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Gay Marriage
June 21, 2024
Talia Jane
Sotomayor Issues Dire Warning on Supreme Court Ruling on Noncitizens
Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented in the Supreme Court’s latest marriage ruling—and warned that same-sex marriage will be next on the chopping block.
June 29, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court
In filings in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is a supposed request for a gay wedding website—but the man named in the request says he never filed it.
March 7, 2023
Tori Otten
The Tennessee House Just Passed a Bill Completely Gutting Marriage Equality
The bill could allow county clerks to deny marriage licenses to same-sex, interfaith, or interracial couples in Tennessee.
November 15, 2022
Grace Segers
The Upcoming Lame-Duck Congress Is Going to Be Epic
Congress has an overwhelming to-do list in the final months of the year, including the not-so-small matter of funding the government.
July 19, 2022
Matt Ford
Democrats Just Forced Every House Republican to Take a Stance on Marriage Equality
The vote on the Respect for Marriage Act was good policy, and good politics.
June 24, 2022
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas Will Wipe Out Marriage Equality and Contraception Next
The right-wing justice has invited conservatives to challenge these long-established rights in court.
May 23, 2022
Matt Ford
Abolishing Birth Control and Gay Marriage Is on the Table
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe, and conservatives plotting a sexual counterrevolution, there’s no telling what rights might get abolished next.
May 3, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Won’t Stop With Abortion Rights
Tuesday’s leaked draft decision is a fearsome template for overturning a slew of rulings that have shaped American life for decades.
June 28, 2021
Evan Wolfson
From Stonewall to Today: How Activism Changed the World
It’s the fifty-second anniversary of the event that started the LGBTQ movement. But it’s what happened after the uprising that really matters.
September 24, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
The Democrats’ Disappointing Rhetoric on LGBTQ Rights
Some candidates seem to believe that their past support for marriage equality is enough to win the community's support.
May 27, 2019
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Alexander Chee
Finding Stonewall
For too long, I knew only part of the story of the riots of 1969.
June 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
A mass killing in a gay club reminded Marco Rubio of his public calling to oppose gay rights and gun regulation.
November 16, 2015
Alex Shephard
1,500 Mormons have left the Church in protest of its decision to label same-sex couples "apostates."
September 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, Confounding the Culture Warriors Once Again
June 30, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The Other Winner in the Supreme Court's Wild Week: Big Business
June 29, 2015
David H. Gans
A Term to Remember
The Supreme Court gave us a historic year for liberty and equality
June 26, 2015
Brian Beutler
Why Conservatives Should Praise God for the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision
June 26, 2015
The New Republic Staff
The New Republic’s Campaign for Marriage Equality
June 26, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Most Powerful Paragraph in the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decision
June 24, 2015
Michael Lindenberger
The Vanishing Terrain of Gay America
A writer returns to the city where he was raised—and exiled—to find what was lost when gay life entered the mainstream
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