Marriage Equality

Obama advances new civil rights revolution

May 11, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

President Barack Obama: "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."

Lesbian woman seeking marriage license arrested in North Carolina

May 11, 2012 By Emery Dalesio

In attempt to get a marriage license in North Carolina, Mary Jamis, a lesbian, was arrested, along with a friend, in Winston-Salem.

Obama makes historic move on same-sex marriage rights

February 24, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

A federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional says the Obama administration, which has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending it in courts nationwide.

Appeals court hears California marriage equality case

December 7, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

The effort to overturn Prop. 8, California's ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage, reached a new milestone Dec. 6 on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Maine gov. signs marriage equality bill

May 7, 2009 By World Combined Sources

This statement was released by Gov. John Baldacci's office on May 6, 2009. AUGUSTA -- Governor John E. Baldacci today signed into law LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious...