The tide of marriage for same-sex couples has ebbed and flowed over the last decade with no end in sight. Because marriage sits squarely at the intersection of religion, law and society, the discussion around same-sex couples’ inclusion into the institution of marriage has been one of the most complex and hotly contested topics in America.
New York Times - 24 Hours Ago
In his filing on Monday, Mr. Brown stopped short of asking the court to stay the ban, saying that to do so could lead to more same-sex marriages, ...
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San Jose Mercury News - November 17, 2008
Had supporters of gay marriage shown as much fervor for their cause before the Nov. 4 election as they have since, they probably would have defeated ...
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EDGE Boston - November 17, 2008
All across the country Saturday, gay rights supporters gathered to oppose the recent bans on gay marriage, the most prominent of which happened in ...
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Los Angeles Times - November 17, 2008
Sykes spoke out this weekend at a rally in Las Vegas protesting the passage of Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. ...
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Boston Globe - November 16, 2008
Massachusetts has yet to become, as former governor Mitt Romney predicted, the "Las Vegas of same-sex marriage." Gay marriage rates leveled off at about ...
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Register - November 16, 2008
The State Journal-Register, IL - 2 hours ago
Last week, voters in Florida, Arizona and California supported gay-marriage bans by 62, 56 and 52 percent, respectively, adding to the 27 states that ...
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whudat.com - November 16, 2008
4, which reversed gay marriage in California. Wanda divorced from her husband of seven years in 1998 and married her girlfriend (name unknown) on October 25 ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune - November 16, 2008
Signs cast the fight for gay marriage as the new civil rights movement, including one that read "Gay is the new black." Planning for the nationwide protests ...
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San Diego Union Tribune - November 16, 2008
4 passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California. Voters also approved bans in Arizona and Florida. Gay-rights supporters turned out ...
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Chicago Tribune - November 16, 2008
Chicago Tribune, United States - 23 hours ago
By Gerry Smith | TRIBUNE REPORTER Thousands of gay-marriage advocates took to the streets of downtown Chicago on Saturday, hoping to galvanize support and ...
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San Diego Union Tribune - November 15, 2008
Connecticut, which began same sex weddings this past week, and Massachusetts are the only states that allow gay marriage. Thirty states ban the practice, ...
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Washington Post - November 15, 2008
Tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied throughout the nation Saturday, protesting the California vote that banned same-sex marriage there. ...
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Boston Globe - November 15, 2008
"I'm against gay marriage and I'm against homosexuality. It's a danger to the country because God is against it," he said. Material from The Associated ...
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Salt Lake Tribune - November 15, 2008
By Stephen Hunt Proponents of gay marriage rallied in Salt Lake City Saturday, as speakers predicted a groundswell of activism would be spurred by the LDS ...
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Salt Lake Tribune - November 15, 2008
Baptist preacher Lonnie Pursifull from Duchesne, who is opposed to gay marriage and showed up to stage a counter protest Saturday, said he would like to see ...
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Chicago Tribune - November 15, 2008
Chicago Tribune, United States - 6 hours ago
AP DES MOINES, Iowa - Gay marriage proponents have gathered in three Iowa cities as supporters across the nation hold rallies to speak up for what they call ...
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San Francisco Chronicle - November 15, 2008
More than 1000 people are rallying in support of gay rights as part of a series of protests against a gay marriage ban passed 11 days ago in California. ...
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Hartford Courant - November 15, 2008
There's your gay agenda. People who oppose same-sex marriage often say that gays and lesbians who wed threaten the institution of marriage, if not our whole ...
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Washington Post - November 15, 2008
14 -- The backlash against those who supported a ban on same-sex marriage continues to roil California and nearby states. Protests and vandalism of churches ...
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Los Angeles Times - November 15, 2008
The court is pondering legal challenges to Proposition 8, which restored the ban on same-sex marriage. While the justices listened to what others had to say ...
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