(WASHINGTON, AP) — Time is running short for the Supreme Court to get same-sex marriage on its calendar if the justices want to tackle the issue before their current term ends in late June. They might...

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones says lawmakers may take matters into their own hands in an attempt to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Republican leaders in both...

By DAVID A. LIEB, DAVID CRARY, and RACHEL ZOLL (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a rash of...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that he supports ending Missouri's same-sex marriage ban and thinks voters should have a chance to repeal an amendment to the...

By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file suit challenging Missouri's treatment of same-sex marriages, an ACLU spokeswoman said Tuesday. ACLU's Diane Balogh said...

By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A newly filed lawsuit challenges Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's directive that state tax officials accept jointly filed returns from same-sex couples who have legally...

By TRAVIS LOLLER (NASHVILLE, Tenn., AP) — Worried they could be sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect their view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man...

By LISA LEFF (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California's same-sex marriage ban tied the knot Friday, just hours after a federal appeals court...

By MARK SHERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — In significant but incomplete victories for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married...