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News (USA)
Texas appeals court blocks ruling in same-sex couple’s divorce case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas state appeals court has halted divorce and child custody proceedings for two San Antonio women who were legally married out of state.
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News (USA)
Judge in same-sex divorce case rules Texas gay marriage ban unconstitutional
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A state district judge in Texas has ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, “paving the way for a San Antonio couple’s divorce proceedings and subsequent child custody battle to continue.”
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News (USA)
Pennsylvania lawmaker to introduce same-sex ‘divorce equality’ bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — While lawsuits challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage make their way through state and federal courts, a state lawmaker says he plans legislation to grant same-sex couples the right to divorce.
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News (USA)
Same-sex couple’s divorce case could test Nebraska’s gay marriage ban
LINCOLN, Neb. — A lesbian couple who married in Iowa in 2009 is now petitioning the Nebraska Supreme Court to be allowed to divorce in a case that could test the constitutionality of Nebraska’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Woman challenges S.C. gay marriage ban in seeking divorce from spouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina woman is challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage by seeking recognition both of her union and separation.
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News (USA)
Judge: Married same-sex couple can’t divorce in Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A judge ruled Wednesday that two women who were legally married in Iowa can’t divorce in Alabama, which doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages.
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Life
Klingenschmitt: Jesus would command married gay couples to get divorced
Former Navy chaplain Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt says Christian chaplains can never provide counseling to gay couples, other than to order them to divorce … which is just what Jesus would do.
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News (USA)
Judge refuses to grant gay couple’s divorce, says marriage isn’t recognized
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge on Monday refused to grant a divorce to a lesbian couple who got married in California, saying the marriage wasn’t recognized under state law, according to the woman who filed and her lawyer.
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News (USA)
In some states, gay rights battle extends to the right to divorce
HERNANDO, Miss. — Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.
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News (USA)
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex divorce case
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the state can grant divorces to gay couples married elsewhere despite its own constitutional ban on gay marriage, in one of the first serious challenges to that 2005 amendment.