According to a poll released last week by Public Policy Polling, Colorado voters narrowly favor making same-sex marriage legal and favor legalizing civil unions by a more than 3-1 margin.
Public Policy Polling released a survey on Wednesday that showed a majority of North Carolinians oppose both making same-sex marriage legal in that state and a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Deborah Mell, a Chicago Democrat that serves in the Illinois House of Representatives, married her seven-year partner, Christin Baker, during a civil ceremony in Davenport last week.
As a legislator, Mell had fought for full civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians in her home state, but the body ultimately More…
According to Census Bureau data and an analysis by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, New Mexico has the fifth-highest proportion of same-sex couples among the states: 9.8 out of 1,000 households are headed by a same-sex couple.
Fifty-six percent of same-sex couples live in Santa Fe More…
In Colorado, civil unions was too scary a concept to even be allowed the light of day that would come with a floor vote in the Republican House. The tough guys of the Judiciary Committee just said no. In New York, the campaign for marriage equality now has More…
A survey of more than 1,000 Republicans by Public Policy Polling shows that self-identified members of the party support legal rights for same-sex couples even if they aren’t backing gay marriage.
Teenagers who live in politically conservative parts of the country are more depressed and suicidal than teens who live in politically progressive parts of the country, according to a study by Columbia University psychologist Mark Hatzenbuehler published this week. The study comes as the nation, spurred by media coverage of More…
Delaware will likely soon join Hawaii, Illinois and New Jersey in allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions. Same-sex marriage advocates and critics alike often view civil unions as a stopgap measure on the path toward marriage rights for all, regardless of sexuality or gender identification.
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A recent survey of Mississippi Republicans conducted by Public Policy Polling (pdf) found that a majority of them believe inter-racial marriage should be illegal. According to the poll, 46 percent of the Republicans told PPP staffers that interracial marriage should be illegal and 14 percent of them said they More…
During an emotional eight-hour hearing on same-sex civil unions at the capitol in Denver Thursday, a long list of witnesses on both sides of the issue told emotional stories of life as gay and transgender Americans. More than a few wept as they talked about shame, discrimination and systemic bias. More…
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