New York is close to becoming the first U.S. state to pass legislation making gay marriage legal but, like many political issues in the state capital Albany, it has fallen victim to a power struggle.
Arguments against gay marriage tend to fall into three broad categories: it is a threat to tradition; it is a threat to children; and it is a threat to heterosexual marriage.
A Norfolk Police officer is sacked for sending e-mails to colleagues suggesting gay sex was "sinful".
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- After gay activist Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were killed by a former city official in 1978, about 30,000 people marched in a candlelight vigil to honor the victims.
A Miami trial judge's ruling allowing a gay man to adopt two foster children appears headed for the Florida Supreme Court and a test that could overturn the last complete ban of gay adoption in the nation.
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay American voted into major public office, liked to joke that he'd never make it to 50.
In life, Harvey Milk was a pioneer for gay rights. In death, he became one of the movement's martyrs.
A Florida law that has banned adoptions by gay men and lesbians for over three decades is unconstitutional, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents.
A Miami judge rules that there is no rational, scientific or moral reason that sexual orientation should be a barrier to adopting children, finalizing the adoption of two siblings by their gay foster father.
A Miami judge defied a Florida gay adoption ban Tuesday, ruling in favor of a male couple's right to adopt two children they have raised over the past four years, according to local press reports.
Hugh Jackman talks about the persistent rumors that he's gay and plans for Wolverine's future beyond "X-Men Origins.
Florida's strict law banning adoption of children by gay people was found unconstitutional Tuesday by a state judge who declared there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.
A Miami Dade Cirucut judge ruled today that a gay man and his partner should be able to adopt the two foster children they have raised for four years.
A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people.
(By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer) Florida's strict law banning adoption of children by gay people was found unconstitutional Tuesday by a state judge who declared there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.
A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people. Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled Tuesday there was "no rational basis" for prohibiting gays from adopting children.
A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people.
The convergence of "Milk," which portrays the American gay-rights battles of 30 years ago, and a looming new culture war over homosexual marriage across the United States, has raised unusual expectations around plans to release the film.
MIAMI — A Miami judge is expected to rule on a challenge to a Florida law banning adoption of children by gay people.