Clal, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, is a think tank dedicated to training Jewish leaders and enhancing spiritual and civic involvement in American life. Rabbi Irwin Kula is president.

Read a March 19, 2013, United Methodist Reporter article about a Methodist congregation in North Carolina that has decided not to allow any weddings — for straights or gays — in its church building until the denomination changes its stance against same-sex marriage.

Watch a March 22, 2013, Google hangout hosted by PBS NewsHour that featured religious leaders on both sides of the debate.

Read a March 22, 2013, story in The Christian Post about former megachurch pastor Rob Bell’s statements in support of gay marriage.

Read a March 22, 2013, NPR story about another activist and how her background as a single mother led her to become involved in the issue.

Read the transcript of a March 23, 2013, NPR interview in which Focus on the Family’s president, Jim Daly, discusses his concerns about religious liberty aspects of the debate.

Yeshiva University, based in Manhattan, is the flagship school of higher education in Orthodox Judaism in the United States. Yeshiva is identified with the Modern Orthodox movement.

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pa., ordains rabbis in the Reconstructionist tradition of Judaism. It ordains both men and women. A page for journalists lists experts by topic. Eileen Fisher is assistant vice president for communications.