The War Over Gay Marriage.

Reports on the issue of gay marriage in the United States. Efforts of Julie and Hillary Goodbridge to get married in Massachusetts; Lawsuit that Julie and Hillary Goodbridge filed with the help of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD); Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence et al. v. Texas that struck down a Texas anti-sodomy law; Number of states that ban sodomy between homosexuals; Implications of the Texas ruling for the privacy of gays; Likelihood that attempts to give gays true legal equality with heterosexuals will encounter resistance from people and institutions that still regard homosexuality as morally deviant; Opinions of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Antonin Scalia about the Texas case; Outlook for the legalization of gay marriages in Vermont, Massachusetts, and California; Laws about gay adoption.