Mass. court to hear case by gay marriage opponents
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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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GOVERNMENT said yesterday it would approach the Constitutional Court for clarity on the Supreme Court of Appeal s&#39; decision to legalise gay marriages.
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A state appeals court ruled Monday that a proposed amendment to the state Constitution banning gay marriage should remain on the ballot, overturning a lower court ruling and sending the issue to the state Supreme Court.
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BOSTON -- Out-of-state gay couples barred from getting married in Massachusetts said Thursday they would appeal a judge&#39;s ruling that denied their request to halt enforcement of the 1913 law being used to block their unions.
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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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The US Supreme Court rejected without comment a challenge by conservative groups to the legality of same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, the only US state allowing such unions.
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Massachusetts lawmakers ended debate on proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday before dealing with the most volatile issue on their agenda: a proposal to outlaw marriage for same-sex couples in the only state where it is legal.
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The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court on Friday to hear its challenge to Florida's ban on adoptions by gays.
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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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WASHINGTON (BP)--The US Supreme Court refused Nov. 29 to review the decision by the Massachusetts high court that legalized same-sex &quot;marriage&quot; in that state.
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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to the Massachusetts law that allows gay and lesbian couples to wed, preserving Massachusetts&#39; status as the only state in the nation where same-sex marriage is legal.
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Massachusetts lawmakers ended debate on proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday before dealing with the most volatile issue on their agenda: a proposal to outlaw gay marriage in the only state where it is legal.
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A Christian law group is fighting for a ban on gay members
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The Supreme Court refused to hear a case Monday that challenged a Massachusetts court decision that allows same sex marriage in that state.
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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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Gay couples have been marrying in Massachusetts for more than three years, but the battle over same-sex marriage in the only state that allows it is anything but settled.
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Canada's Supreme Court begins a hearing on whether same-sex marriage must be extended across the country.