The Senate is moving forward on the first major bill barring workplace discrimination against gays in nearly two decades as Americans' shifting views about homosexuality have significantly changed the political dynamic.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Pentagon will begin the process to extend health care, housing and other federal benefits to the same-sex spouses of military members as soon as possible.
The controversial practice known as "conversion therapy" would be banned for minors in New Jersey under a bill that has cleared an Assembly panel today. The measure is designed to protect minors from being forced to undergo the scientifically unfounded practice in an attempt to change their sexual orientation.
A gay couple from New Jersey is suing a group that used their engagement photo in an attack mailer against a Colorado state lawmaker who supported civil unions.
Proponents of so-called "conversion therapy" claim it can help turn gay kids straight. Recently the California State Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill to ban the controversial for minors.