Marriage equality or same-sex marriage? Why the language matters
This is why The Advocate uses "marriage equality" over "same-sex marriage" or "gay marriage."
April 16, 2025
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Poll: Opposition to same-sex marriage on the decline
The public
backlash over same-sex marriage has receded since a
controversial decision by the Massachusetts supreme court in
2003 to legalize those marriages stirred strong
opposition, according to a poll released Wednesday.
March 23, 2006
Report: Men in Same-Sex Marriages Make More Than Opposite-Sex Unions
But men in opposite-sex marriages have higher rates of employment.
July 8, 2021
Greece to legalize same-sex marriage after opposition agrees to support it
Greece is slated to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, but surrogacy will remain restricted.
January 12, 2024
Elizabeth Edwards says opposition to same-sex marriage is 'complete nonsense'
Elizabeth Edwards reiterated her support for same-sex marriage in a speech Saturday in Sacramento, saying the idea that it threatens heterosexual marriage is ''complete nonsense.'' ''I think that we have undue fear of gay marriage,'' she said.
July 17, 2007
WATCH LIVE: U.K. House of Lords Committee Debates Marriage Equality
Conservative Lords introduced various amendments proposing that same-sex marriages be referred to as 'unions' to distinguish them from opposite-sex marriages.
June 17, 2013
Nope, Our Marriages Don't Dissuade Straights from Marrying
An analysis of European countries and American states proves that marriage equality has no effect on the rate of opposite-sex marriages.
October 21, 2014
Pope Francis Admires 'Masterpiece' of Man-Woman Marriage
The pope's exaltation of opposite-sex marriage came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.
April 30, 2015
4 Best Defenses of Right to Marry From Idaho, Nevada Rulings
The Ninth Circuit flatly rejected arguments that legal same-sex marriage will prompt opposite-sex couples to fall into 'sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.'
October 9, 2014
Mexican Supreme Court Nudges Nation Toward Marriage Equality
The high court of Mexico won't order national marriage equality, but it just told the country's 31 states that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples is unconstitutional.
June 13, 2015
Roll Tide: 87% of Alabama Now Marrying Same-Sex Couples
More than 80 percent of Alabama residents now live in a county that offers equal marriage rights to same-sex and opposite-sex couples, according to HRC.
February 13, 2015
Kim Davis: Obama Has 'Mashed Down' Christians
The defiant Kentucky clerk also maintained that her opposition to same-sex marriage 'was never a gay or lesbian issue.'Â
January 15, 2016
Obama Criticizes Republican Assault on Marriage Equality
His remarks come as Republicans in Virginia and Texas have voiced opposition to same-sex marriage -- six years after marriage equality became law in the U.S. Â
October 25, 2021
Former Equality Foe: Homophobes Are Perverting Christianity
Michael Coren was well-known in Canada for his opposition to same-sex marriage. Here's how he saw the light.
July 5, 2016
Same-sex marriage foes rally in Boston
Conservative religious and political leaders rallied in Boston on Sunday in opposition to same-sex marriage, arguing that their rights to religious expression are being threatened.
October 16, 2006
Mormon Leader: We Strengthened Antigay Stance Because God Told Us To
Russell Nelson, who stands to become the Mormon Church's next president, cites God's will for its stepped-up opposition to same-sex marriage.
January 11, 2016
Pro-Discrimination Bill Advances in Mississippi
The bill would allow businesses, individuals, and even state employees to discriminate based on beliefs that marriage is for opposite-sex couples only or that gender is fixed at birth.
February 18, 2016
Citing Daughter's Sexual Orientation, San Diego Mayor Backs Marriage Equality
Mayor Jerry Sanders abruptly reversed his public opposition to marriage for same-sex partners and revealed that his adult daughter is a lesbian. Sanders on Wednesday signed a city council resolution supporting a challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban. He previously promised to veto it.
September 21, 2007
PHOTOS: Huge Pro-Marriage Rallies in France
The opposition to same-sex marriage in France has staged protests drawing thousands. But this weekend, over the course of two days, demonstrators across the country made the case for marriage equality. French lawmakers are expected this week to take up consideration of the law, which includes adoption rights for same-sex couples.
January 28, 2013
BYU instructor fired for supporting same-sex marriage
A part-time philosophy instructor at Brigham Young University has been fired after publicly criticizing the Mormon Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.
June 14, 2006
Till the Census Do Us Part?
National Black Justice Coalition CEO H. Alexander Robinson discusses the U.S. government policy that "requires all federal agencies to recognize only opposite-sex marriages for the purposes of administering federal programs."
December 12, 2008