Private teacher Jocelyn Morffi fired days after same-sex marriage
Morffi's messages were darker a few days later. On Instagram, she explained to family, friends, and anyone else who wondered why she didn't show up at Miami's Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, where she had been a first grade teacher…
Republicans withhold funding for commission fighting same-sex wedding cake case in US Supreme Court
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Baker can refuse to make gay wedding cakes, rules rule
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to bake wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge has ruled.The decision came after a lawyer for Tastries Bakery in…
California baker can refuse to bake gay wedding cakes, judge rules
Reporting from Bakersfield, California - A California bakery owner can continue to refuse to bake wedding cakes for same-sex couples because it violates her Christian beliefs, a judge has heard.The decision came after a lawyer for Tastries…
Australian same-sex marriage opponent attends same-sex wedding
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former Australian prime minister who was a vocal leader in the national campaign against same-sex marriage attended his lesbian sister's same-sex wedding on Friday and welcomed her sister-in-law…
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott celebrates sister’s same-sex marriage after…
Tony Abbott, the former Australian Prime Minister and opponent of same-sex marriage, celebrated the same-sex marriage of his sister.Christine Forster married Virgina Flitcroft in a civil ceremony overlooking the Sydney Opera House, less…
Mass Wedding Ceremony Paid for by Indian Businessman Helps 251 Couples Marry
An Indian property tycoon funded a mass wedding ceremony that saw 251 women from poor backgrounds wed in the western state of Gujarat on Christmas Eve.
Businessman Mahesh Savani has arranged the wedding in the city of…
The sumptuous wedding of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli
The most anticipated wedding of the year finally took place on December 11, 2017. Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli got married in a private ceremony in Tuscany, Italy, attended by family and close friends. The outdoor wedding, with all the…
Sydney’s Paddington Uniting Church bombarded with gay wedding bookings – but…
When Australia returned an overwhelming 'yes' to the same-sex marriage survey, something somewhat unexpected happened.Paddington Uniting Church in Sydney has been bombarded with requests from gay couples to marry in church.For his Resident…
High Court hears arguments in gay wedding cake case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Dec. 5 in a case that addresses the tension between the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people under state law and the right to freedom of speech and the free…
Baker’s refusal to bake gay wedding cake now in US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court appears narrowly divided in the case of a Christian baker's refusal to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, with a likely deciding vote, with Justice Anthony Kennedy asking tough questions, including whether a the…
Supreme Court Gay Wedding Cake Case Reflects Divided American Public
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on a question that divided the American people in a 2016 Pew Research Center investigation: whether companies that provide wedding services should be required to meet needs of…
High Court ruling in gay wedding cake case could cast shadow in Philadelphia
Philadelphia city officials are among local leaders across the country anticipating the outcome of the Masterpiece pastry case currently before the United States Supreme Court. In this case, a Christian "baker" in…
‘License to discriminate’: US closely monitoring same-sex wedding cake case in Supreme…
The U.S. Supreme Court will today hear arguments about why a baker should or shouldn't be able to legally refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple.It's the formal debate that Australia appears to have avoided - as Senate amendments…
The Gay Wedding Cake Case Isn’t About Gay Marriage
Most Americans support gay marriage. A sizeable minority do not. In Obergefell, the high court stressed that dissent is entirely legitimate. “Many who consider same-sex marriage to be wrong come to that conclusion on decent and honorable…
Pour-Con: Should bakers be forced to ‘create’ gay wedding cakes if it violates their…
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Cruise Line Offers Same-Sex Wedding Ceremonies At Sea
Don't live in a country where same-sex marriage is legal? Even if your own government doesn't recognize your civil right to marry whomever you want, the sea will.Cruise line Celebrity Cruises has announced the start of legal same-sex…
Swaledale country house approved as civil wedding venue
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A country house in Swaledale has become the valley's premier non-religious wedding venue.
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Republicans defend baker in gay wedding cake case
House and Senate Republicans are throwing their support behind a Colorado pastry shop owner who refused to bake a gay wedding cake in a Supreme Court case.
GOP lawmakers announced plans Thursday to send an amicus brief on behalf of Jack…
SCOTUS Could Shape Outcome of Oregon Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case
The Supreme Court's decision to hear a case in Colorado involving a baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple could resolve a nearly identical case in Oregon courts.The country's high court will consider whether religious…
Supreme Court agrees to hear same-sex wedding cake case
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case asking whether a Colorado pastry shop should bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Judges in the case – known as Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. – are being asked. v. Colorado Civil Rights –…
Sudbury in Kapiti hosts first same-sex wedding
SAMANTHA BRENNAN/AMBER AND ROSE PHOTOGRAPHYPhoebe Cox, left, and Charity Turner traveled from Australia for the nuptials. Two Australian women got married in Kapiti, in a ceremony illegal in their country of origin and boycotted by some…
How To Plan a Destination Wedding in the Philippines | Local News
With all the wedding proposals from the past holiday season and Valentine's Day, many couples are planning…
Civil partnership, civil marriage, marriage: several words but one and the same meaning?
