California Equality: Wait til 2012 to attack gay marriage ban
(San Francisco) California gay rights activists are at odds over when to ask voters to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage ban, with one of the largest groups saying it needs until 2012 to put together a winning campaign and two others saying they plan go to the polls next year.
For …
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 …
LGBT groups urge dropping federal gay marriage case
(San Francisco, California) A coalition of gay rights groups says a federal same-sex marriage lawsuit brought by two high-profile litigators is premature.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and other national organizations issued a statement Wednesday saying they think the U.S. Supreme Court is not ready to issue a favorable …
Prop 8 ruling moves to federal court
(San Francisco, California) Hours after California’s top court upheld Proposition 8, the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, a federal lawsuit was filed arguing that Prop 8 violates the U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection and due process.
The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction against California’s Proposition 8 until the case is resolved.
The …
Anger, frustration over Prop 8 ruling
(San Francisco, California) As word of Tuesday’s California Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 spread to the crowd outside a thunderous moan went up.
Hundreds of people on both sides of the gay marriage issue were gathered outside the court as the justices released their ruling upholding Prop 8, but allowing those gay …
Prop 8 protests tonight
updated 1:45 p.m.
(San Francisco, California) The California Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 8 – the voter measure banning gay marriage in the state is legal. But the court also said that the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the election are valid.
The 6-1 decision upholding Prop 8 was written by Chief …
Excruciating Wait For Prop 8 Ruling
(San Francisco, California) For thousands of same-sex couples the wait for the California Supreme Court to issue its long awaited ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 is excruciating.
Several dozen couples turned up at the court Thursday morning after the blogosphere erupted with rumors and speculation the decision would be …
ACLU: School censored student report on Harvey Milk
(San Francisco, California) The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue a San Diego County school that refused to let a student present a report on slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk until her classmates got their parents’ permission to hear it.
David Blair-Loy, legal director of the ACLU of …
Twitter mistake causes gay marriage internet stir
(San Francisco, California) A year-old story on the California Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the state’s gay marriage ban had the blogosphere buzzing last week.
A Web version of the Los Angeles Times newspaper story on the justices’ May 15, 2008, ruling was misread by some inattentive bloggers, who apparently didn’t …
Calif. pageant may dump Prejean
(San Francisco, California) The directors of the Miss California USA pageant are looking into whether title holder Carrie Prejean violated her contract by working with a national group opposed to same-sex marriage and by posing semi-nude when she was a teenage model.
Pageant spokesman Roger Neal said Tuesday it appears Prejean …
