Gay Marriage

“The Church of England has abandoned a three-year effort to establish church blessings for same-sex couples….

“The High Court declined Nov. 10 to hear an appeal in Miller v. Davis, in which former Rowan County, Ky., clerk Kim Davis was ordered to pay more than $360,000, including attorney fees, to a same-sex couple for whom she refused to issue a marriage license in 2015.” - Baptist Press

“…while Davis could have limited her appeal to her situation, asking the court to resolve her personal status and remove the judgment against her, she chose instead to challenge the ‘legal fiction’ at the heart of Obergefell itself. For Christians who are praying for the end of Obergefell, this is no small matter.” - World

“ ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.” - RNS

“How a Supreme Court case aimed to change marriage but redefined family instead.” - Breakpoint

“What year did California ban same-sex marriage? … In 2008. The same year when both Democratic contenders for the presidential nomination said they opposed same-sex marriage. Much had changed by the time President Obama successfully ran for reelection in 2012.” - TGC

“A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that support for same-sex “marriage” dropped by at least two points last year, and support for “gay rights” anti-discrimination policies fell by four points.” - Breakpoint

Related: Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S. - Gallup

“One in 5 U.S. Protestant pastors (21 percent) say they see nothing wrong with two people of the same gender getting married…. Three in 4 (75 percent) are opposed, including 69 percent who strongly disagree with same-sex marriage.” - Baptist Press

“A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago… reversing a judge’s earlier decision.” - RNS

The city denied a license to Country Mill Farms because CMF declines to host gay weddings on its property. CMF sued. - CPost