Remember when just about everybody in the Obama administration had evolved to support same-sex marriage? Now black churches in contested states like North Carolina need Obama's denial through November in order to help him secure a second term.

Richard Grenell, Ken Mehlman, Trevor Potter: What in heaven’s name is the issue that trumps human dignity for gay men who end up working for a Republican Party that ultimately betrays them?

Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio insists he’s not interested in being presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate. But Rubio's recent actions suggest he’s aiming for it far more than Romney may be.

The evolution of the Second Amendment is expertly detailed in a spellbinding New Yorker story, “Battleground America," in the current issue.Here are some takeaways:1.“After the passage of the Second Amendment, “People who owned and used long arms to hunt continued to own and use them; the S

Kenneth, perhaps unlike Matthew Shepard in his time, aspired to the simple right of having a future love recognized by family and community. His Pinterest page, “When I get Married," reveals a tasteful array of things Kenneth wanted to import into his future wedding.

Every year, we write a new Haggadah, updating, refining, focusing on a new issue.

Does this look like a man who was in a fight for his life? Does this look like a man with a broken nose? Whose head was repeatedly smashed to the ground?