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Iowa now joins every other state that permits same-sex couples to marry, enter into civil unions, or enter comprehensive domestic partnerships, in issuing birth certificates to children of same-sex couples in a legal relationship on the same terms as to children of married different-sex couples.

Thomas Beatie, born a female but is now identified as a man, cannot get a divorce to a woman he legally married nine years ago in Hawaii.

Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide on two major cases involving marriage for same-sex couples. The Court will hear oral arguments on March 26 and 27, with decisions expected by late June. What does it all mean?

As the pontificate of Benedict XVI winds down, many American Catholics express a desire for change. For example, most U.S. Catholics say it would be good if the next pope allows priests to marry.

State Senator Branden Petersen (R – Andover) is preparing to co-sponsor bipartisan legislation in Minnesota that would ensure that same-sex couples have the freedom to marry.

The largest collection of academic research on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal was published online this weekend in a special edition of the Journal of Homosexuality.

The majority of women who reported experiencing sexual violence, regardless of their sexual orientation, reported that they were victimized by male perpetrators. Nearly half of female bisexual victims (48.2 percent) and more than one-quarter of female heterosexual victims (28.3 percent) experienced their first rape between the ages of 11 and 17 years.

Mars Hill has an openly strong stance against allowing gay members in the church. The release set off a firestorm online and in the alternative press.

Did Jodie Foster just tell us she’s a lesbian and that she’s quitting acting all in the same speech at the Golden Globes? It certainly seems that way.

The increase in Americans' reported spending is clearly a positive sign for the U.S. economy. Whether the trend toward greater spending continues in 2013 is unclear. If January 2013 looks strong compared with prior Januaries, it is a sign that the economic momentum is continuing. If it is weaker, it could be a sign that Americans' more generous spending ways may be ending.