Should gay marriage remain a states issue?
(San Francisco, California) California’s status as a guardian of gay rights slipped this week when its highest court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, even as other states extended the institution to gay couples.
“Are the people of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire more sexually literate than …
Tags: California California, Connecticut, Gay Couples, gay marriage, gay rights, Guardian, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, same sex marriage, San Francisco California, VermontProp 8 hotel boycott to continue despite overture to gays
(San Diego, California) California LGBT activists are rebuffing a bid by San Diego developer Doug Manchester to end a boycott of two of his hotels in San Diego over his support for Proposition 8, the measure which bans same-sex marriage in California.
Manchester owns the Manchester Grand Hyatt and the San …
Tags: Boycott, California California, Developer, Gays, Hotels, Lgbt Activists, Manchester Grand Hyatt, marriage, same sex marriage, Same Sex Marriage In California, San Diego CaliforniaProposal to strike ‘marriage’ from Calif. law
(Sacramento, California) California’s top election official says supporters can start collecting signatures for a proposed ballot measure to strike the word “marriage” from all state laws.
Supporters of this ballot measure want to replace it with the term “domestic partnership,” while keeping all the rights of marriage in place.
The proposal is …
Tags: Ballot Measure, California California, Domestic Partnership, Election Official, marriage, Marriage Law, Marriage Laws, Proposal, Sacramento California, Signatures, State LawsAG calls for rejection of Prop 8
(San Francisco, California) California Attorney General Jerry Brown told the state Supreme Court Friday that it should invalidate Proposition 8, the voter approved amendment to the state constitution that bans same-sex marriage.
In a brief submitted to the court Friday, Brown’s office said the measure should be invalidated because it deprives …
Tags: California Attorney General, California California, Friday Brown, Jerry Brown, marriage, Rejection, same sex marriage, San Francisco California, State Constitution, State Supreme CourtAG calls for rejection of Prop 8
(San Francisco, California) California Attorney General Jerry Brown told the state Supreme Court Friday that it should invalidate Proposition 8, the voter approved amendment to the state constitution that bans same-sex marriage.
In a brief submitted to the court Friday, Brown’s office said the measure should be invalidated because it deprives …
Tags: California Attorney General, California California, Friday Brown, Jerry Brown, marriage, Rejection, same sex marriage, San Francisco California, State Constitution, State Supreme Court
