BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government cannot force Idaho to change its definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, the conservative Cornerstone Family Council of Idaho contends in a recent court filing.

Charleston, S.C. (AP) – Gay rights activists hope the buzz surrounding a “Big, Gay `I Do”’ wedding celebration in Charleston will show how much money South Carolina’s businesses are losing to the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Actor-comedian Stephen Fry says he is getting married - and is "very, very happy" even though his hopes of a private wedding have been dashed.

HOUSTON (AP) — Actress Sally Field says that as a mother of a gay son, she hopes Houston voters will pass a nondiscrimination ordinance on Tuesday.

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Formal adoption of children by a same-sex couple who challenged Michigan's ban on gay marriage will be held in Oakland County Circuit Court.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Same-sex marriage advocates plan to deliver a petition with thousands of signatures to the Utah governor's mansion in Salt Lake City on Wednesday to push for recognition of gay couples.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The clock is ticking on whether the U.S. Supreme Court will delay a ruling striking down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, and court clerks in some Florida counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples overnight.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Attorney General Bill Schuette and supporters of gay marriage have at least one thing in common: They want the U.S. Supreme Court to use a Michigan case to settle the legality of same-sex nuptials.

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is trying again to stop Boulder's clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorney General Sean Reyes will soon announce the special counsel he's hiring to assist his office's defense of the Utah's same-sex marriage ban.

DETROIT (AP) — Attorneys who persuaded a judge to overturn Michigan's ban on gay marriage are opposing the state's request to have an entire appeals court take the case.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in Utah before they were put on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The World Meeting of Families, the central religious event of Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States, is intended to convey a message of love and joy as it seeks to promote church teaching on marriage. Yet four weeks away from its opening in Philadelphia, friction is mounting as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Roman Catholics lobby for a broader role in the event and organizers move to limit them.

MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) - A member of the Ak-Chin Indian Community in a same-sex marriage is suing the tribe to recognize the union.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson is starring in a same-sex marriage commercial in Wyoming and other western states.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama will be thrown into confusion and conflict if a federal court permits same-sex weddings to begin next week, the state’s attorney general’s office argued in a Monday court filing.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The state of Alabama is appealing a federal judge's order overturning its ban on same-sex marriage.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is not backing off from his position that probate judges shouldn't issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ As the days and hours ticked by until gay and lesbian couples began lining up for marriage licenses at Alabama courthouses, state Chief Justice Roy Moore said he kept waiting for someone to try to stop it.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he’s concerned that the recognition of same-sex marriages will lead to the recognition of marriages with multiple partners or marriages within a family.

(CNN) -- Alabama's chief justice on Wednesday directed probate judges in the state to enforce the state's ban on same-sex marriage, seven months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalized gay and lesbian nuptials nationwide.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s health department has distributed new marriage license forms to accommodate same-sex weddings that are expected to begin Monday.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The couple whose lawsuit led to a judge overturning Alabama’s ban on gay marriage on Thursday urged an appellate court to let the ruling stand and reject the state’s effort to put it on hold.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's judicial building office overlooks Montgomery's Dexter Avenue, a history-soaked thoroughfare topped by the Alabama Capitol where Jefferson Davis was inaugurated president of the Confederacy and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ended the 1965 march for voting rights.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for gay marriages to commence in Alabama.

While the legal wrestling continues over gay marriage, lawyers for Gov. Robert Bentley told the U.S. Supreme Court that same-sex marriage is a social experiment that undermines the rights of children.

(CNN) -- States struggling to define the question of marriage equality have an addition to their ranks: Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — An Alabama probate judge is asking the state's Supreme Court for a way out of issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Some Alabama counties are using a segregation-era law to avoid issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples.