For decades, LGBT activists have fought hard for the right to marry. Today, they got it. Exactly two years after the Supreme Court struck down provisions in the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Prop 8, the country finally has marriage equality.

For decades, LGBT activists have fought hard for the right to marry. Today, they got it. Exactly two years after the Supreme Court struck down provisions in the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Prop 8, the country finally has marriage equality.

Marriage today: rich-poor gap, later vows, gays gain access NEW YORK (AP) — Through two decades of debate on whether America's gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, opponents of such unions depicted their resistance as "defense of marriage." Now, on the cusp of a Supreme…

The speech that put Chuck Robb ahead of history on gay marriage The speech that put Chuck Robb ahead of history on gay marriage Later this week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that will likely set the stage for a formal constitutional recognition of same-sex marriage. Polls show that a solid maj Read more ... ority of Americans support same-sex marriage, and Hillary Clinton is even notably pandering to gay voters. One notable exception was an unlikely — and unsung — trailblazer for gay equality: former Virginia Sen. Chuck Robb. During the 1996 Senate debate on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Robb gave one of the most eloquent and unexpected speeches by an American politician in support of not just same-sex marriage but gay civil rights.

How The Clinton White House Dealt With Same-Sex Weddings In 1999 On Thursday, the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, released thousands of documents about "gay marriage" and the Defense of Marriage Act. Here are some of the document...

Bill To Repeal Defense Of Marriage Act Gains Another Republican Co-sponsor WASHINGTON -- House Democrats picked up another GOP co-sponsor of legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that gives states the right ...

Bill To Repeal Defense Of Marriage Act Gains Another Republican Co-sponsor WASHINGTON -- House Democrats picked up another GOP co-sponsor of legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that gives states the right ...

Why the Supreme Court is Set to Make History on Gay Marriage The writing's been on the wall since the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down in 2013

Rep. Nadler Explains Why 'Religious Liberty' Defense Doesn't Work To Deny LGBT Rights Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) spoke out this week about the Respect for Marriage Act, which he reintroduced in Congress last week with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.). If passed it would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), only one portion of whi Read more ... ...