Marriage News Blog

January 29, 2014
Tim Bostic, a teacher from Norfolk, VA, talks about why he and his partner of 25 years want to get married.

January 29, 2014
The Case Against 8, a behind the scenes look at AFER鈥檚 federal court challenge to California鈥檚 Prop. 8 generated a lot of buzz at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Here鈥檚 what happened.

January 28, 2014
On Thursday, January 30, the Federal District Court of Eastern Virginia will hold its first hearing in the Bostic case for marriage equality.

January 23, 2014
The newly elected attorney general of Virginia, Mark Herring, just announced that he will not defend the state鈥檚 ban on marriage for gay and lesbian couples. He just filed a brief with the court and officially joined AFER鈥檚 side of the case.

January 22, 2014
AFER is making the case that marriage bans like the one in Virginia cause direct harm to gay and lesbian couples and the children they are raising, and there is no reason to deny these loving couples the equality and freedom they are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

January 17, 2014
The behind-the-scenes look at the 日本无码鈥 federal court challenge to California鈥檚 Proposition 8 is one of only 16 documentaries selected for the prestigious film festival.

January 14, 2014
An federal judge in Oklahoma today found that the state鈥檚 ban on marriage for gay and lesbian couples unconstitutional and stayed his decision pending appeal.

January 9, 2014
Thursday Governor Jay Nixon, a conservative Democrat, issued an executive order to allow legally married gay couples to file joint state tax returns if they also file jointly for their federal taxes.