The argument is overwhelming that there is a federal constitutional right to marry a person that you love. And 36 states have held that. Seventy percent of the American people now live in a state that has constitutional or statutory marriage equality. And the history of the Supreme Court is a histor

Kristin Perry & Sandy Stier, plaintiffs before the Supreme Court, fought for this day! Congrats to the beautiful couple! First gay marriage in California after they were halted by Prop. 8.

On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court court issued a 5-4 ruling declaring the 14th Amendment requires all states to perform same-sex marriages and recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidel

Opposing views on Marriage Equality between President Barack Obama and the Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

With just days left before the US Supreme Court rules on Proposition 8, AFER has compiled this look back at the last three years of working to attain full federal marriage equality. The American Foundation for Equal Rights is dedicated to protecting and advancing equal rights for every American. As ...

President Obama's Supreme Court Nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland, shares his story and his thoughts on being nominated to sit on the nation's highest court. Merrick Brian Garland is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was widely seen as...

As the Federal Court of Appeals declarers Prop 8 unconstitutional, major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland are going on. And yet another court has slapped down the National Organization on Marriage's attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.

June 30, 2014 An appeals court upheld a ruling that found Utah's marriage ban to be unconstitutional, County Clerks in Colorado have begun issuing marriage licenses, a Federal court found Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. constitution, rulings are expected in court cases in Oklah

On June 28, 2014, during the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision allowing marriages to continue in California popular transportation service Uber provided 8 lucky couples spontaneous weddings in San Francisco in celebration of the city's Pride event and marriage equality. The couples ...

Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide in the Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2009), Sweden (2009), Portugal (2010), Iceland (2010), Argentina (2010), Denmark (2012), Brazil (2013), France (2013), Uruguay (2013), New Zealand (2013), th...