same-sex wedding
Arizona artists win suit over same-sex wedding invitations
By Jacques Billeaud and Jonathan J. Cooper — September 17, 2019
(AP) — Though the state Supreme Court said its ruling is limited to custom wedding invitations, the justices addressed a larger question of religious freedom and LGBT rights than the Colorado wedding cake case.
Where did Indiana law come from? A brief history of religious freedom (ANALYSIS)
By Jay Michaelson — March 31, 2015
(RNS) Until the last few years, RFRA cases were victimless. That all changed in the 2000s, as conservative activists began using RFRA in a new way: as a sword, rather than a shield.
United Methodist bishop may face trial for presiding at gay wedding
By Renée K. Gadoua — March 13, 2014
(RNS) Retired Bishop Melvin G. Talbert is the highest clergyperson to have broken the church’s official laws and the only bishop known to have officiated at a same-sex wedding ceremony.
Methodist bishops asked to charge one of their own for performing gay wedding
By Renée K. Gadoua — November 15, 2013
(RNS) Retired Bishop Melvin Talbert, who served as the leader of United Methodists in the San Francisco area, ignored a request not to perform the ceremony. He has said in the past that the church’s position on homosexuality “is wrong and evil … it no longer calls for our obedience.”
Democrats add support for gay marriage to convention platform
By Rick Hampson — September 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE (RNS) On the night the Democrats became the first major U.S. political party to endorse gay marriage, some convention delegates remembered how it used to be — back in high school, back in the closet, back in the days when, as one said, "you're scared because it's not OK to be who you are." By Rick Hampson.
In gay marriage fight, some companies take a stand
By Laura Petrecca — July 30, 2012
(RNS) In an unconventional move, a number of high-profile business executives have come out on the issue of gay marriage. By Laura Petrecca.
Photographer to appeal same-sex wedding decision
By Chris Lisee — June 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) Attorneys for a Christian wedding photographer say they will appeal a New Mexico court decision that ruled she violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to photograph a lesbian commitment ceremony. By Chris Lisee.
Catholic school teacher fired for gay wedding plans
By Elizabethe Holland / St. Louis Post-Dispatch — March 1, 2012
NORMANDY, Missouri (RNS) — A popular music teacher at a Catholic school was fired after church officials learned that he planned to marry his male partner of 20 years in New York.
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