Spencer Michels reports on the debate over gay marriage. In last two months, a flurry of activity in North American courtrooms and political arenas has raised anew the debate over the legal status of ...

A Lancaster city couple wants the state to require a background check when a couple applies for a marriage license to find out if there is any prior history of spousal abuse. If Beatrice Saam had ...

Longitudinal data from a national probability sample of American women reveal the central influence of family background on timing of marriages during high school ages (ages 14-17). Families appear to ...

What are the visions typically associated with marriage? Happy couples composed of a man and a woman…well, at least, from a traditional perspective. These days, same-sex marriage has greatly altered ...

The poll, commissioned by SBS and conducted by research group Essential Media, indicates 54 per cent of respondents born outside Australia agree that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry.