
Barbara Bush films a spot for the Human Rights Campaign supporting gay marriage.

Today, the state of Iowa joined Massachusetts and Connecticut (and California six months ago) in allowing gay couples to marry. The Iowa State...

Going to the Chapel, Eventually
This was a banner year for advocates of same-sex marriage. Although the state supreme court upheld last year's...

Yesterday, the Washington, D.C. Superior Court started issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples, joining Massachusetts, Vermont, Iowa,...

While 57 percent of people under 30 see gay sex as "morally acceptable," only 46 percent of them would say the same about having an abortion.

And then there were four. Hot on the heels of their Midwestern brethren, the state of Vermont has legalized gay marriage, and become the first...

The California Supreme Court will soon hand down its decision on whether or not Proposition 8 violates the state Constitution. As it has...

The New York mayor's video for the Human Right's Campaign is short, pithy, and excellently to the point.

Who cares what the public opinion polls say? This should be what we consider when we consider gay marriage.

The Associated Press:
"Maine's governor has signed a bill making the state the fifth to allow gay marriage. Gov. John Baldacci signed the...

Today the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage ban. The ban was approved by 52.24 percent of voters last...

One high school student wasn't afraid to challenge Michele Bachmann to her face about LGBT rights.

The Pew Research Center's report on the state of marriage in states across the country is full of fascinating information-such as the amusingly...

A Pew study showing the decline of marriage among lower-income groups, among other findings, is visualized here.

The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has more than doubled in the past 30 years, and public acceptance is increasing, too.

I don't mean to diminish the absurdity that is the failure to reject Proposition 8 in California, and the general national impulse to prevent gay...

For decades, the World Database of Happiness has surveyed how happy people are—not at all happy, not very happy, quite happy, or very happy. As...

By 2020, only four countries are projected to be producing more than 45 percent of their energy from non-hydro power renewables. The United...

In a world of dwindling traditional energy resources, countries are starting to invest in more sustainable alternatives. Here are the countries...

Here's a breakdown of which nations depend most on the turbulent but oil-rich nation.