• Lack of legal rights makes raising teens more stressful for same-sex couple

    Like many dads, when his spouse is traveling out of town, Greg Bourke takes on the role of single parent, shuttling their two teenagers to basketball practice and other activities while working a full-time job. But Bourke has an extra worry when his husband, Michael DeLeon, is away.

  • Kentucky governor makes appeal to Supreme Court in gay marriage case

    The governor’s private attorneys filed the request this week, joining plaintiffs who earlier appealed a lower court ruling that upheld anti-gay marriage laws.

  • Michigan, Kentucky couples take gay marriage cases to U.S. Supreme Court

    WASHINGTON — A same-sex couple from Michigan is putting the question of the right to marry nationwide squarely before the Supreme Court. The couple’s plea to be allowed to marry was being filed Monday. It asks the justices to hold that state laws prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married violate “our nation’s most cherished and essential guarantees.”

  • Joy, dismay as gay marriage advocates, opponents assess 6th Circuit ruling

    One side was euphoric, the other dismayed, but both foes and supporters of same-sex marriage swiftly turned their attention to the U.S. Supreme Court after an against-the-grain appeals court ruling upheld bans or restrictions on gay marriage in four states. The 2-1 ruling Thursday by the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — affecting […]

  • AUDIO: Kentucky same-sex marriage ban faces federal appeals court

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A three-judge panel is now considering whether Kentucky’s laws barring same-sex marriage are constitutional. Attorneys representing multiple gay couples told judges from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Wednesday that’s there’s no rational reason for barring same-sex couples from getting married. Lawyers hired by …

  • A summary of same-sex marriage cases before the Sixth Circuit appeals court

    The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in six gay marriage fights from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. A look at the cases:

  • Federal appeals courts prepare to hear slew of same-sex marriage cases

    CINCINNATI — Federal appeals courts covering nearly half the United States will soon hear arguments on whether gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry, part of a slew of cases putting pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a final verdict. If the appeals courts continue the unbroken eight-month streak of rulings in favor of gay marriage, that could make…

  • Oral arguments set in appeal of Michigan, three other states same-sex marriage rulings

    DETROIT — Oral arguments have been scheduled by a federal appeals court in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings in Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Cincinnati-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a court filing Monday that it would hear arguments in the cases on August 6.

  • Ky. governor: Gay marriage threatens birth rates, can induce economic crises

    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky governor Steve Beshear says in a new legal brief that same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry because they cannot “naturally procreate,” and the state has an interest in ensuring that they do.

  • Ky. recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages put on hold

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge is giving Kentucky more time to officially recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries.