Dr. Edmund Egan testifies about the effect of Prop. 8 on local economies, and social epidemiologist Ilan Meyer testifies about the harm gays and lesbians have experienced because of Proposition 8.

UCLA Professor Letitia Anne Peplau testified about benefits of marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

Day two of the January 2010 Prop. 8 trial, marriage equality's truth commission, continued testimony by Harvard University Professor Nancy Cott.

Day 1 of the marriage equality truth commission started with opening statements. Then each of AFER's plaintiffs then took the stand.

As we prepare to take our case for full marriage equality to the U.S. Supreme Court, AFER highlights each day of the 2010 Prop. 8 trial as it happened.

Revisit the marriage equality truth commission through daily summaries, quotes and photos.

In this week's episode of Marriage News Watch: big news coming this week from Rhode Island, where we may see the year's first hearing on marriage equality. Plus more news from, Illinois,Colorado, Hawaii and Nevada.

The road to marriage in New Jersey has been rocky, but there's no mistaking the progress that the state has made over the last few years. Now, the Garden State is poised to finally make the plunge with a very busy year ahead for marriage equality.

Despite the landslide victory for marriage equality during November’s election, gay and lesbian couples in Minnesota are still unable to get married. Will momentum yield marriage equality in Minnesota in 2013?

Hawaii was once regarded as a beacon of hope for marriage equality. In the 1990’s it could have been the first state that recognized the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples. A lengthy court case and constitutional amendment later, Hawaii currently has a civil union law, which went into effect in 2011.