Marriage Equality

“This is a fair thing to do,” said one tax expert about the provision in the larger spending bill full of Democratic Party priorities.

“When we talk about workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights, we are having the same conversation about human rights – and the universal struggle to be understood and treated as equals.”

The longtime lawmaker reflects on coming out, regrets removing trans people out of non-discrimination legislation, and becoming the first member of Congress to marry a same-sex partner.

Marriage equality and transgender people are “plagues” on society, Virginia Rep. Bob Goode insisted.

State Rep. James White has just opened the door for Texas’s Attorney General to decide whether the Supreme Court’s ruling making marriage equality the law of the land has to be “recognized” by Texas citizens.

Virginia’s Republican, Trump-endorsed candidate for governor finally mustered the courage to answer the question after previously dodging the topic.

“As a lawmaker, it is critically important for you to understand this truth,” Ralph Drollinger pleads with current members of Congress, continuing to advocate against the law of the land.

After he was asked if he too had “evolved” on same-sex marriages like Liz Cheney did, a visibly uncomfortable Kevin McCarthy deflected.

Sasha Issenberg reveals that the Clinton White House was only worried about the political implications when it came to DOMA. Principles never entered into their considerations.

Final figures are reflecting that nearly two of every three Swiss voters supported the measure, despite conservative efforts to stoke outrage and overturn the law.