Same-Sex Marriage

How Trump Is Reversing Obama’s Nondiscrimination Legacy

A new rule would allow federal contractors to make hiring and firing decisions based on their religious beliefs and practices.

• Emma Green
• August 14, 2019

Conservative Christians Just Retook the United Methodist Church

The mainline denomination voted on Tuesday to toughen its teachings against homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ clergy. It must now decide whether it will stay together.

• Emma Green
• February 26, 2019

How America Is Transforming Islam

Being young and Muslim in the U.S. means navigating multiple identities. Nothing shows that more than falling in love.

• Emma Green
• December 31, 2017

The Department of Justice Takes a Stand Against Transgender Rights in the Workplace

A new memo rescinds an Obama-era policy on gender-identity discrimination, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court fight.

• Emma Green
• October 5, 2017

Trump's Battle Over LGBT Discrimination Is Just Beginning

The Trump administration steps into an on-going legal battle over civil rights—and steps on another agency’s turf.

• Emma Green
• July 28, 2017

How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?

Many are suspicious of those who practice Islam. Many more are trying to reach out.

• Emma Green
• July 26, 2017

Steve Bannon's Would-Be Coalition of Christian Traditionalists

From American evangelicals to Russian Orthodox, they're united against Islam. Is that enough to overcome all that divides them?

• Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Brittany Pheiffer Noble
• March 23, 2017

The Year in Religion and Politics

Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016—from religious-liberty bills to Donald Trump's polarizing effect on evangelicals.

• Candice Norwood
• December 30, 2016

If Americans Can Be Transgender, Can They Be Transracial?

A new book explores the flexibility of race and gender.

• Emma Green
• October 2, 2016

Half of Americans Don't Think Transgender People Should Be Able to Pick Their Bathroom

A new survey suggests gender identity, along with sexuality, continues to divide Americans.

• Emma Green
• September 28, 2016

Phyllis Schlafly's Successful Counter-Revolution

Donald Trump is a testament to the lasting influence of one of the 20th century’s most talented and effective political organizers.

• Emma Green
• September 6, 2016

Religious-Liberty Laws That Have No Meaning

Tennessee is just the latest state to pass legislation claiming to protect conservatives who object to LGBT relationships and identity.

• Jonathan Merritt
• April 28, 2016

When Doctors Refuse to Treat LGBT Patients

A new law in Mississippi makes it legal for physicians and therapists to opt out of care on religious grounds. What does this mean for medicine?

• Emma Green
• April 19, 2016

Same-Sex Marriage Denied in China

A judge ruled against a gay couple’s marriage petition.

• Matt Vasilogambros
• April 13, 2016

Kim Davis Is Winning

The Rowan County Clerk’s resistance to the erosion of religious liberty is reenergizing the broader movement.

• Emma Green
• September 9, 2015

Why Obama Pushed for Gay Rights in Kenya

President Obama’s advocacy for gay rights in Kenya is likely to stir up colonial resentment in the country. But he may have forced a necessary national conversation.

• Matt Schiavenza
• July 26, 2015

Can States Ignore the Supreme Court on Gay Marriage?

Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz are suggesting there might be ways for states and cities to nullify the justices’ ruling. They’re wrong.

• David A. Graham
• July 1, 2015

The Conservative Split on the Meaning of Marriage

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges will shift the debate over gay-marriage debate from a legal fight to a cultural and religious conflict.

• Emma Green
• July 1, 2015

How Gay Marriage Became a Constitutional Right

The untold story of the improbable campaign that finally tipped the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Molly Ball
• July 1, 2015

Were All Those Rainbow Profile Photos Another Facebook Study?

The social network learns more about its users than they might realize.

• J. Nathan Matias
• June 28, 2015