The Indiana Senate has passed the one-sentence version of a proposed amendment to further define marriage in the state Constitution. According to Inside INdiana Business, the measure does not include any much-debated language involving domestic partner benefits and civil unions. State Senator Mike Delph (R-29) had hoped the Senate would return the measure to second …read more.

A federal court in Indiana has dismissed a claim that an Indiana law prohibiting secular celebrants from solemnizing marriages, while allowing religious representatives to do so, violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Center for Inquiry, the lead plaintiff in this case, characterized the …read more.