Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce from singer Firerose after seven months of marriage. The 62-year-old country musician filed for divorce from the 36-year-old, whose legal name is Johanna Rose Hodges, in a Tennessee court on May 22, citing irreconcilable differences and “inappropriate marital conduct”. Cyrus is also seeking an annulment due to alleged […]
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women’s advancement and has even become a business risk. In Japan, each wedded pair has to legally adopt one family name. While either surname can […]
Proposition 8, the one-sentence ban on same-sex marriage that became California law in 2008, may no longer be in force, ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court more than a decade ago. But within the headquarters of the California Family Council, an official sponsor of the amendment, its passage is still recalled with a sense […]
After Ryan Scott Anderson picked up Blanchard from prison, the pair spent the night together in a hotel JC Olivera/WireImage; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Gypsy Rose Blanchard, left, and Ryan Scott Anderson The first episode of Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up takes viewers behind the scenes of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s December 2023 prison release and the first […]
These marriage license applications were recorded in Richland County between May 20 and May 24: John Andrew Ballenger of Mansfield, 23, Star Tek, to Allison Louise Burtscher of Ashland, 22, Golden Poppy Sophia Elizabeth Rolon of Mansfield, 22, student, to Luke Christopher Jungeberg of Mansfield, 22, nurse aide Adam Isaac Binkley of Greenwich, 41, procurement […]
Members of the LGBTQ community and allies take part in the Bangkok Pride Parade in Thailand on June 1, 2024. Thailand looks set to become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. Credit – Lauren DeCicca—Getty Images Thousands of people flocked to the streets of Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday to mark Pride […]
The Ottawa County Probate Court recorded the following marriage license applications from April 21 to May 12: Quinton Ryan Orosz, 29, automotive technician, and Alexis Ann Busack, 30, agriculture office, both of Oak Harbor. More: Ottawa County marriage license applications recorded Feb. 25 to March 31 Aldin Joe Showalter, 24, material handler, and Mya Elizabeth […]
Footage of a 63-year-old Bishop attempting to defend his marriage to a 19-year-old congregant has gone viral two years after the couple first made headlines in their home state of Iowa. In the footage shared by several platforms, Bishop Dwight Reed, 63, is seen standing in the pulpit while addressing anyone who attended church that […]
Donald Trump‘s allies are quietly getting involved in little-noticed fights over who will serve on the committee to set the Republican Party’s national platform. NBC News spoke with nine people familiar with what’s happening in states across the country, including Arizona, South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa, among others, who said that the campaign’s involvement is […]
Monday, May 20 will mark 10 years since same-sex marriage became legal in Pennsylvania. A state lawmaker is now taking extra steps to protect those rights and remove outdated legal language that could make some marriages invalid. State Rep. Jessica Benham (D-South Side) co-chairs the state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus. She’s a sponsor of a recently introduced […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has proclaimed May 19 ‘Marriage Equality Day,’ honoring a decade since the court case that legalized marriage equality in Oregon. That decision in that case, Geiger v. Kitzhaber, was issued on that same day in 2014 when a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Oregon’s limitations on marriage […]
City officials and leaders of the marriage equality movement celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first same-sex marriage licenses issued in 2004. Pictures and exhibits at the Kendall Center in Cambridge Friday illustrated the 20-year journey since May 17, 2004. “We were the first to open our doors,” said Cambridge’s mayor Denise Simmons. “We were […]