Same-sex Marriage, Gay Marriage | featured news

New York state ushered in gay marriage at the stroke of midnight Sunday, with a Buffalo couple among the first to wed.

Even before New York joined five other states and the District of Columbia, the trend's impact was becoming more visible.

New York City is about to roll out a global marketing campaign – NYC I DO — to promote the attractiveness of the city’s five boroughs as gay wedding destinations.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful push to legalize gay marriage in his state has made him a national hero to liberal voters and has sparked talk of a potential presidential bid for Cuomo in 2016....

The passage makes New York the most populous state in the Union to legalize same-sex marriages -- despite Libertarian warnings from an Archbishop.

A federal district judge in San Francisco has scheduled a hearing Monday over whether the retired federal judge who struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage should have his ruling wiped from the legal record because of his relationship with a man.

An unshakable and potent opponent, Michael R. Long uses his party’s ballot line to block legalization in New York.

When suits challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law barring recognition of same-sex marriages, federal lawyers will now tell judges it should be struck down.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday agreed to keep same-sex marriages on hold until at least December.

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ruled that marriages of same-sex couples may resume next week in California, pending the appeal of his earlier decision that overturned a voter-approved ban on gay matrimony.