The notion that romantic attraction is purely a function of social and cultural forces is a common assumption. These factors do matter, but evidence from psychology and biology suggests that our ...

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy can’t seem to understand why every political community on earth until the year 2000 recognized marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In his mind, this can ...

As a supporter of gays' right to marry, I agree wholeheartedly with Trevor Gleason that getting the state out of the business of defining marriage would resolve one important ambiguity surrounding the ...

An investigation, to be published in the September issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science, by Yilmaz and colleagues, explores the importance of romantic relationships to well-being in ...

The Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide. Outside the Supreme Court building a large crowd gathered to celebrate and protest the controversial ruling. Just 30 years ago, same ...