The American public may be divided in their support of President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage, but now the US President has the backing of American rapper, Jay-Z.

Speaking in an interview on CNN, Jay-Z has revealed that he is in support of banning US laws against same-sex marriage, commenting that it is no different to discriminating against black people.

On the heels of last week's historic endorsement of gay marriage, President Barack Obama talked about his hopes for the repeal the Defense of Marriage Act during a pair of high-profile appearances in New York City.

On ABC's The View Tuesday (15 May), Obama said of DOMA, the legal prohibition on federal recognition of same-sex marriages: 'Congress is clearly on notice that I think it's a bad idea.'

Obama's appearance on The View was taped on Monday, the same day he appeared at a $5000-a-head LGBT fundraiser at the Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea.

A lesbian was arrested for seeking a marriage licence in North Carolina on Thursday (10 May).

She was arrested after refusing to leave a government building in protest over the passage of Amendment One in the US state.

Mary Jamis of Mocksville, and her heterosexual friend Mary Lea Bradford of Winston-Salem, were arrested after joining nine couples looking for a marriage licence.

The couples presented completed forms and identification to a clerk at the local Register of Deeds office.

British all-girl pop band, The Saturdays, have become the first major celebrities to record a video for a new campaign promoting same-sex marriage.

Out4Marriage is getting politicians, famous names and ordinary members of the public to record a video explaining why they support marriage equality. Although it’s only a few days old, hundreds of people, gay and straight, have already taken part.

It has already won the support of Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams and gay author, actor, TV presenter and comic Stephen Fry who have both sent supportive tweets.

President Barack Obama's official stance that he is still 'evolving' on the issue of gay marriage continued to be scrutinized on Tuesday (8 May).

For the second day in a row, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney faced questions about the president's position which is being increasingly focused on following Vice President Joe Biden's public support of marriage equality this week.

With the vote on North Carolina's anti-gay Amendment One less than a week away, household names are joining the fray on both sides of the issue.

Evangelist Billy Graham, 93, is placing ads in 14 newspapers this weekend voicing support for the measure while former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton on Thursday (3 May) went public with her opposition to it.

A courtroom drama about the legal battle to overturn Proposition 8 that re-banned gay marriage in California in 2008 is coming to Australia.

The play, 8, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, was performed in Los Angeles in March starring a host of Hollywood actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jane Lynch, Jamie Lee Curtis, John C Reilly, Martin Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer and Matthew Morrison.

A North Carolina pastor who advocated that father's 'punch' their sons if they start to act effeminately is backtracking a bit on his advice after snippets of his Sunday sermon went viral.

Even though Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Newt Gingrich officially remains in the race and trying to appeal to the party's socially conversative voters.

Gingrich on Tuesday (24 April) released a video in support of North Carolina's Amendment One, a ballot initiative that seeks add a ban same-sex marriages and civil unions to the North Carolina constitution.

North Carolina voters will go to the polls on May 8 to vote on Amendment One, a ballot initiative that seeks add a ban same-sex marriages and civil unions to the North Carolina constitution.

That state's governor, Beverly Perdue, had briefly spoken out against the measure last month but in a video released this week, the elaborates on why she is against the measure.

A new poll shows that Maine voters are getting behind gay couples getting married. According  to a survey, conducted by the Maine People's Resource Center, 58 percent support same sex marriage being legal in the state.

'This result is slightly higher than but does not represent a statistically significant difference from the results of two other recent public polls,' the center noted in its press release.

A massive thank you card is set to be delivered to the Seattle headquarters of Starbucks Coffee Company on Wednesday (4 April) signed by more than 630,000 people.