For 18 years, Stephen Weir has been in charge of the office that hands out marriage licenses in California’s ninth-largest county. And for just as long, Weir has been unable to get a license himself because the love of his life is a man.

The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex marriage.

France plunged into a heated debate about its marriage laws on Friday after learning that a court had annulled the union of two Muslims because the husband said the wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be.

The attorneys general from 10 states have filed a brief asking the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling on same-sex marriage.

The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex marriage.

May 30 (Bloomberg) — France’s ruling party and the opposition Socialist Party found a rare point of agreement as they joined in criticizing a court ruling to annul a marriage because the bride wasn’t a virgin.

France plunged into a heated debate about its marriage laws on Friday after learning that a court had annulled the union of two Muslims because the husband said the wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be.

The muted political reaction to the recent California Supreme Court decision overturning the state’s ban on gay marriage might seem to suggest that same-sex marriage has run its course as a political wedge issue. But pollsters caution that it may yet return to center stage in the presidential election this fall.

For conservative Christian activists, this month’s California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage provides an opportunity to rekindle interest in an issue that has fallen well behind the price of gas in the national consciousness.

Police say a young man’s creative marriage proposal triggered reports of unidentified flying objects from worried Germans. Bavarian police say several people called late Wednesday evening to alert them to what they thought were UFOs and unusual lights drifting across the sky above the sleepy town of Plattling.