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.

Gallup conducts a “values and beliefs” survey each May. Read about the 2012 results, which included a finding that 50 percent of Americans favor making same-sex marriage legal.

See a survey released March 20, 2013, by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press on Americans’ attitudes on same-sex marriage. The survey included questions on whether same-sex marriage violates religious beliefs.

PollingReport.com posts recent polls on same-sex marriage. Newest ones are at the top.

The New York Times posts news about same-sex marriage and related matters on a Times Topics page.

A March 2012 Stateline.org article detailed the key role business leaders are playing in the debate.

Read a March 1, 2013, New York Times article about the vocal endorsement of same-sex marriage by much of corporate America.

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.

Read a March 19, 2013, CNN post about the mayor of Santa Fe, N.M., urging the state’s county clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses, even though no legislative or judicial action has paved the way for them to do so.