Marriage News Blog
June 4, 2013
The story of how Mark Towns and Stephen Pearlman of Chicago first met six years ago is straight out of a romance novel.
June 3, 2013
The fight for marriage equality will continue in Illinois after the state's House failed to bring legislation up for a vote last week. Plus, more news from the week.
May 29, 2013
At one point, David Blankenhorn was one of the most vocal opponents of marriage for gay and lesbian couples. Now he is making the case for marriage equality and why supporting gay and lesbian Americans is the right thing.
May 28, 2013
All eyes are on Illinois, with less than a week left to pass its marriage equality bill. Meanwhile major obstacles remain in Nevada and Tennessee.
May 22, 2013
AFER plaintiffs Kris Perry & Sandy Stier appear in part three of Peter Sagal’s special series on PBS, “Constitution USA.”
May 21, 2013
Research clearly shows that preventing gay and lesbian couples from getting married leads to negative side effects
May 20, 2013
Minnesota passes a marriage bill, bringing the total to 12 states with the freedom to marry. Time's running out for Illinois. And even with public support for marriage soaring, numerous states may be stuck with marriage bans for years to come.
May 17, 2013
Nine years ago today gay and lesbian couples were able to get married in the United States for the first time ever. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued the nation’s first marriage equality victory