The Next Irish Revolution
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.
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Gay Marriage
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From Gay Marriage to Birth Control, the Fight Over Religious Exemptions Is Heating Up
Nina Martin talks with a leading expert on the historic tension between civil rights and religious freedom.
Gay Marriage: A Country Is Moving, Its People Not So Much
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.
Once and for All: Gay Marriage Is Not Bad for Kids
This morning's landmark Supreme Court decisions put an end to a flawed argument DOMA supporters have been making for 16 years.
Supreme Court Decisions in Favor of Gay Marriage Would Not Go ‘Too Far, Too Fast’
Research in political science provides strong reasons to suspect that the Supreme Court may lead public opinion over the long-run.
Guess What? Traditional Marriage Doesn’t Exist
Worried about the government accepting gay marriages? It only pretty recently started accepting straight ones.
Here Is a Video of People Singing as New Zealand’s Parliament Legalizes Gay Marriage
Legislators unite for a Maori love song.
Expect Gay Marriages in the Courthouse, Not the Statehouse
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.
Why Politicians Know So Much That Just Isn’t So
A new study finds that politicians think that voters are far more conservative than they really are.