Jay-Z echoed President Obama's support of gay marriage in a new interview with CNN, saying it's "no different than discriminating against blacks. It's discrimination plain and simple." The rapper has a live-and-let-live attitude on the subject, explaining: "What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business." While Obama has one Read more

President Obama has become the first US president in office to support gay marriage explicitly. In an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, yet to air, Obama comes out in favor of full marriage rights for same-sex couples. The move could be politically complicated, as it comes the day after voters in North Carolina — an important swing state — passed a constitutional amendment banning gay Read more

The Obama administration has had a rocky relationship with its stance on gay marriage, so our interest was piqued at Joe Biden's recent comments in support of same-sex marriage. On Meet the Press the vice president said: "I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual — men and women marrying — are entitled to the same exact rights, all Read more

In the midst of the gay marriage debate, politics can make some forget about the actual couples and families who are affected. Now there's a new campaign whose purpose is to change that: the Campaign for Southern Equality's two-week-long WE DO Campaign, ending today. Participating same-sex couples have been joined with their families and supporters as they request marriage licenses in North Read more

When it comes to the census, more gay Americans are coming out of the closet. In 2010, the number of Americans who said they're in a same-sex relationship rose by 80 percent compared to 2000, and the number who told the census they're living with a same-sex partner doubled. In addition, according to census figures, there are 130,000 same-sex couples who say they are married. Last year was the Read more

Fledgling Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been using bizarre analogies to explain his opposition to gay marriage. At a recent campaign event Santorum said, "I can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. Why? Because it is what it is. Right?" Jon Stewart did his best to explain Santorum's logic, saying he's making a slippery slope argument: "If people start using Read more

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