Illinois couple defiant despite $80G fine for refusing gay union at B&B

The Timber Creek Bed & Breakfast in Paxton, Ill., regularly hosts weddings like the one above, but its owners refused to host a gay union in 2011.

Pope says Church can’t be ‘museum’, must be open to change

Pope Francis talks with cardinals as he leads the synod on the family in the Synod hall at the Vatican, October 5, 2015. Reuters/Max Rossi

Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis not a form of support, Vatican says

Obama says religious freedom no reason to deny gay couples right to marry

Sept. 27, 2015: President Barack Obama greets members of the crowd after speaking at a Democratic National Committee LGBT fundraising gala at Gotham Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kentucky clerk who fought gay marriage is released from jail

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis cries out after being released from the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released Tuesday after five days behind bars. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky clerk cites ‘God’s authority,’ won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, foreground left, is greeted Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, as she arrives for work at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky.. Davis’ appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was turned down on Monday, and now she is under federal orders to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. Timothy D. Easley — The Associated Pressv

Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches

The Rev. Michael Briggs, left, and the Rev. Ken Malcolm, right, hug as they walk after Episcopalians overwhelmingly voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Salt Lake City. The vote came in Salt Lake City at the Episcopal General Convention, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Gay activists in Asia upbeat about impact of US court ruling

Filipino LGBTs (Lesbians Gays Bisexual and Transgenders) kiss as they gather for a Gay Pride rally Saturday, June 27, 2015 in Manila, Philippines, to push for LGBT rights and to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing gay marriages in all U.S. states as a victory for their cause. The rally was scheduled to commemorate the 1969 demonstrations in New York City that started the gay rights movement around the world. Jonas Bagas, executive director of the pro-LGBT rights group TLF Share, said the U.S. court ruling “will reverberate in other corners of the world.” (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

High Colombian official urges courts to OK same-sex marriage

A gay pride parade participant poses for a photo in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Thousands paraded through the streets of Bogota and called for a law granting social security and matrimonial rights for gay couples. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Religious liberty is rallying cry after gay marriage ruling

FILE – In this Friday June 26, 2015, file photo, a man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)