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By Katherine Dean After fierce opposition from conservatives, including Pope Benedict, Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva announced today that he will sign a bill legalizing…

By Katherine Dean A Washington Post poll conducted May 3-6 has found that among registered voters in Maryland, 48 percent favor same-sex marriage while 43…

In her new book, Spoken From the Heart, former first lady Laura Bush reveals to the world how she feels about same-sex marriage—and it’s not…

By Katherine Dean In what is considered to be the first serious legal challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), US District Court…

By Katherine Dean Hawaii, California and Washington saw lots of action in the fight for gay marriage rights this week. Late on Thursday, Hawaii’s state…

By Kirsten Palladino Love is in the air for Illinois Rep. Deb Mell and partner Christin Baker, who got engaged on April 10. The gay…

By Katherine Dean Both sides in the Prop 8 trial (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) have been called to court on Wednesday to settle a dispute that…

By Katherine Dean Although the gay community celebrated at least one important win last week, we also suffered some setbacks in the global fight for marriage…

By Katherine Dean With his pledge to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t tell behind him, President Obama continues his steady, albeit slow, fight for same-sex equality….

By Katherine Dean Gay marriage supporters did not collect the 694,354 signatures needed to add a measure that would repeal California’s ban on same-sex marriage…

By Katherine Dean In an effort to highlight the injustices inherent in our federal government’s discriminatory 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Dan and Josh…

By Katherine Dean Even as supporters of gay marriage continue to call for equality in state after state, those who remain staunchly opposed to progress…

Happy Marriage Equality Anniversary, Iowa!

By Katherine Dean Get counted. Today is the final day to mail in Census forms, and according to page 23 of the U.S. Census Bureau’s…