The Kansas Chamber of Commerce says legislators should not pursue a new religious objections law following an executive order from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback protecting clergy and religious groups.

A county clerk says nearly half of the county clerks in Kentucky have asked Gov. Steve Beshear to call a special session of the legislature to address the issue of gay marriage licenses after same-sex marriage was legalized.

Van Buren County Clerk Pam Bradford said Wednesday her office would issue the licenses to any couples who asked for them, saying she reversed course after meeting with an attorney for the Association of Arkansas Counties.

Advocates on both sides of the issue and the border Wednesday noted the sharp contrast in the neighboring governors’ responses in the form of executive orders the day before.

A county clerk in Arkansas says she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite warnings from the state’s governor and attorney general that public officials must comply with the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

Utah lawmakers may need to look at whether more religious protections are needed after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday.

County officials have a duty to impartially administer the law and cannot refuse issuing licenses to same-sex couples if they have religious objections, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday in a letter to the state attorney general.

The judge says he didn’t marry a gay couple earlier this week because of his personal and religious beliefs.

Previously, Baylor University policy listed homosexual acts with adultery, fornication, incest, sexual abuse, harassment and assault as sexual acts that were expressly prohibited.

A state court system spokeswoman said late Tuesday that it had received notices through Monday from 14 magistrates citing a “sincerely held religious objection.”

A representative for Fox confirmed Tuesday the studio has acquired the life rights to Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that last month became a landmark in the gay rights movement.

If Gov. Kate Brown signs off on the bills approved Monday, Oregon would be the first state to hire a coordinator to help LGBT veterans upgrade a less-than-honorable discharge received because of their sexual orientation.

It would cost about $60,000 a day to call the legislature back in session, and Beshear said there was no need to do that for an issue the Supreme court has settled.

Gov. Sam Brownback issued an executive order in response to last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. The order said the “imposition” of same-sex marriage could lead to “potential infringements” of religious liberties.

It’s unclear what House Speaker Greg Stumbo wants the legislature to do. Stumbo says he is drafting legislation to help address the issues some of the state’s county clerks are having, but did not say what those issues were.

The pro-gay marriage group Freedom to Marry says Biden will speak at a celebration the group is holding on Thursday on Wall Street. The group says the event will “celebrate success in winning marriage nationwide and the triumph it represents for America.”

Tuesday’s state court ruling follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling assuring the rights of gay couples to marry nationwide.

The objection this week by Irion County Clerk Molly Criner to last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide is detailed in a statement she crafted titled “Declaration of obedience to law and defense of natural marriage.”

The 1984 Summer Olympic Torch that Caitlyn Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nevada, is going on the auction block where it could fetch $20,000 or more.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday announced he has issued an executive order mandating all state government agencies comply with last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states.