“For us it is important that we not simply be married by the mayor. We love each other, and it’s beautiful to have the acceptance of the church,” said Isabell Storm and Cecilie Mundt, who were both born male. In June 2012 the Danish parliament approved a new law to allow gay marriages in the Lutheran National Church, but so far had not officiated unions between transsexuals.
Ashley Madison, the website which encouraged people to cheat on their spouses by connecting with other willing cheaters online, attracted millions of paying male customers but only a tiny handful of women.
A longstanding online community for spouses betrayed by cheating partners is experiencing a spike in membership following the Ashley Madison hack that has dumped massive amounts of data exposing the email addresses of 36 million people–10,000 with .Gov addresses–seeking extramarital affairs.
Some members of the Denver City Council want to punish Chick-fil-A for its owner’s Christian beliefs about marriage. They are contemplating blocking the very popular chicken sandwich joint from setting up shop in the Denver Airport.
While manning a grill at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz was ambushed by lesbian actress Ellen Page and ended up debating homosexuality and religious freedom, unaware of who she really was.
A gay couple in Northern Ireland are set to legally challenge the current ban on same sex marriage in the region, on the grounds that it discriminates against their religious beliefs. The High Court action comes after a similar case
A study by University of Virginia Professor W. Bradford Wilcox and University of Utah Professor Nicholas H. Wolfinger suggests that Republicans have happier marriages than Democrats.
Trump has consistently opposed same-sex marriage and he voiced that again in his recent interview with NBC’s Church Todd. He described himself to Todd as “very conservative,” and even though he lives and does business in ubergay New York City, “a place with lots of gays…I’m not in favor of gay marriage.”
Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk, Kim Davis, is refusing to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals in violation of a federal court order, risking contempt of court.
Christian baker Jack Phillips remains under a government order to bake wedding cakes celebrating same-sex marriage, having lost his case before the Colorado Court of Appeals.
The first couple to be issued a same-sex marriage license in Florida sued the state Thursday, saying that the Bureau of Vital Statistics still won’t allow hospitals to list both same-sex parents on birth certificates.
Citing the judicial oath of office to “support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Ohio,” the opinion states, “A judge who is willing to perform marriages of only opposite-sex couples because of his or her personal, moral, or religious beliefs may be viewed as possessing a bias or prejudice against a specific class or group of people based on sexual orientation.”
Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott is no fan of gay marriage. At a personal level he has described himself as “probably the last holdout for the traditional position” in his family – a reference to his outspoken lesbian sister.
Two more people in the Bronx have died of Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the total of fatalities to 12 in the largest outbreak of the disease in New York City history, officials said Monday.
In his weekly audience Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his series of reflections on the family, focusing on the situation of the divorced and remarried and their participation in the life of the Church.
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, the Archbishop of Lima, urged government officials gathered for a Mass earlier this week to reject “ideological colonization” by those who wish to impose abortion and gender ideology on the country.
Once again, the Republican Party of California faces a fight over the planks of the party platform regarding social issues.
President Obama and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta clashed at a joint press conference in the African state during his official visit on Sunday: Obama harshly criticized Kenya’s record on issues related to homosexuality.
(Ferenstein Wire) — Jdate, the popular dating service responsible for more Jewish hookups than a bottle of Manischewitz, is playing hardball in the dog-eat-dog world of nice Jewish matchmaking.
According to a recent AP-GFK poll, support for gay marriage among U.S. citizens has dropped six percentage points since their last poll in April, with more Americans disapproving of the Supreme Court ruling making gay marriage the law of the land than those approving it.
Emboldened by the recent Supreme Court ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges, homosexual activists are declaring a full-court press on conservative Christians with the startling assertion that the Bible is pro-gay.
Officials are responding to the Supreme Court ruling in June that required every state to recognize same-sex marriages.
A California Democrat has introduced a U.S. House resolution designed to ban the use of “husband” and “wife” from the United States Code.
A solid 62 percent of GOP respondents say the Supreme Court decision imposing same-sex marriage on the country was wrongly decided. The poll also shows only 51percent of respondents over all believe the decision was correctly decided.
Gov. Beshear told county clerk Casey Davis Thursday that he should issue same-sex marriage licenses or resign, reports Kentucky.com. Davis said he is refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because same-sex marriage is against his religious beliefs, and he is also refusing to resign his post.
