Tags: Gay marriage

Alabama high court dismissed petitions by groups who want the state's ban on gay marriage enforced. But the chief justice still expressed strong disagreement with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalizes same-sex marriage.

A manly couple from Australia got married last week after a legal diplomatic loophole. The couple got married at the British consulate and is legally married in Britain, but their union remains unrecognized by the Australian government. James Hanley and Dan Waknin said that they are looking into the option of adopting children.

A senior LP member has condemned the non-recognition of gay unions overseas after Australian authorities denied the marriage of two gay men in a death certificate.