The NAACP’s board of directors voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage rights – adding the influential voice of the country’s leading black civil rights organization to a debate that has divided the African-American community. Read full article > >

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NAACP endorses same-sex marriage

The highest court in Maryland allows gay couples to divorce, even though same-sex marriage is not yet allowed in that US state.

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Maryland allows same-sex divorce

The boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and his associates tried to quell an uproar incited by an article on a Web site that addressed his opposition to same-sex marriage.

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Pacquiao Faces Criticism Over Stance

At a commencement at the University of North Carolina, the mayor said the state’s rejection of same-sex marriage made it clear “how much more work needs to be done.”

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City Room: Bloomberg Defends Same-Sex Marriage in State That Rejected It

Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney restates his opposition to same-sex marriage, days after President Obama backed it.

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Romney rejects same-sex marriage

President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage is energizing Christian conservative support for Mitt Romney in a way that the likely GOP nominee has so far not been able to do on his own, according to religious leaders and activists. Read full article > >

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Obama gay marriage endorsement mobilizes Christian conservatives

1 . Letting gay couples get married redefines marriage. Opponents of same-sex marriage argue that, with few exceptions, marriage has always been about uniting the two sexes and linking mother and father to children. Change that, and marriage ceases to be marriage. Read full article > >

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Five myths about gay marriage

Against the backdrop of President Obama’s same-sex marriage endorsement, Mitt Romney faced fallout over allegations that he had once taunted a classmate who later came out as gay.

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Romney Accused of Prep School Bullying

In expressing his support for same-sex marriage, which remains a controversial issue, President Obama has clearly come to recognize that the forces of history appear to be changing.

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News Analysis: Obama’s Watershed Move on Gay Marriage

Obama’s support for same-sex marriage boosts his campaign

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Hope and change for the Obama campaign?

President Obama’s long, tortuous metamorphosis on same-sex marriage finally reached its evolved state right in between stinky cheese and “General Hospital.” Smoked out by his own vice president , Obama decided to come out of the closet on the issue to ABC News’s Robin Roberts, who rushed her scoop onto the air Wednesday afternoon during the closing minutes of “The Revolution,” ABC’s new talk show featuring a “stellar dream team of experts that will help complete transformations in all areas of life.” Read full article > >

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Obama comes out in favor of same-sex marriage

How does same-sex marriage play out as an issue for Obama this year? We take a look in today’s Trail Mix: Read full article > >

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Is same-sex marriage a lose-lose issue for Obama? (Tuesday’s Trail Mix)

Education Secretary Arne Duncan became the third member of the Obama administration to come out in favor of same-sex marriage. “ Yes, I do ,” he said when asked if he thought same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. That was all he said. No song-and-dance. No equivocation. Just a straightforward answer. How refreshing. Read full article > >

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Jonathan Capehart: Obama should repeat after Arne Duncan: ‘Yes, I do’ on gay marriage

This post has been updated. Vice President Biden on Sunday appeared to go further than he has in the past in expressing support for same-sex marriage. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Biden described himself as “absolutely comfortable” with gay couples having the same rights as straight couples. Read full article > >

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Biden: I’m ‘absolutely comfortable’ with gay couples having same rights as straight couples

Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and I got into an epic argument on “Morning Joe” in February when I took issue with his assertion that he and President Obama have the same position on same-sex marriage. In a blog post later that day, I slammed Christie for not seizing the chance to grant gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. Read full article > >

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Jonathan Capehart: Obama: Don’t punt on the federal contractor executive order