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Union County magistrate Gayle Myrick resigned rather than officiate same-sex weddings. A former North Carolina magistrate has won a $300,000 legal settlement from the state after claiming she was forced to resign because her religious beliefs prevented her from marrying gay couples. Union County magistrate Gayle Myrick resigned in 2014 after federal courts ruled that North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Myrick initially asked if she could be allowed to stay on without having to give marriage licenses to...

The Kentucky clerk may still be in jail, but the story is far from over. As you may know, she was incarcerated for contempt to the Supreme Court last Thursday, after she publicly refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. A lot of people came out and let their opinion be heard, either supporting or accusing Davis and now she found a helping hand in the most unlikely of places: Madonna’s gay brother Christopher Ciccone. He stepped out and...

You may remember the cheerful story of the Kentucky clerk, Kim Davis, and her strong position against gay marriage, that we have presented to you recently. Not only the story continues, but it seems to have inflamed an entire community, inspiring various controversies on the subject. Furthermore, several other clerks have rallied against the Supreme Court’s decision regarding gay marriage and human rights, with one of them even stating that he will rather die than to accept gay marriage...