Access to civil marriage improves the health of the community. In the interest of public health, committed same-sex couples should be granted access to this healthy choice.

Our nation must not purge the history of Black America and the Civil Rights movement from its collective memory. ... Scott King became an early advocate of same-sex marriage.

Civil unions for same-sex couples existed in many states but created a separate but equal standard. Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage with many states to follow.

Vermont became the first state to grant marriage-equivalent rights to same-sex couples through civil unions in 2000. The Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Baker v.

Vermont became the first state to grant marriage-equivalent rights to same-sex couples through civil unions in 2000. The Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Baker v.

History of Same-sex Marriage in Michigan Michigan's constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage were overturned with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.

Greece legalized same-sex civil marriage, making it the first Orthodox Christian country to do so, despite opposition from the Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers out of 300 ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church ...

This Black History Month, we need to do more than combat attempts to rewrite the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and other civil rights leaders.