SF News Prop 8 Closing Arguments Schedule For those of you following the case closely, here is today's closing argument schedule: * 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM -- Plaintiffs * 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM -- City and
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 Portugal To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Proving more progressive than California, the cute little country next to Spain, Portugal, will legalize same-sex marriage. Conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva plans on "reluctantly ratifying" the gay marriage law, making the Catholic-heavy
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,
SF News Anti-Gay SoCal Senator at Gay Club Before DUI Arrest Oh, this is rich. Anti-gay GOP Senator Roy Ashburn, Republican father of four and grandfather of two, was arrested last night for driving while blotto. Ashburn, according to reports, had just visited Faces,
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 Prop 8 Trial Judge Is Gay; Should This Matter? On Sunday, Matier and Ross carefully stepped into some potentially controversial territory in pointing out the open secret that federal Judge Vaughn Walker is gay. Walker will be delivering a decision concerning the
SF News Prop 8 Trial Undramatic Reenactment Since cameras were barred from the federal Prop 8 trial, which will decide whether or not banning same-sex marriage in California is disgusting, Marriage Trial has reenacted the entire proceedings. "Working from court
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 Scene From Today's Anti-Gay, Anti-Jew Protest The Westboro Baptist Church (AKA the God Hates Fags sect) are out in full force at the Contemporary Jewish Museum today. Not satisfied loathing the queer community, they're now dipping their toes in
SF News Prop 8 Trial: Gay Not A Choice? Contrary to what many confused homophobes and numerous post-structuralist theory classes might tell you, being gay is not a choice -- or so says UC Davis social psychologist/researcher Gregory Herek. During today's
SF News Cindy McCain, Gay Marriage's Newest Supporter The campaign against Proposition 8 just got a surprising new supporter. Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, who ran for president on a platform opposing gay marriage, has come out in
SF News Gavin Newsom Gives Up The Political Ghost, Admonishes Obama's Stance On Gay Marriage This morning's New York Times features an interesting column by Arianna Huffington doppelganger and known incoherent writer, Maureen Dowd, discussing our guy, Gavin's political future. Of note: "This is it. God bless. It
SF News Gay Marriage Trial: San Diego Mayor Claims His Views On Marriage 'Evolved' Typically viewed as one of the more conservative slabs of land bordering California's coast, San Diego used to have a comparatively bad track-record when it came to tolerance and civil rights. But today,
SF News Supreme Court Says 'No' To Cameras In Prop 8 Trial Because anti-gay Prop 8 sponsors are scared for their well-being -- and only their own -- the Supreme Court decided today to indefinitely ban cameras from the courtroom in the ongoing federal same-sex
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 Gay Marriage Trial: It's All About The Children, Says Lawyer For Proposition 8 After opening statements during today's federal same-sex marriage trial were done, the courtroom turned tense when the religious right's preferred argument angle came into play: the children. Charles Cooper, attorney for the Proposition
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 Photos: Gay Marriage Trial Begins, Protest Outside SF Courthouse Around 100-plus people are protesting outside San Francisco's federal courthouse as the first federal trial for California’s gay marriage ban begins. "Most of the demonstrators are gay marriage supporters, who took turns
SF News Prop 8 Trial Begins Today, Supreme Court Blocks YouTube Broadcast At 9 a.m. today, the first federal trial to see "if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage" starts in San Francisco. The trial is expected to last anywhere
SF News Camera Allowed At Prop 8 Hearing, Says Federal Judge U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that he will allow cameras to broadcast next week's lawsuit that challenges California's vile same-sex marriage ban. While broadcasting federal trials used to be verboten,
SF News Mexico City Assembly Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Proving smarter and more forward-thinking than the state of California, Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage today. AP reports that it's the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, "a change that
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
