Read a March 22, 2013, USA Today story in which key opponents of same-sex marriage discuss the reasons for their views.

The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States provides fact sheets on what the research says about abstinence-only education and comprehensive sex education

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 a March 22, 2013, New York Times story about the man described as the nation’s leading opponent of same-sex marriage.

Each month, we create these brief synopses to help parents, educators, and advocates stay up-to-date and informed on events and decisions on Capitol Hill and across the country.

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.

Wikipedia keeps its page on same-sex marriage updated with background, links, state-by-state information and charts. Wikipedia also has a page about Christian churches around the world that have approved same-sex marriages. As with any open-source website, information on Wikipedia should be confirmed before it’s used.

The Williams Institute focuses on sexual-orientation law and public policy, and its website has a number of resources on same-sex marriage. Scholars from the think tank, which is based at California’s UCLA law school, participated in friend-of-the-court briefs in both March 2013 cases before they went the Supreme Court.