Staff / TruthdigSep 4, 2015
James Yates and William Smith Jr. were Rowan County's first same-sex couple to be granted a license to wed since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized such marriages. It was the sixth time they had tried to obtain a marriage license, finally succeeding the day after County Clerk Kim Davis was sent to jail for refusing to issue the licenses. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 21, 2015
The question Vice President Joe Biden and his strategists are currently considering is this: Should he run? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 28, 2015
Friday’s Supreme Court decision recognizing the legal right of same-sex couples to marry “demonstrates that real political change typically comes from citizens, not leaders,” writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BLANKJun 28, 2015
When the then-mayor of San Francisco ordered his city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, he helped put the United States on the course that culminated in this week's historic Supreme Court decision to recognize the marriage rights of gay couples nationwide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 27, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stated in his closing opinion on the marriage equality case that “slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigMay 27, 2015
There is much more to be done before Ireland can make wider claims to equality, but the long-time-coming sexual rights revolution is finally changing the nation’s landscape of Catholic morality. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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