The nation's founding documents support gay marriage?
Today, gay marriage can be legally married in Vermont.
"In no way has gay marriage lent legitimacy to polygamy.
Furthermore, attitudes about gay marriage seem to be shifting quickly.
Does gay marriage, as claimed, resemble monogamous heterosexual marriage more than polygamy does?
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
In New England, proponents are hoping to legalise gay marriage in all six states by 2012.
Iowa and Vermont became the latest American states to legalise gay marriage.
The court recognised the women as married, even though India does not recognise gay marriage.
The ruling puts Walker at the forefront of the gay marriage debate.
One, Mark Grisanti of Buffalo, opposed gay marriage for religious reasons, but could not justify denying equal rights to gay couples.
While you might presume that those with a gay family member were the most open to gay marriage, Powell says that people with gay friends are more likely to be swayed.
But when asked during a question-and-answer session about gay marriage, Mr Beebe said he did not think the state would ever pass a law like New York's allowing gay marriage.
The verdict is the second in a federal gay marriage case to fall down in recent weeks.
Proponents of gay marriage would do well to focus on these women if they want to win black votes.
Fifty years ago, however, most people probably would not have dreamed that America or Britain would ever allow gay marriage.
Many states allow some kind of legalized relationship for gays, but only one, Massachusetts, has gay marriage on the books.
A petition signed by half a million opponents of gay marriage had earlier been handed in to the parliament.
If we were cynical about politicians we could see the support of gay marriage by some of them as based on getting the social liberal "gay vote" onside and sacrificing the social conservative vote.
Mr Zapatero will be remembered for liberalising measures, such as on gay marriage and abortion, that helped to make Spain a more modern, tolerant place.
Thankfully, a lot has happened on gay marriage since the last election—early Wednesday evening, New York was one stubborn Republican vote away from transformation.
Spain has become the third country in Europe to legalise gay marriage, with parliament also giving same-sex couples the right to adopt children.
This is the fourth credible poll in the past eight months to show an outright majority of Americans in favor of gay marriage.
Past trends, of course, are no guarantee of future ones, and it's always possible that the momentum toward increasing support for gay marriage could flatten out or even reverse itself.
That's one of the factors driving a federal court case challenging gay marriage bans, moving forward in California next week. But the issue extends far beyond the Golden State.
But on July 15th the former President, a close ally of the Catholic church, missed a close vote approving gay marriage, helping the first couple win a big victory.
But first the trial will do two things: it will establish for the first time a body of expert evidence which appellate courts can use to evaluate claims by supporters and opponents of gay marriage.
The city council of Washington, DC voted to recognise gay marriages performed in other states.
Only seven countries in the world allow gay marriages: Canada, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium.
