Calif. Couple Sues to End Gay-Marriage Ban
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Calling gays "the most oppressed minority since slavery," an attorney for a gay couple urged a judge Thursday to overturn California and federal laws banning same-sex marriage.
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A pro-gay Republican group plans to file a lawsuit asking a federal court to overturn the U.S. government's "don't ask, don't tell" policy covering gays in the military.
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A gay couple from Rhode Island has the right to marry in Massachusetts because laws in their home state do not expressly prohibit same-sex marriage, a judge ruled Friday.
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INDIO, Calif. - A blind couple is headed to court to resolve a dispute with their homeowner association about droppings left in the street by their guide dogs...
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Some heterosexual couples are protesting the inability of gay and lesbian couples to marry by putting off their own marriage.
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California sued the E.P.A. on Wednesday, challenging its recent decision to block California rules curbing greenhouse-gas emissions from new cars and trucks.
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An Oregon county that stopped issuing marriage licenses until a court could decide whether gay marriage was legal has been told to again offer them to couples.
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A California law barring gay  marriage violates the state's constitution because it inhibits  freedom of expression and undermines privacy, lawyers for the  city of San Francisco argued in court on Wednesday.
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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Twelve homosexuals expelled from the  U.S. military sued the government on Monday, demanding to be  reinstated based on last year's Supreme Court ruling that  overturned state laws making gay sex a crime.
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A couple in Pagosa Springs, Colo., was threatened with fines by their homeownersÂ association unless they removed a wreath shaped like a peace symbol.
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A Wyoming couple can sue an insurance company for not informing them that a blood test taken for their application for coverage came back HIV-positive, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Lee Kandu never wanted to be a crusader for same-sex marriage. The Castle Rock, Wash., woman just wanted to file for bankruptcy protection so she could keep her house after her spouse &#151; a woman she married in Canada &#151; was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Two sisters fighting for the same rights as married and gay couples make a last legal appeal for equal treatment.
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LOS ANGELES - A Northern California woman sued the online dating service eHarmony on Thursday, alleging it discriminates against gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Linda Carlson said she tried to use the Internet site in February to meet a woman but could not based on her sexual orientation.
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Massachusetts highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, will hear arguments in December in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.