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LA TIMES Opposes Proposition 8!
On Friday August 8, the Los Angeles Times editorialized against Proposition 8, the proposed initiative constitutional amendment on the November 4 ballt which, if passed by a simple majoriity of voters...
MA Passes Bill To Repeal Residency Requirement For Marriage
More good news! There will soon be two states in the United States where LGBT Americans (who live in states that have not passed Super-DOMAs) can travel to and get married.The Massachusetts State Hous...
Official Title and Summary of Proposition 8 Revised
Good news! The official title and summary of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 has been changed by California Attorney General Jerry Brown, in favor of fairness and equality. The previous title was ...
LA Police Chief Comes Out Against Prop 8
According to Tina Daunt's gossip column at the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton (and his wife Rikki Kleinman) have come out strongly and publicly against Proposition 8, the ...
MA Poised To Open Marriage To Out-Of-State Gay Couples
Joe.My.God has the goods on a story about legislative action that would repeal a Massachusetts law that bans people from marrying in that state if that marriage would not be accepted in the state in ...
2010 Census Will Not Count Same-Sex Married Couples
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that it will not include counts of the number of legally married same-sex couples nationwide, due the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.The Census Bureau followed the s...
Yale Law Prof Says Prop 8 Will Invalidate CA Marriages
In the Sunday Los Angeles Times openly gay Yale Law School Professor Kenji Yoshino, the author of the brilliant Covering published a commentary entitled "Can California same-sex marriages be saved?" i...
Homophobes in Arizona Fail To Get Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment on Ballot
Pam's House Blend has the scoop that the heterosexual supremacists have failed (again!) to place an anti-gay marriage measure on the Arizona ballot. AZCentral.com has the news: The Arizona Senate has...
Conservative California Newspaper Endorses Marriage Equality
From Andrew Sullivan and Joe.My.God comes the surprising news that the conservative newspaper of record in conservative Orange County, the Orange County Register has endorsed marriage equality:Our pre...
L.A. Mayor Marries Bruce and Gabriel
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officiated the wedding (at City Hall) between Hollywood producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Big Fish, Milk) and art consultant Gabriel Catone on Monday....
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong
Since gay marriage is now legal in California, I am posting this amusing list of "Why Gay Marriage Is Wrong" I found at DailyKos. 1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural t...
Waiting 55 Years To Get Married...
Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, getting married Monday June 16, 5:01pm in San Francisco City Hall by Mayor Gavin Newsom....
Gay Marriage Is Now Legal In California!
As of 5:01pm on Monday June 16th, marriages in California will be provided to same-sex couples: gay marriage is now legal! Congratulations!...
Eva Paterson Commentary on Marriage Equality
Eva Paterson of the Equal Justice Society has a commentary published in the San Francisco Chronicle urging a no vote on the November ballot measure to amend the California Constitution to prevent gay ...
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon To Marry Legally Mon June 16
Del Martin and Phyllyis Lyon are a lesbian couple who have been together for over 55 years, will become the first same-sex couple to be married legally in San Francisco's historic City Hall on Mon Jun...
Norway Enacts Gay Marriage Law
Norway is poised to become the sixth country in the world to give full marriage rights to same-sex couples. Currently, The Netherlands (2001), Belgium (2003), Spain (2005), Canada (2005)and South Afr...
NY TIMES story that gay couples argue like straights
The New York Times has an article in today's paper ("Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage") which says that next week's impending commencement of same-sex marriages in California provides resea...
Exactly 150 Days Until Election Day
It is 150 days until Californian's will vote on whether to deny same-sex couples the right to marry. Please make your voice heard!...
Text of CA Supreme Court Order Denying Stay
Pam has posted the text of the Cal Supreme Court order refusing to re-hear the case. There will be no delay in the implementation of the gay marriage ruling. All the justices signd the order, with the...
Gay Marriages In California WILL Begin June 17!
The California Supreme Court has voted 4-3 to refuse to delay implementation of its ruling that same-sex couples have equal access to marriage in California."It would have been unprecedented to postpo...
10 States Urge CA To Delay Marriage Equality
Ten attorneys-general (always wanted to type that!) have written the California Supreme Court urging that the Court delays implementation of its marriage equality ruling currently set to go into effec...
NY To Recognize All Legal Gay Marriages
New York Governor David Paterson announced an order which he issued May 14th that would cause the state of New York to recognize all gay marriages which were legal in the jurisdiction in which they we...
LA and SF Strongly Support Marriage Equality
The San Francisco Chronicle has even more interesting tidbits on the Field Poll which, for the first time, showed a majority of Californians (or even more importantly, registered voters!) support marr...
Field Poll Shows Majority Supports Marriage Equality!
Kos himself at Daily Kos posts the good news that "California Supports Gay Marriage" by publicizing the last results from what he has called the most respected polling outfit in California, the Field ...
LA TIMES Poll Shows 'Slim' Opposition To Gay Marriage
The Los Angeles Times published the results of polling of public opinion on last week's marriage equality ruling by the California Supreme Court and a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendme...
ACTION: Urge Governor To Support CA Marriage Ruling
Governor Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER is receiving large numbers of phone calls from the supporters of "Limits on Marriage" (the pending constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage in California) abou...
The CA Marriage Ruling Was A Huge Defeat (And Victory)
One week ago, the California Supreme Court released its landmark decision In Re Marriage Cases, ruling 4-3 that 2000's proposition 22 as well as the current California marriage statute were unconstitu...
California Supreme Court Rules 4-3 For Marriage Equality
The California Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples!The ruling takes effect in 30 days....
CA Supreme Court To Announce (Favorable?) Marriage Decision Thursday
Joe.My.God has a post up with a link to a bulletin that the California Supreme Court made available this morning, announcing that a written ruling in the "same-sex marriage case" In Re Marriage Cases ...
Mariah's Marriage To Nick Cannon Confirmed
People magazine has exclusive photos of Mariah Carey's rumored marriage to Nick Cannon....