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After 19 years together Linda Murphy and Donna Swartwout tied the knot at 12:01 a.m. Friday, when New Hampshire's law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect.

Mexico City, one of Latin America's largest metropolises, on Monday legalized same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.

New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex ...

A judge in Dallas ruled on Thursday that the state court on which she sits has the jurisdiction to hear a divorce suit by a gay couple who were married outside Texas where same-sex marriages are banned.

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she lost her crown because of a comment she made about gay marriage and not because she had been skipping appearances.

New Hampshire became the sixth U.S. state to legalize gay marriage Wednesday after Gov. John Lynch signed the measure into law, even though he says he personally opposes the practice.

The ruling ratified a decision made by voters last year, but allowed existing gay marriages to stand.

'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon is engaged to her long-term girlfriend Christine Marinoni.

Council vote to honor nuptials performed in other states sends District deeper into national debate.

Even in states that don't allow gay marriage, court decisions on child custody, divorce and other issues are giving incremental rights to same-sex couples.

When Maine's highest court ruled two years ago that lesbians Marilyn Kirby and Ann Courtney could adopt the two children they had cared for since 2001, the man who has led the state battle against gay marriage for 25 years got a glimpse of the defeat now looming.