New Polls Show Growing Momentum for Gay Marriage in Virginia, Michigan and Arizona

    Newly released polls from Virginia, Michigan and Arizona reveal that the majority of voters in these states support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.  A poll released in Michigan found that voters support gay and lesbian marriage at a rate of nearly 57 percent, which is up 12.5 percentage points ...

Syracuse, Princeton Universities Expand Employee Health Plans to Cover Transition-Related Expenses

  Syracuse and Princeton have joined a growing list of universities in the United States that cover transition-related medical costs for transgender faculty and staff under their health insurance policies.  Effective July 1, Princeton University’s employee health plan will provide coverage for all forms of gender ...

Brazil Paves the Way for Marriage Equality

    A top judicial panel paved the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil today, ruling that homosexual couples could not be denied form applying for and subsequently receiving marriage licenses.    The National Council of Justice, which is responsible for overseeing the Brazilian judicial system and is ...

Obamacare: Variables that will Affect Your Cost

  Understanding the variables and how they will impact your health insurance coverage under Obamacare is crucial to limit your costs. The following breakdown is only for those consumers who purchase plans on the individual market through exchanges; this information does not apply to individuals with employer-sponsored health plans ...

Gay Marriage Gaining Momentum in Nevada

    A Nevada Assembly Committee underwent a testimony on the Senate Joint Resolution 13 yesterday when many of those who previously testified earlier this year maintained their opposition or support for the measure that would effectively repeal the state’s constitutional ban against same-sex marriages.  ...

Gay Marriage Passes in Minnesota House Today

  A crucial vote today in the Minnesota House positioned the state to become the 12th in the United States to permit gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law.    The 75 to 59 vote was viewed as the first pivotal step for the bill to become a law; the law would permit same-sex couples to marry ...

Victory in Delaware: Marriage Equality Comes to the First State

    Marriage equality is on the verge of becoming the law of the land in the state of Delaware, as the Delaware Senate just passed the landmark legislation by a vote of 12 to 9.    A half hour after the Senate vote, Governor Jack Markell signed the legislation into formal law on the steps in the lobby ...

President Obama Meets with President Park of South Korea

    Today, President Barack Obama welcomed President Park Guen-hye of South Korea to the White House to celebrate 60 years of bilateral partnership between the United States and South Korea.    Established after the Korean War, the United States-Republic of Korean Alliance is a linchpin of security and ...

New Poll: Seven in Ten Young Adults Support Gay Marriage

    Support for same-sex marriage is now seemingly a wide held belief among adults born after 1980 as 70 percent claim that they believe lesbian women and gay men should be able to marry.   These results were released today from Pew Research; the poll showed millennial support for same sex marriage far outpaces ...

It’s Official: Rhode Island becomes the 10th State to Pass Marriage Equality Laws

      Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee just signed the state’s marriage equality bill into law in a riveting ceremony on the steps of the Rhode Island State House. The marriage equality bill passed the Rhode Island state House earlier this morning with unanimous bipartisan support.    The ...

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