Had there been no coronavirus pandemic, America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination would be convening this week for a likely vote to break up over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ pastors. Instead, the United Methodist Church was forced ...

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The legal landscape has changed dramatically in the 20 years that Judge Lawrence E. Mooney has been on the bench. He knows that better than anyone. Mooney, one of the few openly gay judges in Missouri, will retire Sept. 1 ...

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The Supreme Court is throwing out an Oregon court ruling against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The justices’ action Monday keeps the high-profile case off the court’s election-year calendar and orders state judges ...

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The Supreme Court is throwing out an Oregon court ruling against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The justices’ action Monday keeps the high-profile case off the court’s election-year calendar and orders state judges ...

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Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, wants a second term in office. Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. is running against her, and the campaign has predictably turned ...

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Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, wants a second term in office. Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. is running against her, and the campaign has predictably turned ...

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Waters v. Ricketts (MLW No. 68189/Case No. 15-1452 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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Jernigan v. Crane (MLW No. 68187/Case No. 15-1022 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard (MLW No. 68188/Case No. 15-1186 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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The partisan divide over same-sex marriage among top elected officials remains stark, with Democrats overwhelmingly on record in favor and Republicans mostly silent so far.

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped the issue of both same-sex marriage and same-sex divorce as it unanimously reversed and remanded the case of a gay couple seeking to end their out-of-state union. (Updated)

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