Pastors in California are learning how to avoid lawsuits in the wake of the legalization of same-sex "marriage" in that state.

Legal briefings being conducted by the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) are meant to give practical counsel to pastors to limit legal liability to churches as they face requests to perform same-sex ceremonies. PJI president Brad Dacus says the Supreme Court's ruling caught many pastors by surprise.

Liberty Counsel has joined the list of Christian law firms seeking to protect the right of California voters to express their opinion on a proposed marriage protection amendment in November.

Opponents of traditional marriage in California are taking a novel approach, arguing in their lawsuit that the state's voters do not have the authority to undo the California Supreme Court's decision legalizing homosexual marriages.

Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker says he's hoping to further re-ignite the national debate over same-sex "marriage" by introducing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

The State of Tennessee has a new and powerful weapon in its arsenal to defend against attempts to import same-sex "marriages" from California into the Volunteer State.

Homosexual activists are often able to win court battles because their opponents are poorly funded or lack adequate legal representation for other reasons. But that will not happen if a homosexual couple from Tennessee, who recently obtained a "marriage" license in California, makes good on their threat to sue their home state for failing to recognize their union.

Homosexual activists asked California's highest court Friday to keep off the November ballot a citizens' initiative that would again ban same-sex "marriage".

Lawyers for Equality California filed a petition arguing that the proposed amendment to the California Constitution should be invalidated because its impact was not made clear to the millions of voters who signed petitions to qualify the measure before the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex unions.

Homosexual "marriage" will be on the agenda as the Presbyterian Church USA begins its biennial meeting this weekend in California, where same-sex weddings became legal this week.

Delegates to the General Assembly will be asked to rewrite the church's Book of Order to allow Presbyterian ministers to conduct wedding services for homosexual couples. The church constitution currently defines marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman.

California's county clerks are being urged to exempt employees who have religious objections to same-sex "marriage" from taking part in them. That appeal is in a letter signed by leaders of Advocates for Faith & Freedom and the Seventh-day Adventist Church State Council.

Council president Alan Reinach says some county workers in the Golden State believe it would be immoral to take part in same-sex marriages. "We have begun to hear from employees of the clerks' offices who have religious objections," he shares.

Today is the first full day same-sex couples can legally marry in California. But while hundreds - maybe even thousands - are tying the knot, opponents are mounting an effort to ban the practice.

Conservative Anglican leaders from around the world are preparing for a gathering to discuss the way ahead amid a deepening rift over homosexuality, just days after news broke about the "wedding" of two male Anglican priests in Britain.

Homosexual couples in California are lining up to get married, once gay marriage becomes officially legal by the end of business Monday.

Last month, a state's supreme court ruling legalized same-sex marriage, clearing the way for a rush of gay marriages to begin this week.