Same-Sex Marriage

"Same-sex marriage is everywhere, all of the time. One cannot hide from it."

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage has put the issue of love and contracts front and center, and for legal scholars like Martha Ertman—author of the book Love's Promises: How Formal and Informal Contracts Shape All Kinds of Families—it's about time.

• By Jane Greenway Carr

The Supreme Court’s endorsement of gay marriage has forced homophobia to come out of the closet.

• By Ted Scheinman

A New Jersey jury just struck a blow against the dangerous way too many Americans think about homosexuality.

• By Jared Keller

How Republicans can move past issues that are dangerous to their party.

• By Seth Masket

A number of medical and research societies have published consensus statements supporting same-sex marriage. We thought it would be a good time to review them.

• By Francie Diep

Historic 5-4 decision makes individual state bans unconstitutional.

• By Nicholas Jackson

And conservatives are especially far off.

• By Lisa Wade

Why do those who support universal health care almost always also desire a ban on assault weapons? Ideology is more than just the sum total of our own individual political beliefs. An ideology is, in some ways, like a coalition of ideas.

• By Seth Masket

In just a few years, members of the U.S. Senate have made a dramatic shift.

• By Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz & John McTague

The public is in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, but not by a margin of five to one, which is how a new Pew study weighs coverage during Supreme Court hearings for two landmark cases.

• By Michael Fitzgerald

Findings from a new Pew Research Center study.

• By Lisa Wade