Once upon a time there was marriage, the relationship until the death of a man and a woman. I won't bother you with the legal and social ramifications, they are well known to everyone. There has never been a common law marriage which is…
14 gorgeous alternative reads for a cool and unique civil wedding ceremony
One of the trickier things about choosing a civil ceremony is the fact that you have to design pretty much everything yourself. The only parts that you really what needs to be done are the vows and the signing of the register - the…
Hospital chaplain loses appeal over same-sex marriage discrimination | Anglicanism
A Church of England hospital chaplain has lost his claim he faced discrimination when his work permit was withdrawn after marrying his same-sex partner, in a case campaigners hoped of gay rights, would force the church to change its…
Mass wedding in Vancouver, St Mary’s Parish: 15 couples ready to say ‘yes’
Breadcrumb Links Local News Here are the brides! The vows are written, the bouquets have been delivered and the church is booked for a wedding like no one has seen in Vancouver. Publication date : October 13, 2016 •…
Should they attend a parent’s same-sex wedding? – Catholic Philly
Father Kenneth Doyle
By Father Kenneth Doyle • Catholic News Service • Posted October 11, 2016 Q. Our family is a mixture of Catholic and Protestant Christians. A family member, who is gay, is planning to marry a same-sex…
Melissa & Richard in Cancun
Couple: Mélissa and Richard
Resort Name and Destination: Royalton Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa, Mexico
Number of guests: 25
Photography: PhotoPro
The (brief) story of your meeting / your love: We met at the Riu…
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney plan wedding to Italy: report
Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney are said to have married in Italy, although no date has been set.The flamboyant singer and Chicago Fire actor got engaged in February 2015, but they have both remained relatively silent on plans for their big…
Destination weddings say ‘yes’ in Detroit
DETROIT - For Jackie Wing and Mark Prindiville, their wedding scheduled for October 1, 2016 will be about their love for each other - and the history of Detroit.The engaged couples met four years ago at Central Michigan University in a…
Watch out for this destination wedding
Andrea is delighted that her wedding will take place early next…
Threat of bishops over non-signing of civil marriage forms
The spokesperson for the Catholic bishops of Ireland said the church could no longer perform the civil aspects of weddings if marriage was extended to same-sex couples.…
The Moonies hold a mass wedding in South Korea | South Korea
Thousands of couples took part in a mass wedding at the South Korean headquarters of the Unification Church - the third such event since the death of Sun Myung Moon, their self-proclaimed messiah and founder of the church.Around 3,800…
City clerk celebrates Laguna’s first civil marriage
Gustav Eriksson and Sheila Olsen met in town at Nick's Restaurant on February 19, 2012. "I was dining alone, and Gustav came in and sat right next to me," Olsen said. They struck up a conversation and it was love at first sight.
City…
Pre-Valentine’s Day: Filipino couples tie up in mass civil wedding in Dubai
Dubai: A small group of Filipino couples exchanged vows just two days before Valentine's Day at a civil wedding held at the Philippine Consulate in Dubai.
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Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar: Destination Wedding for Nishii and Jignesh
Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar of Balaji Telefilms on Sony Entertainment Television is gearing up for one of Indian television's biggest weddings. The audience saw how Jignesh and Nishii's long-awaited marriage hit a roadblock when Jignesh's…
Folk Park gives the green light for civil wedding ceremonies
The folk park is already home to many married couples who use the site as a location for wedding photography. Couples can now go further and get married in the historic school.
ONE of Tyrone's main tourist attractions is to offer…
Young people not for mass wedding ceremonies
DOHA: As Qatar is a wealthy country, its young citizens of marriageable age, even if they come from low-income families, find the idea of mass marriages humiliating.
"The concept of mass marriages is not acceptable to the Qatari…
How to plan a destination wedding in 5 European countries
When people dream of a wedding in the Greek Islands, this is what they envision: a blue-domed church, a sunset over the Aegean Sea, and a moonlit dinner on a whitewashed terrace. Small, friendly, and with such a lovely staff that you'll…
Michael Buble marries Luisana Lopilato in civil wedding ceremony in Buenos Aires
Intimate photos show the moment Michael Bublé married his wife Luisana Lopilato By Daily Mail Reporter Update: 11:11 a.m. EDT, April 1, 2011 Canadian singer Michael Bublé married his fiancee Luisana!-->…
Civil unions still part of mass marriage in Atlantic City after gay marriage bill fails | Local…
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"I now pronounce you husbands, wives and partners," officiant Jean Muchanic said at…