same-sex marriage

A new Public Religion Research Institute survey finds an increase in support for marriage equality among people from more conservative backgrounds. But it finds Americans split on transgender rights.

Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.

Pope Francis suggests the Catholic church might accept same-sex partnerships as officials assemble in Rome for a synod. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Kate McElwee of the Women's Ordination Conference.

The bill is largely a safeguard against potential action by the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which made the Defense of Marriage Act unenforceable and enshrined the right to same-sex marriages across the country.

A group of leaders from the United Methodist Church announced a plan Friday to split the Protestant denomination over its beliefs on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.

Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland will be able to marry in 2020, six years after the rest of the U.K.

David Wilson and his husband Rob Compton were plaintiffs in a lawsuit that led to marriage equality in Massachusetts in 2004. At StoryCorps, they remember their wedding day.

United Methodists are among the last mainline Protestant denominations to address the issue, and some worry it could cause a major rift in the church.

At issue is the city of Houston's benefits policy, which is taxpayer-subsidized and had been extended to married same-sex couples.

Lawmakers in the Texas Senate have taken up a bill that would allow judges and county clerks to deny marriages to same-sex couples based on their…