The case has reinvigorated a heated debate about anti-discrimination, freedom of religion, and First Amendment speech rights.
A new study finds that state laws sent a strong message about how norms were changing—and homophobia declined as a result.
Pacific Standard spoke with Supreme Court watchers about how President Trump's nominees might rule on cases about abortion, gay marriage, and voting rights.
The crowd celebrates as the result of a national postal survey on same-sex marriage is announced at the State Library of Victoria on November 15th, 2017, in Melbourne, Australia.
There were some 100 anti-LGBTQ bills released in various states in the first few months of 2017 alone, including religious exemptions in the workplace and restricted access to health care for LGBTQ citizens.
How Republicans can move past issues that are dangerous to their party.
Historic 5-4 decision makes individual state bans unconstitutional.
The claim that a brief conversation can change minds on the charged topic was apparently based on faked data.
Will Ireland become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote? M.V. Lee Badgett explains why the Catholic nation may create a turning point in the global LGBT rights movement.
Nina Martin talks with a leading expert on the historic tension between civil rights and religious freedom.
Comparing a multi-year study of attitudes with other surveys suggests that America's growing acceptance of gay marriage does not necessarily mean that individual feelings have shifted.
This morning's landmark Supreme Court decisions put an end to a flawed argument DOMA supporters have been making for 16 years.
Research in political science provides strong reasons to suspect that the Supreme Court may lead public opinion over the long-run.
Worried about the government accepting gay marriages? It only pretty recently started accepting straight ones.
Legislators unite for a Maori love song.
In Europe and most of the rest of the world, gay marriage arrives via legislatures, not courts. But the U.S. is different, as always.
A new study finds that politicians think that voters are far more conservative than they really are.
Regarding same-sex marriage, there's less daylight than might be expected between religious conservatives and some LGBT activists.
San Francisco City Hall embodies the thrill of wedded bliss while it endures the fallout over Prop. 8
A family law professor explains why differences between states over gay marriage may lead to a deluge of court cases.
The culture war over same-sex marriage in the United States ignores people whose gender has changed or is less than black-and-white.