SF News Video: President Obama Phones Gay Plaintiffs In Prop 8 Case Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The gay couples from L.A. and Berkeley who were the named parties in the Prop 8 case against the
SF News Pelosi To Bachmann On God And Gay Marriage: 'Who Cares?' Here everyone is our own Nancy Pelosi responding to Rep. Michele Bachmann's comments today that the Supreme Court decisions don't undo "God's word." Watch and enjoy. She shrugs and mutters, "Who cares?" The
SF News Photos: Scenes From San Francisco As Prop 8 Falls Wednesday morning at City Hall, a crowd of same sex marriage supporters, partners, parents, families and San Francisco dignitaries gathered to mark the Supreme Court's decision to declare DOMA unconstitutional and the return
SF News SF City Attorney, Gov. Jerry Brown Vow To Enforce Prop 8 Ruling [Update] While the city, and the LGBT community of the entire state, is going to be no doubt jubilant today at the news that the Supreme Court has knocked the Prop 8 case back
SF News Beautiful F-Bomb Dropped On Live TV After Gay Marriage Ruling After the SCOTUS ruled in favor of civil rights--meaning that same-sex marriage is now legal in the great state of California and DOMA is dust--National Center for Lesbian Rights executive director Kate Kendell
Arts & Entertainment Google Honors Rulings With Gay Flair [Update] In honor of DOMA's defeat and the re-legalization of gay marriage in the state of California, Google gave their search bar a 3D rainbow makeover. (Granted, it's not on the main Google page,
SF News BREAKING: Gay Marriage Legal In California In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the petitioners who brought the appeal on Prop 8 to the 9th Circuit had no standing to do so. Chief
SF News BREAKING: DOMA Declared Unconstitutional By SCOTUS [Update] DOMA declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS in a 5-4 ruling. The court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act "is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by
SF News S.F. City Hall Prepares For Prop 8 SCOTUS Ruling After years of debate, protest, rulings, rambling and handwringing, today the Supreme Court of the United States makes their decision on Proposition 8, California's voter-approves same-sex marriage ban, and DOMA. Those for and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Tomorrow' Tomorrow is going to be a big day, ladies and gentlemen. Tension is high. So is the optimism. Please take a moment to listen to the great Andrea McArdle, age 14, playing Annie
SF News Prop 8 And DOMA Decisions To Come Down Wednesday; Castro, City Hall Events Planned We thought it might be Thursday, but SCOTUS is in fact planning to close up shop a day early for their summer recess, and the final big decisions of the term are to
SF News Is John Roberts Sweating The End Of SCOTUS Term? Next week is going to bring decisions in the four "marquee" cases (and seven others) left to be announced by the Supreme Court, and from the sounds of it, they may still be
SF News No Decisions Today By Supreme Court On Gay Marriage The U.S. Supreme Court will not issue rulings today on either Prop 8 or DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Next possible SCOTUS decisions could come down next weel. Perfect, of
SF News City Attorney's Office Lays Out Game Plan for Prop 8 Decision Day The Supreme Court is set to make some huge decisions regarding marriage equality in the next few weeks, and San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is preparing for all outcomes. The potential good
SF News Jeremy Irons Worries Gay Marriage Could Lead To Fathers Marrying Their Sons Jeremy Irons revealed something shocking last night during an interview with HuffPo Live. Namely, that some thespians, no matter how acclaimed, shouldn't think and speak at the same time. More to the point,
SF News Supreme Court '80% Likely' To Strike Down Defense Of Marriage Act Round two of the Supreme Court's discussion of same-sex marriage this week finds the highest court in the land debating the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, one of the more questionable
SF News Supreme Court Likely To Dismiss Prop 8 Case, Allow Same-Sex Marriages In California In Washington, D.C. this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from opponents and defenders of California's same-sex marriage ban. The purpose of this morning's hearing was to simply to decide whether
SF News Photos: Scenes From Outside The Supreme Court During Prop 8 Oral Arguments In Washington DC this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. The signs and protests from both sides demonstrating outside the courthouse this morning were
SF News Chief Justice John Roberts' Lesbian Cousin To Attend SCOTUS Hearings On Gay Marriage Chief Justice John Roberts has an openly lesbian cousin from San Francisco, 48-year-old Jean Podrasky, and she's in D.C. this week to sit in on the Supreme Court hearings on the Prop
SF News Tonight: Major Marriage Equality Rally In The Castro Tomorrow and Wednesday represent a milestone moment for gay rights as the U.S. Supreme Court will review the Prop 8 and DOMA cases to determine the status of marriage equality nationwide. Tonight,
SF News Career Suicide: Venues Cancel Upcoming Michelle Shocked Tour Dates After launching into an anti-gay tirade onstage at Yoshi's in San Francisco Sunday night, alt-folk singer Michelle Shocked unleashed a torrent of backlash that looks like an apparent career suicide. The fallout of
SF News Bill Clinton Finally Admits DOMA Should Be Overturned Former President Bill Clinton has finally come out publicly against the Defense of Marriage Act, which he signed into law in 1996. As he puts it in a Washington Post editorial today, "it
SF News Obama Takes Strong Stand for Gay Marriage, Files Amicus Brief in Prop 8 Case President Obama and his administration today filed a pretty historic amicus brief outlining the ways in which California's Prop 8 violates the Constitution and equal protection. As the Sac Bee notes, "The declaration
SF News It's About Time: Prominent Republicans Change Tune On Gay Marriage Dozens of prominent Republicans, 75 and counting as of last night, have signed an amicus brief being filed with the Supreme Court in support of gay marriage, and the overturning of California's Proposition
SF News Clueless Groom Tells Same-Sex Marriage Supporters To 'Have Some Respect' While He Gets Married Yesterday gay couples and same-sex marriage supporters organized by Marriage Equality USA gathered in San Francisco's City Hall to apply for marriage licenses and protest California's ban on gay marriage. The event is
