gay marriage

Rhode Island is poised to join nine other states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

While Delaware has moved one step closer to legalizing gay marriage, the issue remains at a standstill here in New Jersey, much to the dismay of one of the lead supporters of gay marriage, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora.

With same-sex marriage dominating the headlines recently, entertainers have been creating different, interesting ways to bring up the topic and bring attention to the movement.

Democrats say the cost to taxpayers for a House Republican decision to fund the legal team supporting federal law governing same sex marriage has climbed from $500,000 to as much as $3 million.

Two days of arguments over gay marriage are over at the Supreme Court, where five justices -- a majority -- today raised questions about a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples, even though the benefits are given to other couples.

The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to married people.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman.

In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.

The Supreme Court could end up avoiding a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry.

The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it.