La. Voters to Decide on Same-Sex Marriage
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year...
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Spain Socialist government on Thursday took the expected step on Thursday of approving a draft law creating same-sex "marriage" and giving homosexuals the right to adopt children.
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The state attorney general, who played a key role in state efforts to fight the legalization of gay marriage a year ago, now says he favors same-sex marriage and will oppose any efforts to ban it.
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Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife plan to convert their nuptial vows into a covenant marriage during a mass ceremony on Valentine's Day, giving a public push to the movement that seeks to strengthen marital ties and make it harder to get divorced.
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Voters in 10 US states have approved a ban on gay marriages, according to early data of the referendums held there. Oklahoma, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Utah, Mississippi and
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Opponents of same-sex marriage within the Liberal party made one final push Tuesday to persuade colleagues to oppose legislation that would allow gays and lesbians to wed.
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Starting Thursday in New Orleans, they'll discuss communion demands over gay issues.
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A French mayor vows to continue fighting to legalise gay marriage despite a court ruling against it.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says he expects the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold his government's proposed same-sex marriage legislation and the Liberals will move quickly to enact it.
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The US Episcopal Church prepares to vote on whether to appoint a second openly gay bishop.
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WASHINGTON - On Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA). It would amend the Constitution so that marriage would be defined as a relationship between a man and woman.
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Gay marriage opponents launched a petition drive Monday in hopes of persuading lawmakers to amend the state constitution to include a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With 99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78 percent of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide...
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Some legislators want Arkansas' public school textbooks to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman &#151; just like the recently approved amendment to the state Constitution.
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MADRID Spainâs cabinet proposed legislation Friday allowing same-sex marriages and for homosexuals to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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By WILL SENTELL  First in a series  The management of flood and hurricane protection in southeast Louisiana will undergo sweeping changes if voters approve a ballot measure designed to replace parochialism with a regional approach.
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People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.