On Friday, the Supreme Court issued their decision to make same-sex marriages legal in every state, and on June 29, 2015, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement saying that if same-sex marriages go against what judges’ or state employees’ religious beliefs are, they do not have to grant a marriage license to same-sex […]
There has been some controversy over certain judges not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after being reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout the state of Alabama, there is much confusion on whether the county judges will allow the issue of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, which slowed the momentum gained. Out of the […]
Same-sex marriage bans have been upheld by a federal appeals court. A 2-to-1 vote by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overturned lower-court decisions in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee that had decided that the laws were unconstitutional. The final decision was written by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, who was appointed […]