A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned. ...more

November 3, 2009

The father of a missing 5-year-old north Florida girl plans to marry his 17-year-old girlfriend. ...more

March 10, 2009

When it came to love this year, the Pinesllas County Circuit Court decided to offer a package deal. ...more

February 14, 2009

Same-sex couples walked joyfully down the aisle Wednesday for the first time in Connecticut, while gay activists planned to march in protests across the country over the vote that took away their right to marry in California. ...more

November 13, 2008

A fellow Democrat recently urged his constituents to vote "Yes" on amendment two. As usual the reasoning was certain Bible verses stating "man shall not lie with man as with woman" and pro-creation reasoning. These verses have been used by religion to put fear in mankind through history. Early on we learned it is a sure way to ask for donations to fight evil. Facts are, polls show a major majority of Floridians both straight and gay do not want same sex marriage. There are over six separate laws already on the books that prohibit such a marriage license. Now the most important change to Floridians is the next part of this amendment. This amendment goes on to state that any other unions shall be void and not recognized. This will possibly hurt hundreds of thousands of the straights and gays from all age groups. ...more

October 17, 2008

Gay couples from across California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage. ...more

October 14, 2008

Regarding "Protecting Marriage Protects Our Children" (Other Views, Sept. 24): David Blankenhorn's opinion piece argues that same-sex marriage should not be allowed because "people wed primarily to reproduce." That argument is deeply flawed. Many people who wed are unable or unwilling to have children. We view the marriage of a 50-something woman to be just as valid as that of a woman of childbearing years, and we do not deny a man's marriage license because he has had a vasectomy. Those marriages are socially accepted and they do not affect family units or its children. The existence of same-sex marriages makes no difference on how individuals relate to their own spouse or raise their own children. ...more

September 26, 2008

Sometime between the salad and the entree at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Tampa, a small box appeared on the table. ...more

September 15, 2008

At the time he went to that Big Mac in the sky, the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington had been betrothed to the love of his life for more than 20 years, a phenomenon known in the Windy City as an "Irish engagement." ...more

July 15, 2008

Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video - but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life? ...more

May 3, 2008