EDGE New England

Will the party of Lincoln come to its sense, or will it sink into crotchety senescence? Post-election, the question remains.

A high school football player recently received brain surgery and is now in an induced coma after enduring physical bullying from his teammates.

Voters in Maryland approved same-sex marriage in a repudiation of certain religious figures, adding to Maine’s same-sex marriage vote. In Iowa, voters did not vote to turn out the state’s chief judge for his decision on same-sex marriage.

Yesterday’s decision by Iowa voters to keep Justice David Wiggins on the bench of the State Supreme Court sends a message that they are ready to accept same-sex marriage and have finally accepted an independent judiciary.

Conservative magazine the National Review speculates that Iowa voters, motivated to recall a State Supreme Court judge who voted for gay marriage, could swing the state -- & the national -- presidential election for Mitt Romney.

Family and friends react to the death of a 14-year-old gay teen who allegedly committed suicide after being bullied by classmates for being gay.

Iowa’s workers’ compensation commissioner is suing the state for $1 million because he claims that Gov. Terry Bradstand discriminated against him because he is gay.

A same-sex couple from Des Moines, Iowa, recently won their lawsuit against the state. A judge ruled that the Department of Public Health had to put both parents’ names on their child’s birth certificate.

After his disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses, Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed he would compete in the South Carolina primary. Did an ad in which he criticized gay servicemembers mark the beginning of the end of his presidential aspirations?

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum certainly proved himself the next comeback kid after his second place finish in the Iowa Republican caucuses. The question remains whether anti-LGBT rhetoric alone can sustain Santorum’s campaign beyond Iowa.