Same-Sex Marriage

The U.S. Senate is expected to hold the next vote on a bill that would codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages as early as Monday.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is hoping for a vote by the end of the year on the bill, which is supported by all Democrats but only a handful of Republicans in the Senate.

The House of Representatives last week passed legislation that would protect same-sex marriages at the federal level in response to Justice Clarence Thomas’s call for the supreme court to revisit same-sex marriage rights.Today we are taking a look at the history and politics of same-sex marriage in the U.S.

The Republican governor, who signed the six-week ban on abortion now in effect, said lawmakers need to clarify state laws surrounding abortion.

Ohio's U.S. Senator Rob Portman is co-sponsoring a bill to codify same-sex marriage and extend protections to all married couples.

Wary of political fallout, GOP leaders didn't direct members to hold the party line against the bill and dozens of Republicans joined Democrats in passing it. But it will likely stall in the Senate.

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges cleared the way for legal same-sex marriage across the country. After nearly seven years and tens of thousands of same-sex marriages in Ohio, the letter of the law still states that marriage can only be between one man and one woman.

The United Methodist Church may split in two over LGBTQ issues. A new proposal co-authored by an Ohio bishop would allow for "traditionalist" Methodist…

A group of leaders from the United Methodist Church announced a plan Friday to split the Protestant denomination over its beliefs on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.

The United Methodist Church General Conference in May will vote on a plan to split into more than one denomination after years of debate over whether to allow same sex marriage in the church. Reverend Andy Call, lead pastor at Church of the Saviour in Cleveland Heights, had high praise for mediator Kenneth Feinberg and the negotiating team that led to the proposed split.