SF Politics Ballot Measure Prop 3 Hopes to ‘Trump-Proof' Same-Sex Marriage In California, No Matter What US Supreme Court Does At least one US Supreme Court justice is on the record as wanting to overturn the landmark same-sex marriage decision, so California voters will consider Prop 3 in November, which would enshrine gay marriage into the state constitution.
SF News Today Marks 20 Years Since Gavin Newsom Opened San Francisco City Hall For Same-Sex Marriages It was two days before Valentine's Day in 2004 that then-Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to press on the culture-war scales a bit and allow gay and lesbian couples to marry at San Francisco City Hall, marriage certificates and all.
SF Politics Jim Obergefell, Plaintiff Who Got Same-Sex Marriage Legalized, Running for Office in Ohio and Fundraising in SF The lead plaintiff in the landmark 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage is running for the Ohio state house, and coming to San Francisco for a campaign fundraiser Wednesday night.
SF News Could The Texas Supreme Court Actually Roll Back Marriage Equality? In a first of its kind challenge to the "settled law" of marriage equality, the Texas Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a case that questions to what extent Texas has to
SF News According To Justice Thomas, SCOTUS Just Admitted They're Ruling In Favor Of Federal Same-Sex Marriage We're still likely months away from a final ruling from the Supreme Court on same-sex marriage nationwide only two short years after the landmark decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act in
SF News Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Bans, Setting Stage For Another SCOTUS Decision Bucking the trend of every other federal appeals court in the country thus far, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a much-anticipated decision upholding gay marriage bans in the four states
Arts & Entertainment SFFS To Honor Jeremy Irons For Integrity, Ignores His Weird Opinions On Marriage Equality The San Francisco Film Society has announced that this year's recipient of the Peter J. Owens award for excellence in acting will be Jeremy Irons, an artist recently known as much for his
SF News State Supreme Court Says Gay Marriages Can Proceed The California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that same-sex marriages can continue despite an emergency request from Prop 8 supporters to stop them. "Backers of Proposition 8 had turned to the state's
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Kiss Photo of Friday's gay marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall by Romel Jacinto.
SF News Photos: California's First Gay Marriage In Over Four Years After a too-long wait, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, the lead plaintiffs in the Prop. 8 case, didn't waste any more time and finally tied the knot in San Francisco City Hall Friday
SF News Get Hitched This Weekend: S.F. Clerk's Office Will Be Open During Pride After the announcement this afternoon that same sex marriages would begin immediately in California, the city will open the clerk's office in city hall until 8 p.m. Friday night and from 9
SF News Same Sex Marriages Resume Immediately In California! As of Friday afternoon, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has officially opened the floodgates for gay marriages to resume in California. According to the L.A. Times, individual counties can
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chicken Sandwich Emperor Still Not Cool With Gay Marriage, Unfortunately Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy is at it again, apparently. The man who loved his wife so much that he dedicated his entire chicken sandwich empire to protecting the sanctity of his marriage went
Arts & Entertainment Tonight: Your Gay Marriage Parties Around The Bay Area Now that DOMA has been ruled unconstitutional, and gay marriage is once again legal in the state of California, it's time to party (or at least attend a rally while sporting your finest
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 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
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
SF News Time Magazine Puts Same-Sex Kisses On Covers To ride the same-sex marriage wave, Time Magazine's newest issue has two covers—one of a lesbian couple kissing and one of a gay couple kissing. Both couples are white but the article
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 Semper Fidelity: Marine Makes First Gay Marriage Proposal In The White House U.S. Marine Corps captain Matthew Phelps sparked the envy and ire of gay men across the country after proposing to his boyfriend, Ben Schock, in the White House on Saturday. This effectively
SF News Prop 8, DOMA Cases Go Before Supreme Court On Friday In the ongoing legal battle between people who just want to marry each other and people who have an antiquated definition of marriage, the Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether
SF News Justice Ginsburg Believes DOMA Will Go Before Supreme Court In The Next Year Speaking to a law school conference at the University of Colorado in Boulder yesterday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted the Defense of Marriage Act will land in front of the U.S. Supreme
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Restaurant Cancels Gay Wedding Dinner, Allegedly Blames Bad Feng Shui Setting aside the sadness of having one's wedding reception catered by an Asian-fusion restaurant, allow us to relay the tale of a gay wedding plan gone bad in New York City after the
