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Chick-fil-A Returns to U.K. After LGBTQ+ Rights Backlash Forced a Retreat

The American chicken chain has a long history of donating money to anti-LGBTQ+ organizations

Poll: Opposition to same-sex marriage on the decline

The public backlash over same-sex marriage has receded since a controversial decision by the Massachusetts supreme court in 2003 to legalize those marriages stirred strong opposition, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Report: Men in Same-Sex Marriages Make More Than Opposite-Sex Unions

But men in opposite-sex marriages have higher rates of employment.

Greece to legalize same-sex marriage after opposition agrees to support it

Greece is slated to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, but surrogacy will remain restricted.

Elizabeth Edwards says opposition to same-sex marriage is 'complete nonsense'

Elizabeth Edwards reiterated her support for same-sex marriage in a speech Saturday in Sacramento, saying the idea that it threatens heterosexual marriage is ''complete nonsense.'' ''I think that we have undue fear of gay marriage,'' she said.

4 Best Defenses of Right to Marry From Idaho, Nevada Rulings

The Ninth Circuit flatly rejected arguments that legal same-sex marriage will prompt opposite-sex couples to fall into 'sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.'

Kim Davis: Obama Has 'Mashed Down' Christians

The defiant Kentucky clerk also maintained that her opposition to same-sex marriage 'was never a gay or lesbian issue.' 

Roll Tide: 87% of Alabama Now Marrying Same-Sex Couples

More than 80 percent of Alabama residents now live in a county that offers equal marriage rights to same-sex and opposite-sex couples, according to HRC.

Former Equality Foe: Homophobes Are Perverting Christianity

Michael Coren was well-known in Canada for his opposition to same-sex marriage. Here's how he saw the light.

Obama Criticizes Republican Assault on Marriage Equality

His remarks come as Republicans in Virginia and Texas have voiced opposition to same-sex marriage -- six years after marriage equality became law in the U.S.   

Same-sex marriage foes rally in Boston

Conservative religious and political leaders rallied in Boston on Sunday in opposition to same-sex marriage, arguing that their rights to religious expression are being threatened.

Mormon Leader: We Strengthened Antigay Stance Because God Told Us To

Russell Nelson, who stands to become the Mormon Church's next president, cites God's will for its stepped-up opposition to same-sex marriage.

PHOTOS: Huge Pro-Marriage Rallies in France

The opposition to same-sex marriage in France has staged protests drawing thousands. But this weekend, over the course of two days, demonstrators across the country made the case for marriage equality. French lawmakers are expected this week to take up consideration of the law, which includes adoption rights for same-sex couples.

BYU instructor fired for supporting same-sex marriage

A part-time philosophy instructor at Brigham Young University has been fired after publicly criticizing the Mormon Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.

Catholic bishops developing new guidelines for ministry to gays

The nation's Roman Catholic bishops said Wednesday they are developing new guidelines for ministry to gays, reaffirming church opposition to same-sex marriage and adoption by gays, while condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Gay-Marriage Foes Mobilize for Ban in California

Michael Bumgarner says he's never campaigned for a political cause before, but his strong opposition to same-sex marriage has prompted him to join thousands of volunteers going door-to-door in support of a ballot initiative that would ban gay nuptuals in California.

Another LGBT Rights Victory at the Supreme Court

The court won't review an Arizona decision recognizing a woman as the legal parent of a child she and her wife conceived through assisted reproduction.

Procreation a losing argument

Those who advocate that marriage should be reserved purely for the purpose of procreation have argued themselves into a corner. If they truly want that as a standard, then it should apply it to everyone.

Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Ruling for Antigay Web Designer

The court's conservative majority seemed to sympathize with a designer who argues she has a legal right to turn away same-sex couples who seek wedding websites.