Marriage Equality

Carrie Underwood responds to backlash for gay marriage support

June 20, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

After Carrie Underwood's interview with British newspaper The Independent, in which she was quoted as saying she believes everyone should have the right to love, a backlash has developed online by those who oppose marriage equality.

Obama advances new civil rights revolution

May 11, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

President Barack Obama: "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."

Lesbian woman seeking marriage license arrested in North Carolina

May 11, 2012 By Emery Dalesio

In attempt to get a marriage license in North Carolina, Mary Jamis, a lesbian, was arrested, along with a friend, in Winston-Salem.

Obama makes historic move on same-sex marriage rights

February 24, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

A federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional says the Obama administration, which has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending it in courts nationwide.

Appeals court hears California marriage equality case

December 7, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

The effort to overturn Prop. 8, California's ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage, reached a new milestone Dec. 6 on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of...