Measures that legalize same-sex marriage and loosen marijuana restrictions are among the new and sometimes contentious laws taking effect across the country at the start of the new year.

Q. Can you explain the five-year marriage rule? I got my green card after my wife petitioned for me, but we are now divorced. I want to remarry and petition for my new wife, but a friend says this … ...

PRIVATE CHOICE: There is only one way to rule — on the side of nondiscrimination and compassion, the humane way. Gays are just average humans like the rest of us and should have all the same rights.

Sharing a household with a partner is not for the faint of heart and one woman is taking a creative approach to make things just a little bit easier. She calls it the "Allison Solve," and in a ...

By Eriq Gardner ... June 25, 2013 8:25am U.S. Supreme Court Building Same-Sex Marriage - H 2013 Getty Images ...

Supreme Court has agreed to rule on gay marriage. It sucks that some Americans still have to fight for the same rights as other Americans. — Jim Norton (@JimNorton) January 16, 2015 ...