Majority in state now support letting gays marry, poll finds

PHOENIX - More than half of Arizonans polled in a new statewide survey said they now favor allowing gay couples to marry.

Former Tucson Congressman Jim Kolbe to marry partner this weekend

Former Tucson Congressman Jim Kolbe plans to marry his partner of eight years on Saturday in Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage is allowed by law.

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Horne seeks to lay down the law on civil unions

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Horne seeks to lay down the law on civil unions

PHOENIX - Hoping to short-circuit future lawsuits, Attorney General Tom Horne wants to tell attorneys from cities around the state exactly what he thinks their communities can - and cannot - offer to domestic partners of their residents.

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: If you're happily married, why would you deny that pleasure to others?

The wedding was a few weeks away. It was a quiet moment in our four-person news bureau.

Justices edgy about gay marriage, an issue that won't go away

Listening to the Supreme Court hear arguments in the same-sex marriage cases was like watching a novice diver inch to the edge of the high board for the first time.

Gay-marriage case before high court could settle Arizona benefits dispute

PHOENIX - The gay-marriage issue playing out today at the U.S. Supreme Court could have an impact on an Arizona case the high court has not yet decided on hearing.

Every gay and lesbian person is someone's child, Sen. Portman

Let there be no cheers for Rob Portman. The Ohio senator is, pardon the tautology, a conservative Republican, and last week he did something conservative Republicans do not do. He came out for same-sex marriage. This is a man whose anti-gay bona fides were so pronounced that his 2011 selecti…

Jonah Goldberg: One of these things is not like the other, or is it?

Just because things can be put on the same list doesn't mean they are necessarily similar. My attic contains within it thousands of comic books, an inflatable bed, some jigsaw puzzles, some family pictures and a "Frampton Comes Alive!" album. These things are, roughly speaking, in the same l…

Asking the right questions about marriage, at last

More than perhaps anyone else in America, David Blankenhorn personifies the struggle so many have experienced over same-sex marriage.

Court lets Ariz. partner benefits stand - for now

PHOENIX - Arizona will have to continue providing benefits to the domestic partners of its gay state and university employees, at least for the time being.

AZ seeks high-court hearing on benefits

PHOENIX - The U.S. Supreme Court could decide this week whether to let Arizona argue that it has the right to deny benefits to the domestic partners of its gay workers.

11 states back Arizona on gay-partner benefits

PHOENIX - Two organizations that promote "family values" and 11 other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona deny health care and other benefits to the domestic partners of its gay employees.

Josh Brodesky: Only in America is inequality celebrated with chicken

Until Thursday night, I had never eaten at Chick-fil-A.

Executive loses job after Chick-fil-A rant video goes viral

An executive at a medical manufacturing firm lost his job after a YouTube video of him verbally ambushing a young employee at a Tucson Chick-fil-A went viral.

Executive loses job after Chick-fil-A rant video goes viral

Adam Smith, former CFO of Vante, posted video of himself as he picked up free water at a Chick-fil-A and then criticized the company.

Gay-marriage opponents rally at Chick-fil-A's here

An executive at a medical manufacturing firm lost his job after a YouTube video of him verbally ambushing a young employee at a Tucson Chick-fil-A went viral.