same-sex marriage

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Delaware say they're looking forward to July 1, when Delaware officially becomes the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. Advocates on Tuesday cheered Democratic Gov. Jack Markell as he signed a gay marriage bill into law just minutes after its passage by the state Senate...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie has backed up his promise to reject a bill allowing same-sex marriages in New Jersey. His veto came Friday, a day after the state Assembly passed the bill. The Senate approved it Monday. The Republican governor returned the bill to the Legislature, saying he wants voters to decide whether New Jersey changes the definition of marriage...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Legislature has voted to legalize gay marriage, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional...

A federal court handed down a landmark decision Tuesday regarding California's same-sex marriage ban.

New York legislators passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in the state on Friday night, with the state Senate approving the bill to a cheering room before 11 p.m.

Education issues, countywide smoking bans and the validity of same-sex marriages all came up in the Legislature Thursday.

Lawmakers wrestled with constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriages and keeping the federal health care mandate out of Wyoming.

The Wyoming Legislature begins to tackle some tough issues.