Marriage Equality
4 Important Gay Rights Cases You Should Know About
A lot’s been happening on the national gay-marriage front this year, and on first appearance it may not all seem completely rosy. First, the Supreme […]
Virginia AG Won’t Defend State’s Gay Marriage Ban
Will Virginia be the first Southern state to legalize same-sex marriage? Big news coming out of Old Dominion suggests it just may be. The Week […]
Live Feed of Brian Sims and Mike Schlossberg’s Twitter Town Hall on LGBT Equality
Starting at 7 p.m. tonight, State Reps. Mike Schlossberg and Brian Sims will host a “Twitter Town Hall” on LGBT equality in Pennsylvania. You can […]
Supreme Court Stops Gay Marriage in Utah
Bad news. Several media outlets are reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage must stop in Utah “while the state’s appeal works […]
Chris Kluwe: I’m Confident I Was Fired for Supporting Gay Marriage
On Deadspin today, Chris Kluwe, the NFL punter who was fired from the Minnesota Vikings last year, shares a fascinating story in which he finally […]
Boy Scouts Deliver Pizza to Utah Gay Couples Waiting for Marriage Licenses
Here’s a story to warm even the Grinchiest of hearts on this fine Christmas Eve day: Over the weekend a troupe of Boy Scouts in […]
Marriage Equality Passes in New Mexico
Great news! New Mexico became the 17th state (!!) to legalize gay marriage when the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that same-sex couples can marry statewide. […]
ACLU and Freedom to Marry Launch “Why Marriage Matters” Campaign
In May Franklin and Marshall released poll results saying that 53 percent of Pennsylvanians support the right of same-sex couples to get married, but you’d […]
D. Bruce Hanes Appeals PA Court Ruling on Gay Marriage
Today, Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes filed an appeal against the Commonwealth Court’s Sept. 12 ruling that banned him from issuing marriage […]
PA Gay Marriage Case Could Be Headed to the Supreme Court
Exciting news from Philly Mag news reporter Simon van Zuylen-Wood: This morning, a federal judge in Harrisburg refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging PA’s anti-gay-marriage […]
InfoGraphic: The United States of Marriage Equality
This is what marriage equality looks like now that Hawaii and New Jersey have become the most recent states to legalize gay marriage. The new […]
GIVE ME HEADLINES: Hawaii Becomes 16th State to Pass Marriage Equality, Brian Sims Makes List of the Year’s Most Influential Activists and More
YES! Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signs legislation that makes the Aloha State the 16th to legalize marriage equality. Brian Sims joins Edie Windsor and other biggies […]
31 PA Pastors Go Against Church to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
A few weeks ago I told you about Lebanon, Pa., Pastor Frank Schaefer (pictured, above), who was in hot water with his congregation after officiating a […]
MONDAY KICKSTARTER: First Same-Sex Couples Marry in New Jersey and More
The big news heading into this week is undoubtedly the beginning of marriage equality in New Jersey. In Newark, Mayor and Senator-elect Cory Booker opened […]
Trial Date-Setting Postponed On Case Challenging PA’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
The Associated Press reports that we’ll have to wait a little longer to get a trial date on the ACLU-filed case challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on […]