Tom Corbett

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a Friday morning TV news show.

PHILADELPHIA — Montgomery County on Tuesday appealed a state court order to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses, the latest volley in Pennsylvania’s fast-paced battle over gay marriage.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s office announced Thursday it has hired a well-known lawyer from outside the government to lead his defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban in a federal lawsuit.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s attorney general has granted express written authority to lawyers for Gov. Tom Corbett to handle a case in which the Health Department wants to stop a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples, according to a Tuesday court filing.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett said Thursday it was inappropriate for his lawyers to compare same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses to 12-year-old children.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Marriage licenses given to same-sex couples in the state are invalid because the couples were barred from marrying, just like 12-year-olds, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s attorneys said Wednesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania court laid out the issues Thursday to be argued at a hearing in two weeks about a suburban Philadelphia court clerk’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania court will hear arguments next month on the governor’s attempt to stop a county official from issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania health department says a county clerk’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples “risks causing serious and limitless harm” in the state and beyond.