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Methodists trying to avoid church split over LGBTQ rights
Delegates at the Methodist General Conference voted 428-405 to delay all consideration of LGBT-related proposals.
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Mexican president proposes legalizing gay marriage
President Pena Nieto’s and other government Twitter accounts were changed to include the rainbow colors as he made the announcement.
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Wyoming judge facing ouster over stance on same-sex marriage
The judge told a reporter in 2014 she would not perform same-sex marriages because of her religious beliefs.
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Alabama chief justice faces ouster after gay marriage fight
The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed ethics charges against Moore, saying that the state chief justice abused the power of his office.
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Columbia’s Constitutional Court legalizes same-sex marriage
Colombia’s highest court has cleared the way for same-sex couples to marry in the conservative Roman Catholic nation.
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Mississippi law could violate federal judge’s marriage equality order
A federal judge issued an order permanently blocking Mississippi from enforcing its ban on gay marriage. The new law says workers can claim a religious exemption to deny services to LGBT people.
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Bill would take Alabama out of marriage license business
Republican Sen. Greg Albritton’s bill would require couples to file a form to record their marriages.
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Judge rules against couple in China’s first same-sex marriage case
The couple’s lawyer Shi Fulong said he expected the judge would rule against them but not so soon — within just a few hours.
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You will be disappointed in the Pope’s new document on families
In many ways the document is most significant for what it doesn’t say.
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Mississippi ban on adoption by same-sex couples ruled unconstitutional
The judge ruled for the couples who had sued, saying the ban is unconstitutional after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage and benefits for gay couples.