“No reasonable court, properly directing itself, could possibly find that providing differing types of legal recognition for same-sex and heterosexual couples was not differential treatment in general terms,” said Mr Justice Kawaley.
The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday that a Phoenix law protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination is constitutional and that local wedding vendors must serve same-sex couples.
Across the country, florists, bakers, photographers and others have claimed that being forced to offer their wedding services to same-sex couples violates their rights.
The General Synod of the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil – the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil – (IEAB) has approved changes to its canons to permit same-sex marriages
The transgender persons community in Kerala has claimed this to be the first legally registered wedding of a trans couple, who have done sex affirmation surgeries, in the state.
