SF News Closing Arguments for Prop 8 Trial Start Today Inside a San Francisco courtroom today, and after hearing 12 days of testimony in January, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will hear closing arguments in the historic Proposition 8 case over the
SF News 2012 a Better Fit for Prop. 8 Repeal Measure? The effort to get a Proposition 8 repeal measure on the 2010 ballot fell short today, which would have given California voters the chance to decide on removing the ban on same-sex marriage.
SF News ACLU Will Appeal Order In Prop 8 Campaign Doc Challenge Yesterday, if you recall, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ordered gay marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Prop 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage.
SF News Release Confidential Prop 8 Campaign Docs, Rules Judge Walker Get ready to see some dirty laundry aired. Today Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ordered gay marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Proposition 8,
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Husbands and Husbands This cinematic gem came to our attention via the hysterical and hysterically funny Billy Eichner. Made by John Hill and Micah Schraft, this short clip shows a young boy figuring out the very
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow at Noon, This Weekend: Love Everywhere, Celebrating Gay Marriage The Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project will be celebrating the six-year anniversary of same-sex marriage with Love Everywhere, a free and interactive dance performance intended to bring strangers together, which will take place
Arts & Entertainment Celebrate Freedom to Marry Day at 'Raise a Glass to Love' Sure, you could honor Freedom to Marry Day, happening this Friday, at one of the many wonk-filled events scattered around the Bay Area. But, really, wouldn't you prefer to do it in style?
SF News Bloggers Aim to Restore Marriage Equality, 2/13 On Saturday, February 13 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., many, many San Francisco and Bay Area bloggers will join together to defeat Prop 8 and restore marriage equality by
SF News Prop 8 Trial, Day Two The scene outside the courthouse this morning seemed quieter compared to yesterday. Blame it on the rain, blame it on day-two fatigue -- no one (pro-marriage or anti-gay), according to SF Weekly, showed
SF News What's Going On Inside Today's Gay Marriage Trial? Prop8TrialTracker.com has comprehensive updates of what's going on in the courtroom today as the first federal gay marriage trial takes flight. (A camera to eventually broadcast delayed YouTube footage of the trial,
SF News What's Going On Here, Phil Bronstien? Oh, we see now. It was a mistake -- a horrible, frightening, skull-shatteringly awful mistake. Whew. You scared the holy hell out of us.
SF News New York State Senate Shoots Down Gay Marriage After a long debate this morning, the New York State Senate voted 38-24 against a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Openly gay State Senator Thomas K. Duane of Manhattan said, "This legislation would
SF News Support of Gay Marriage Closely Linked With Age Unless you're a godless whore who uses contempt for a group of people to make a cheap buck, most young people are in support of gay marriage. Which means, after most of the
SF News Justice of Peace Denies Interracial Couple Marriage License A dimwitted justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, recently denied an interracial couple a marriage license. Why? Like we need to tell you why. But we will: said justice of peace,
SF News Prop 8 Must Release Records, Says Judge The people who sponsored last year's gay marriage ban must hand over certain internal campaign records to lawyers looking to overturn Prop 8. Turning down a request to block their super-special information from
misc Anti-Married People Site Amuses, Offends A relatively new site called STFU, Marrieds -- created by a presumably very bitter homosexual, one we would love to have a long liquid lunch with one day -- slams married couples and
SF News Catholic Group Slams Leno Bill Defending Marriage As some of you know, Marc Leno's pushing a bill that wouldn't change any same-sex marriage laws, just clarify existing ones. See, Leno wants the state of California to recognize gay marriages taking
SF News Breaking: New Hampshire Approves Gay Marriage "New Hampshire legislators," according to AP, "have approved a measure that would make the state the sixth to allow gay marriage." And Gov. John Lynch will, most likely, sign the legislation sometime this
SF News Explanation of Prop 8 Ruling and What to Do Now Matt Baume (SFAppeal contributor, SFist emeritus, Stop8.org founder, and one of the leading voice in the fight against prop. 8) created this helpful film that explains today's Prop 8 ruling and what
SF News Sean Penn Decides Not to File for Divorce -- Again After filing for divorce iin 2007, then deciding not to, then filing again in late April on 2009, Bay Area residents Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have decided not to file for
SF News New York Governor Introduces Gay Marriage Bill Take note, California: the Governor of New York introducing legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. "There is clearly a problem in that those individuals who are gay or lesbian who would live in a
SF News D.C. Council Votes to Recognize Other States' Same-Sex Marriages Civil rights have really taken center stage today, yes? First, Vermont legalized gay marriage after Governor Jim Douglas vetoed it on Monday. (An aside: will there be some sort of Ben & Jerry's
SF News Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage The Vermont legislature overrode the Governor's veto of same sex marriage today, making the state that produces Chubby Hubby the fourth state to legalize gay marriage. Just days after Iowa (unlike California) surprised
SF News Iowa Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage Iowa became the third state in the U.S. (and the first in the heartland!) to legalize gay marriage today.The Iowa State Supreme Court "upheld a lower court's ruling that found a
