WASHINGTON—Last month, a Baltimore Sun poll showed Maryland’s Question 6 would pass by a 49 percent to 39 percent margin, affirming a new state law that redefined marriage to include same-sex couples. But new polling shows a dead heat as African-American voters are leading a significant shift toward traditional marriage in a state President Barack Obama expects to carry by a double-digit margin. 

This article is the fourth in an occasional online series profiling couples who have been married for at least 35 years. As sociologist Mark Regnerus writes, "Young adults want to know that it's possible for two fellow believers to stay happy together for a lifetime, and they need to hear how the generations preceding them did it." It is also important to see that marriages are not always happy all the time, but commitment is crucial.

This article is the third in an occasional online series profiling couples who have been married for at least 35 years. As sociologist Mark Regnerus writes, "Young adults want to know that it's possible for two fellow believers to stay happy together for a lifetime, and they need to hear how the generations preceding them did it." It is also important to see that marriages are not always happy all the time, but commitment is crucial.

NEW YORK (AP)—A divided federal appeals court in Manhattan struck down the Defense of Marriage Act Thursday as unconstitutional, joining an appeals court in Boston in rejecting the law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the case in the next year.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its 2-to-1 ruling only weeks after hearing arguments on a lower court judge's findings that the 1996 law was unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON—Traditional marriage advocates in Maryland have long maintained the state’s new same-sex “marriage” law would infringe on the rights of those who disagree with it. The law may not be in effect, but it is already having an effect. 

Chick-fil-A could soon be expelled from a private liberal arts college in North Carolina because of the company president's support for traditional marriage.

Elon University's student senate voted 35 to 11 to recommend the fast food restaurant's removal from the school's dining hall, despite support for the company on campus. A poll conducted in September by student newspaper The Pendulum, showed 64 percent of students, alumni, faculty, and staff wanted the restaurant to stay put.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) after a federal court upheld Maine’s campaign disclosure law requiring the pro-family organization to release its donor list, but it’s unlikely the list will be made public soon.