Voters in 10 States OK Gay-Marriage Ban
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In a resounding, coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage, voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments Tuesday limiting marriage to one man and one woman.
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The Supreme Court steered clear of a dispute over gay adoptions on Monday, energizing conservatives who want other states to copy Florida's one-of-a-kind ban on gays adopting children.
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 59 precincts did not have voting machines when polls opened at 6 a.m...
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 35 precincts did not have voting machines because drivers hired to deliver the machines had apparently not shown up for work, said Scott Madere, a spokesman for Secretary of State Fox McKeithen...
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The Spanish government has approved a draft law to legalize same-sex marriages, it was reported Friday. The bill gives homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, including the adoption of children, the BBC said.
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In a pointed vote against same-sex marriage, voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported amendments to their constitutions that would define marriage as between only a man and a woman.
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There&#39;s no question that Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution. The question before the Louisiana Supreme Court is whether lawmakers fouled up while writing it.
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In nearly a dozen states Tuesday, voters sent the loud, clear message that they think marriage should be reserved for unions between a man and a woman.
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Out-of-state gay couples are banned from marrying in Massachusetts pending a final ruling on the 1913 law that Governor Mitt Romney is using to block same-sex marriages, a Superior Court judge ruled ...
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President Bush's support for a  constitutional amendment against gay marriage delighted many  conservatives but alienated a smaller but potentially important  voting bloc in a tight election.
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NEW ORLEANS, La.  - Louisiana voters on Saturday  overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution  banning gay marriages and civil unions.
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Californians voted Tuesday to spend &#36;3 billion on stem cell research, putting the state on the cutting edge of a field questioned by conservatives and the Bush administration. Arizonans approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and 11 states from Georgia to Oregon adopted bans on same-sex marriage.
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As she watched her 3-year-old son convert a box into a spaceship, Kelly Burke was dreading the arrival of a letter that could change their lives. The stay-at-home mom and her partner of 15 years, Dolores Doyle, are among the nearly 3,000 gay couples who wed in Oregon this spring. Now the status of those marriages, and the benefits that come with them, is unclear after Oregon voters decisively approved a ban on gay marriage this past week.
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A Rhode Island lesbian couple on Friday   won approval from a judge to marry in Massachusetts, paving the   way for the first legal wedding of a same-sex couple from   outside the only U.S. state where gay marriage is allowed.
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The State Supreme Court said Tuesday that Georgians could vote next week on an amendment to the state Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.
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The Republican-controlled House emphatically defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote by GOP leaders in the run-up to Election Day.
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In addition to Wisconsin, three other states &#151; Arizona, Colorado and Virginia &#151; are viewed by gay-rights strategists as having closely contested campaigns this fall over proposed constitutional amendments that would ban gay marriage and civil unions. A brief look at the campaigns: