More than three-quarters of Americans say birth control pills ought to be covered by insurance, according to an NPR/Thompson Reuters poll in 2011.

A May 10, 2011, story at Time magazine says that many Latinos are upset with the president because his administration has increased deportations of undocumented immigrants.

The Public Religion Research Institute released findings in February 2012 of a survey it conducted about the mandate. The findings include breakdowns for different religious backgrounds and age groups.

A survey in early February 2012 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found the public sharply divided on the contraception coverage mandate, depending upon religious and political affiliation. The findings include a section on Catholic respondents’ views about contraception generally.

The National Conference of State Legislatures posts information about which states have laws requiring insurers to cover birth control and/or exempting employers from coverage requirements.

Statement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on DOMA and Proposition 8.

A Catholic Sun article about the Catholic reaction to the Supreme Courts rulings on same-sex marriage.

This New York Times article is a guide to United States v. Windsor, the case where DOMA was ruled unconstitutional. 

Read a July 18, 2010, story in the Tulsa World about State Question 755 on Oklahoma’s November 2010 ballot.