May 03 2012 5:13 PM ET
Does Your State's Dem Party Chair Back Marriage?
Eleven state chairs of the Democratic Party have declared their support for adding marriage equality to the national party's platform.
May 03 2012 2:28 PM ET
A New Legacy? Billy Graham Goes Antigay at 93
The famed pastor spent most of his life avoiding divisive politics but is in a full-page, antigay ad in 14 newspapers.
May 03 2012 11:30 AM ET
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn made her support for a woman's right to choose very clear.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a leading Democratic contender for mayor, said, “I don’t want anybody involved in my uterus, my vagina, my liver, my kidney, my lung,” at a press conf
May 02 2012 7:48 PM ET
Amendment One: For Caucasian Race?
The wife of a North Carolina state senator said the proposed amendment to ban marriage equality across the state is necessary to "preserve the caucasian race."
May 02 2012 6:12 PM ET
How the South Voted Away Marriage Equality
North Carolina voters will take to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Amendment One, which would constitutionally ban any legal relationship recognition other than heterosexual marriage. The Tar Heel State will be the last state in Dixie to decide on banning marriage equality in its constitution — all other states in the conservative area overwhelmingly passed prohibitions in the last decade. To get a handle on how things may go down May 8 and see what kind of odds LGBT activists are up against in North Carolina, we've compiled the margins by which each Southern state banned same-sex marriage; view them on the following pages.
May 02 2012 2:42 PM ET
Preacher Was Kidding? He Told Church to Beat Gay Kids
Virulently antigay North Carolina preacher Sean Harris took a half-step away from comments he made on Sunday where he told his congregation to attack young boys who act effeminate.
May 02 2012 1:45 PM ET
Republican Comes Out, Slams 'Don't Say Gay'
Rep. Zach Wyatt said he had been lying to himself for a long time, but no longer could he.
May 02 2012 8:54 AM ET
Bad Sign? Poll Shows Stagnation in N.C.
55% of survey respondents favor the ballot measure that would constitutionally ban marriage and other forms of relationship recognition for gay couples. 41% of respondents oppose the measure.
May 02 2012 2:14 AM ET
Ban on All Sexual 'Propaganda' Proposed in Russia
In the latest round of arrests Monday, 17 Russian citizens in the country’s second largest city were stopped from displaying rainbow flags, rainbow suspenders, and other rainbow insignias. The arrests were made in St. Petersburg under the city’s new law, which bans any display of so-called gay “propaganda,” public discussion of homosexuality, transgender people or bisexuality. Any display of homosexual conduct that could potentially be seen by minors is also banned.
May 01 2012 8:34 PM ET
Who Is Paying the Bills in Amendment One Fight?
Individual donors foot the bill on the opposing side, while NOM and the Roman Catholic Church line up on the other.
May 01 2012 8:16 PM ET
Republican AG: Let Pro-Marriage Vote Go Forward
Mike DeWine urges dismissal of suit seeking to block a pro–marriage equality ballot measure.
May 01 2012 7:33 PM ET
Preacher: Beat Up Your Gay-Acting Kids
The words of a homophobic North Carolina preacher are reverberating around the Internet today, following a sermon in which he advocated physically assaulting toddlers with "limp wrists."
May 01 2012 5:41 PM ET
California Wants to Cull More Information On Gay-Owned Businesses
