Gallup conducts a “values and beliefs” survey each May. Read about the 2013 results, which found a record 59 percent of Americans saying that gay and lesbian relations are morally acceptable. A Gallup/USA Today poll released in December 2012 found that religious beliefs were the reason most often cited as the basis for opposing same-sex marriage.

A poll conducted for CNN in June 2013 found that 55 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage and 60 percent say the federal government ought to recognize those unions that are performed in states allowing them.

Read a May 5, 2013, Stateline article that predicts “Momentum in the states to allow gay marriage may be about to stall.”

Read a May 5, 2013, New York Times story about a United Methodist Church minister — and retired dean of Yale Divinity School — who is facing a possible canonical trial after officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding.

Read a May 23, 2013, analysis at Religion News Service on how the Catholic Church is struggling to welcome openly gay members who are not allowed to take up ministry roles.

Read a May 31, 2013, story in the Los Angeles Times about a openly gay bishop elected to a Lutheran church.

Read a June 10, 2013, story at Religion News Service speculating on the Supreme Court’s rulings on gay marriage, written before the decisions were released.

Read a June 16, 2013, USA Today story previewing the range of possible Supreme Court rulings and the complexities that each could bring.

Read a June 20, 2013, Religion News Service story about Ryan Anderson, a leading voice among opponents of same-sex marriage. Anderson, 31, bucks the trend within his generation on this issue.