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Judge orders Colo. bakery to offer wedding cakes for same-sex couples
DENVER — A baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony must serve gay couples despite his religious beliefs or face fines, a judge said Friday.
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Same-sex weddings account for 17% of marriages in Washington state
SEATTLE — Same-sex weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday.
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To the Bishop judging the minister who officiated his gay son’s wedding…
In 1990, I fell in love. I met a beautiful man named Paul who shared my values, my heart and my soul. We quickly knew that we intended to spend the rest of our lives together. We were not looking for legal protection or rights, and the public conversation about same sex marriage and marriage equality really had not even begun. We just sought to solemnize our relationship into s spiritual marriage. My parents had been on their own journey accepting my sexual orientation, and they had evolved to the point that they felt comfortable approaching the minister of their church that they had supported significantly for years…
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Final wedding plans underway as gay couples in Hawaii prepare to say ‘I do’
HONOLULU — Some same-sex couples plan to get married as soon as they’re able to do so legally in Hawaii on Monday. A ceremony for six couples at the Sheraton Waikiki is one of several wedding events taking place soon after 12:01 a.m., when a new law allows gay couples to marry in the state. […]
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Terminally ill woman, partner to be first same-sex couple to marry in Illinois
CHICAGO — Even as they celebrated their home state becoming the 16th to legalize same-sex marriage, Chicago couple Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert couldn’t help but feel bitter disappointment: Marriages cannot legally start in Illinois until June 1, 2014, a day one of them might not live to see.
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Iowa pastor converts record store into same-sex wedding chapel
KEOKUK, Iowa — An Iowa record store owner is hoping to use his business space for same-sex marriages, a move that could prove competitive with nearby Illinois.
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Bishop: I tried hard to avoid trial for pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A United Methodist official in Pennsylvania says she didn’t want to put a pastor on trial for officiating at his gay son’s wedding.
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Klingenschmitt: West Point chapel desecrated by ‘acts of sodomy’ by gay wedding
Earlier this month, two male West Point cadets were married at U.S. Military Academy’s Cadet Chapel and “Dr. Chaps’ Gordon Klingenschmitt is predictably disgusted because the altar has now been desecrated by having acts of sodomy performed upon it.
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Pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding expects to be defrocked after suspension
SPRING CITY, Pa. — Rev. Frank Schaefer gets to keep calling himself a Methodist pastor – at least for the next 30 days.
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Pa. pastor who officiated gay son’s wedding to learn fate
SPRING CITY, Pa. — A day after convicting one of their own of breaking church law, a jury of United Methodist clergy members returned Tuesday to determine the punishment for a minister who officiated at the same-sex wedding of his son.