County clerk offices across California opened for their first full day of same-sex marriages Tuesday, with hundreds of happy gay and lesbian couples ready to take the plunge in what in some cities was a party atmosphere. ...more

June 18, 2008

With a series of simple "I do's," gay and lesbian couples across California began the state's court-approved and potentially short-lived experiment with same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush of such unions in coming weeks. ...more

June 17, 2008

For many who lived through Vermont's not-so-civil debate over civil unions, the memories remain painfully fresh: hate mail, threatening telephone messages, tense public meetings. ...more

January 14, 2008

Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year's Day as a new state law legalized the partnerships after midnight. ...more

January 2, 2008

The two brides from Massachusetts got dolled up in white and made their way down the staircase at the Highlands Inn, a guesthouse for women tucked away in the New Hampshire woods. ...more

October 28, 2007