same-sex marriage

Supreme Court clears way for same-sex weddings in at least five more states – Part 1

By PBS News Hour

After Supreme Court decision, attitude toward same-sex marriage still polarized

By Rachel Wellford

The NewsHour spoke individually to both defenders and opponents of gay marriage to get their take on the Supreme Court’s decision and what it could mean for the future of same-sex marriage in America.

Supreme Court turns away appeals seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in short order.

News Wrap: Violence prevents access to MH17 wreckage

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Monday, heavy fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine prevented an international police team from reaching the wreckage of the downed Malaysian airliner to secure the crash site. Also, a federal appeals court in…

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Appeals court rules Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional

By Robert Pursell

In a decision that bolstered last year’s Supreme Court decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, the 10th circuit federal court of appeals in Denver struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in Oklahoma Friday, declaring the…

GOP governors may be evolving message on same-sex marriage

By Associated Press

New signs emerged this weekend of an evolution among Republican governors on gay marriage, an explosive social issue that has divided America's families and politics for years.

A five-year journey in ‘The Case Against 8’

By Victoria Fleischer

"The Case Against 8" captures reaction to the unexpected coalition of Ted Olson, the lead counsel for the Republicans in the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, and David Boies, his opposing counsel, in the case against California's Proposition…