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A study by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles predicts a financial windfall for Washington, D.C. as a result of the legalization of the freedom to marry.
Read MoreU.S. researchers have found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the lesbian, gay and bisexual populations living in states that have banned the freedom to marry. Senior author Deborah Hasin, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and colleagues at the New York state Psychiatric Institute and Harvard University analyzed data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Read MoreIt's that time of the year again: The Oscars. Sure, we'll have fun as always watching the show this Sunday night, but it will also be a great time to take note of the many celebrities who have spoken out for the freedom to marry.
Read MoreOne gay couple met on a Star Trek fan site, another dancing at a country western bar. Some have been together for months, others more than a decade. About 150 pairs had something in common Wednesday, though, applying for wedding licenses on the first day same-sex unions became legal in the nation's capital.
Read MoreD.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, who oversees the court’s Marriage Bureau, offers tips and advice for same-sex couples coming to the courthouse for the first time to apply for a marriage license or a court officiated civil wedding. There is a special exception, for example, to the rule banning cameras in the courthouse for weddings performed there.
Read MoreThree major candidates running for governor of Rhode Island have promised to support and sign a bill honoring marriages of same-sex couples if elected. General Treasurer Frank Caprio and Attorney General Patrick Lynch, both Democrats, and former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who is running in November as an independent, made the pledge at a Statehouse rally organized by Marriage Equality Rhode Island on Wednesday before more than 200 people.
Read MoreNearly four months after Maine voters approved a referendum that overturned their state’s law that had allowed gays and lesbians to marry, the National Organization for Marriage continues to stonewall requests for information from a commission investigating its contributions to the successful campaign.
Read MoreCatholic Charities of Washington DC will cut off spousal benefits to all its employees. Why? Because DC is about to start honoring marriages of same-sex couples, which aren’t valid in the eyes of the Church.
Read MoreMitch Wood, president of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), one day prior to marriage equality going into effect in Washington D.C. said, "The achievement of civil marriage equality in the District of Columbia is the fruit of decades of public advocacy and organizing by gay citizens and our numerous allies.'' Tuesday, April 20, GLAA will honor several of those (including Freedom to Marry's own Michael Crawford, left) who helped to forge that reality, among others, with the group's annual Distinguished Service Awards, presented during GLAA's 39th Anniversary Reception.
Read MoreThe District of Columbia is now the sixth jurisdiction in the United States -- the first below the Mason-Dixon Line -- to legalize the freedom to marry. It is a day of celebration for the gays and lesbians who have pushed for recognition of their relationships. It is also a day to mark the progress society has made.
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