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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Delaware will become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriages.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Rhode Island is joining nine other states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  For a second day, demonstrators are outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear a case involving gay marriage. Wednesday’s crowd is somewhat smaller than Tuesday’s and includes mostly gay marriage supporters holding American and rainbow flags.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The Supreme Court could end up avoiding a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The Supreme Court says it will hear two days' worth of arguments over laws affecting gay marriage during the last week of March.

Friday, December 07, 2012  On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage and decide whether Congress can deprive legally married gay couples of federal benefits.

Friday, December 07, 2012  The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  New York's top court will not hear a challenge to the state's 2011 law legalizing same-sex marriage, ending the most prominent objection to the law.

Thursday, October 18, 2012 

Monday, October 01, 2012  The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  A federal appeals court in New York is set to hear arguments later this month over the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Primary voters are going to the polls in New York, where controversy over legalization of gay marriage last year and an unusual number of vacancies has upped the stakes.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Mayor Stephanie A. Miner is calling on New York Republican leaders to join her in condemning a direct mail piece sent by the Committee to Save the Erie County Republican Party.

Friday, July 27, 2012  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he strongly disagrees with the mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco over Chick-fil-A's position on gay marriage.