"An evangelical pastor from Atlanta announced Thursday that he would not give the benediction at President Obama’s swearing-in ceremony..."

"... after a sermon he gave on homosexuality in the mid-1990s resurfaced earlier this week." In that sermon, the Rev. Louie Giglio...

State appeals court says the Wisconsin domestic partnership law doesn't violate the state constitution.

The state constitution was amended to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples and to forbid the creation of other legal status for same sex c...

Obama promises "meaningful action... regardless of the politics."

Noted. Obama's statement is... Meaningful and not political. Meaningful and political. Not meaningful but political. Neither meaningful ...

The issue of standing in the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage cases.

Linda Greenhouse explains the 2 standing problems in a way that is accessible to the general reader. The Windsor case is especially striking...

"Conservative Pundits: Accepting Same-Sex Marriage Is Common Sense."

Trend watch. Of course, same-sex marriage started out as a conservative idea, and lefties resisted. That was back in the day when marriage w...

"Justice Antonin Scalia believes the law can and should enforce moral standards," says David Savage, incorrectly.

In the L.A. Times. Why is it so hard to read Scalia's Lawrence v. Texas dissent ? Experts — purported experts — like Savage, insist on...

"That the Supreme Court is taking this up is truly exhilarating, but I’m very nervous and unnerved by the possibilities of what could come out of this."

"It is frightening to have our basic rights as citizens in the hands of just nine people, when four or five of them are deeply ambivale...

Waiting for an order granting Supreme Court review in a same-sex marriage case. [UPDATE: Granted!!]

They're live-blogging the anticipation over at SCOTUSblog. The Conference is over for today; that was some time ago. What's going on...

Also legal starting today in Washington...

... same-sex marrying.

"Again, no gay marriage orders."

"The Supreme Court on Monday released additional orders from its Friday Conference, but the list did not include any action on the ten ...

If DOMA is unconstitutional, what kind of past employee benefits will need to be paid?

Don't assume the effect of a new decision will be only prospective. Consider this report of a ruling by the Judicial Council of the Nin...

"Freedom From Religion Foundation sues IRS for not enforcing electioneering restrictions on churches."

"The lawsuit cites 'open and notorious violations' of these electioneering restrictions by churches since 2008, including '...

"It seems obvious that the evolution of social issues from crime and welfare to abortion and gay marriage has hurt the Republican Party."

Writes John Hinderaker , reminding us what the "social" issues were in the Reagan era Crime and welfare were serious public policy...

"Washington joins two other states that have passed ballot measures making same-sex marriage legal..."

CNN emails its projection. After nearly two days of counting, the tally was 1,269,917 residents in favor of the measure and 1,146,439 oppose...

"Tonight is the greatest night in the history of the gay rights movement."

"Gay marriage is being legalized in at least two, probably three states, the first time ever in the US it's been legalized by a pop...

2d Circuit Court of Appeals holds the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.

This comes in addition to a similar decision from the First Circuit last May. The case was bought by a woman whose wife — wife, under New Yo...

"[I]t is my obligation, not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided..."

"... just as I cannot claim infallibility in my support of abortion rights. I must admit that I may have been infected with society’s p...

"[D]evelopments like the Occupy movement and gay marriage seem almost to erupt in The Times, overloved and undermanaged, more like causes than news subjects."

Writes Arthur S. Brisbane, in his last column as the NYT "Public Editor." Across the paper’s many departments, though, so many sha...

"Their goal is to dehumanize everyone’s sexuality and reduce us to using sex for the sole purpose of perpetuating our species."

"To that end, they will criminalize your entire sex life..." "They" = those who oppose same-sex marriage.

"The Republicans are smart enough to get the ‘pope of America,’ and the Democrats are stupid enough not to invite him."

"The Catholic vote is the most critical vote. They’re the wild card... So, why wouldn’t you ingratiate yourself to the pope of America ...