Why gay-marriage opponents are losing

U.S. Why gay-marriage opponents are losing By Peter Weber Neither proponents nor opponents can be completely sure, but here are six possible explanations for the rapid shift toward accepting same-sex marriage U.S. LISTEN: Audio of the Supreme Court's oral arguments on gay marriage By Jon Terbush Check out the full audio and transcript from Tuesday's hearing U.S. Government should get out of the marriage business By Edward Morrissey And the Supreme Court certainly shouldn't overrule the will of the millions of California voters who backed Proposition 8, says Edward Morrissey Language 10 old-fashioned swears to spice up your cussin' By Arika Okrent People just don't swear like they used to World Why is Italy retrying Amanda Knox? By Peter Weber And what happens if the acquitted study-abroad student is convicted? Entertainment WATCH: The best '90s sitcom-character reunions on TV By Lauren Hansen Courtney Cox and Matthew Perry (Monica and Chandler!) are not the only beloved characters to find themselves reuniting on the same small screen FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Lena Dunham explains Girls' season two finale By Alyssa Rosenberg Hannah and Adam's reunion was supposed to be romantic FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE Gay marriage holds more peril than promise for GOP By Taegan Goddard The party will be largely impacted by what the court decides SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE How pointing makes babies human POLITICAL WIRE Christine Quinn's 'volatile' side NEWSER TurboTax maker fights to make taxes difficult to do SALON Your vacation is unethical NEW YORK MAGAZINE Watch: The Great Gatsby teaser       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.