Reuters , which is streaming live video of Kim Davis being greeted by supporters including Mike Huckabee outside the jail. The AP reports that a judge lifted the contempt of court order...

Why the Kentucky Clerk Could Be in Jail Until January

Sep 5, 2015 5:45 AM CDT

Why the Kentucky Clerk Could Be in Jail Until January

It has to do with the state's legislature

(Newser) - Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' husband yesterday said of his jailed wife, "Until something gives, she'll be there." The AP today sheds some light on just how long that could be. US District Judge David Bunning has said he will keep Davis in jail until she agrees...

Oregon Judge
Won't Perform
Gay Marriages

Sep 4, 2015 6:45 PM CDT

Oregon Judge Won't Perform Gay Marriages

He's citing 'deeply held religious beliefs'

(Newser) - A judge in Oregon is refusing to perform same-sex marriages because of "deeply held religious beliefs," reports KGW . Judge Vance Day—former chairman of the state's Republican Party—created a legal defense fund yesterday, apparently to pay for expenses he expects to incur fighting allegations he's...

Kentucky Clerk
Willing to Stay in
Jail for Months

Sep 4, 2015 7:49 AM CDT

Kentucky Clerk Willing to Stay in Jail for Months

Husband says Kim Davis is doing fine

(Newser) - County clerk Kim Davis has no plans to try to get herself out of jail anytime soon. Her husband says she's in good spirits after her first night behind bars and won't quit as Rowan County clerk in Kentucky, reports the Courier-Journal , which frames her as willing to...

Jailed Clerk's Son
Also Won't Issue
Marriage
Licenses

Sep 3, 2015 7:12 PM CDT

Jailed Clerk's Son Also Won't Issue Marriage Licenses

But 5 other deputy clerks will, so he won't face jail or fines

(Newser) - After Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed today for refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, five of her deputy clerks agreed to comply with a court order to start issuing licenses tomorrow, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. But there was one holdout: Davis' son Nathan, who told Judge...

Judge Won't Divorce Couple Because of Gay Marriage

Sep 3, 2015 2:42 PM CDT

Judge Won't Divorce Couple Because of Gay Marriage

He says since Supreme Court redefined marriage it now has to define divorce

(Newser) - Two Tennessee residents are being forced to stay married by a judge with an apparent bone to pick over the US Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The couple filed for divorce in 2014, and last week Judge Jeffrey Atherton refused to grant...