Elections & Politics

This United States map indicates which states have prohibited same-sex relationships by statute and/or constitutional amendment.

Would you put their rights to a vote? Don’t amend the Constitution. Defend it.

The federal government alone accords 1,138 benefits and responsibilities based on marital status, not on civil union status.

While anti-gay organizations have promoted African-American leaders who oppose equal treatment for same-sex couples, in fact many black leaders support equality and oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment. This document has been prepared and updated by the National Black Justice Coalition.

A survey of how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters projected they would vote in the 2004 presidential election.

When Massachusetts same-sex couples gained the right to legally marry, they gained access to rights heterosexual couples have had for years.

Openly lesbian Mary Cheney has received criticism for working for her father Dick Cheney’s anti-gay political campaign.

In an effort to win more votes for George W. Bush and other Republicans in the 2004 election, conservatives marketed false anti-gay claims to black voters in swing states.

Voting against anti-gay constitutional amendments had little effect on legislators’ re-election bids in the Midwest.

Though many have speculated that same-sex marriage cost John Kerry the 2004 presidential election, there is no evidence to back this up.