- Federal appeals court: Gays have right to marry—"A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Wednesday that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, extending the movement's legal winning streak and bringing the issue a big step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court."
- Judge throws out Indiana's same-sex marriage ban—A stay has been granted.
- Reagan Appointed Judge Expands Louisiana Marriage Case To All Same-Sex Couples
- Battle over same-sex marriages in St. Louis headed to court
- 34 gay couples issued marriage licenses in Boulder Co.
- 45 Years After Stonewall, Oklahoma Still Awaiting Marriage Equality
- GOP Senator Collins says she supports gay marriage
- Republican Senator Says Republicans Must Abandon Same-Sex Marriage Issue To Win Elections
- Ben Carson's breathtaking marriage equality compromise: Don't let gay people get married—"'I don't think I can impose my will on any two consenting adults,' Carson says but clearly does not mean." Salon
- Wis. GOP Candidate: Marriage Equality Will Lead to Sibling Marriages
- Biden: Gay rights take precedence over culture
- Town Votes To Give Fired Lesbian Police Chief Her Job Back, Strips Mayor Of Power
- Former defrocked United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer will get back pay, credentials restored
- Unearthing The Surprising Religious History Of American Gay Rights Activism
- Why I Outed Gay Republicans: A decade later, I'm still not sorry.—"The reaction to these early posts was mixed, with some people backing me and others yammering that I was invading politicians' right to privacy. To the latter group, I pointed out that these very politicians were making my private life—and the lives of millions of other LGBT Americans—a very public political issue." Politco
- Inside George W. Bush's Closet
- Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam Compares LGBT North Carolinians to Pedophiles on House Floor
- Susan Rice challenges LGBT community to amplify message that 'gay rights are straight up human rights
- US ambassador officially celebrates LGBT Pride Month in the Philippines
- CNBC Panel Gets Awkward When Host Refers To Apple CEO Tim Cook As Gay
- Uganda Lashes Out at U.S. Sanctions; Will Hurt 'Most Vulnerable'—"Admonitions from Kampala follow last week's news of fresh U.S. sanctions, including the loss of millions in funding for a new health institute and visa denials."
- Gay couple targeted in homophobic attack by teenage gang on east London street
- Yankton Teen Alleges Discrimination From Name Tag
- Berlin House of One: The first church-mosque-synagogue?
- Mormons Expel Founder of Group Seeking Priesthood for Women NYT
- Blast from the Past: 'Kumare': Fake Guru Exposes Real, Desperate Desire to Believe
- Roy Moore's twisted history: Islam and Buddhism don't have First Amendment protection, chief justice says
- GOP House Candidate: Islam Not A Religion, Not Protected By Constitution
- Wiccan says he was barred from giving invocation—"A member of the Wiccan faith says he was set to give the opening invocation at a Huntsville City Council meeting until the plan was publicized and he was asked about his faith. He was then told he was no longer invited."
- NC religious schools in line to get voucher money
- North Carolina: Student-led prayer bill signed into law
- Vatican defrocks ex-ambassador in sex abuse case—"The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing boys. It's the first time a top papal envoy has been convicted of the crime and signals that Pope Francis is serious about imposing "zero tolerance" for abuse, regardless of rank."
- Seattle Archdiocese to pay $12.1 million to settle sex abuse lawsuit
- St. Ignatius: Settlement talks ordered in Catholic school, parish sex-abuse case
- Betrayed by Silence—"For decades, leaders of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis have been reassigning, excusing and overlooking sexually abusive priests among their ranks. Some received additional retirement benefits. In August, a top church lawyer, shocked at what she saw, brought the story to MPR News. What happened next is still unfolding."
- Church, Police give conflicting answers on child sex abuse—"The Catholic Church in Malta and the police have given conflicting details regarding priests involved in child sex abuse cases since 2010."
- Sleeping with boys was 'common practice': royal commission on sex abuse in Wollongong
- On sex abuse, pope's problems both simple and complex
- How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes?—"Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis."
- How BBC star Jimmy Savile got away with allegedly abusing 500 children and sex with dead bodies WaPo
- 'We demand justice': Kenyans protest after men who brutally raped girl sentenced to cut grass
- Pakistani police say boyfriend admits woman was raped, murdered after refusing sex with his friends
- No quick fix for India's rape crisis
- FBI targets pimps, rescues 168 children in nationwide crackdown
- D.C. police officer admits prostituting girls WaPo
- Activist Resigns Amid Charges of Fabrication NYT
- Brides for sale: Vietnamese women, young girls trafficked to China
- Nepal adoptions chief raped and groomed orphans for prostitution, claims British teacher
- U.S. human trafficking report drops four nations to lowest tier
- Fighting sex trafficking with Jesus: How the religious right’s "healing" hurts—"New campaigns claim to fight sex trafficking with 'love and the power of Christ.' And their influence is growing." Salon
- Feds arrest "most hated man on the Internet" in revenge porn hacking case
- Houston woman wins $500,000 in 'revenge porn' lawsuit
- Woman Posted Explicit Material Inside Walmart—She gave away fliers of her naked husband's alleged mistress.
- 'Revenge porn' victims receive boost from German court ruling—"Koblenz court orders man to delete nude images of ex-partner, even though he had shown no intention of publishing them."
- Man faces trial over 'revenge porn' website
