Thailand Lawmakers Bring Same-Sex Marriage a Crucial Step Closer
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill now goes to Thailand’s Senate.
By Muktita Suhartono
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill now goes to Thailand’s Senate.
By Muktita Suhartono
In a statement, the justice raised concerns that those with “traditional religious views” would be “‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.”
By Abbie VanSickle
The country’s Parliament also extended equal parental rights to same-sex couples, including clearing the way for them to adopt children.
By Niki Kitsantonis
More than 4,000 gay couples were married at San Francisco City Hall over the next month, in what supporters called the “Winter of Love.”
By Soumya Karlamangla
Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, must pay a couple’s legal fees and expenses, a judge ruled. A jury previously ordered her to pay the couple $100,000 in damages.
By Christine Hauser
Though it expanded the definition of discrimination, the ruling was a sharp setback for petitioners seeking a landmark victory on marriage equality.
By Sameer Yasir and Alex Travelli
The ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal stops short of recognizing same-sex marriage, but some experts see the outcome as a small step forward.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
Plus: a record number of transgender laws, Larry Kramer’s memorial, Vows and Modern Love.
Once a focus of the nation’s culture wars, the issue has taken a back seat to gender issues.
By Ruth Graham
The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.
By Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak
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