SF News Appellate Court Denies Request to Lift Stay on Prop. 8 Ruling A new day, a new ruling in California's discriminatory anti-gay law. "A federal appeals court Wednesday turned down a bid by two same-sex couples to allow gay marriages to resume in California while
SF News Obama Won't Defend DOMA Word just came down from the White House that President Obama's administration will,, according to KRON 4 Morning News, "no longer defend a constitutional clause that bans the recognition of same-sex marriage." Which
SF News W's Daughter Barbara Bush Supports Same-Sex Marriage Working with the Human Rights Campaign's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality, former President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara released a video supporting gay marriage in New York. In the video, Barbara Bush, 29,
SF News Pastor Who Backed Prop 8 Held On Several Child Molestation Charges JoeMyGod has some shocking, yet not so surprising, news on the same-sex marriage front: "Pastor Tom Daniels of Rio Linda, California is being held on $6M bail after being charged with multiple felony
SF News Prop. 8 Proponent Wants to Reclaim the Rainbow Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, an anti-gay and mentally-unhinged traditional marriage activist, argues that the rainbow symbol, once a prism of God or whatever, should be reclaimed by confused proponents of Proposition 8, California's
SF News Prop 8 Oral Arguments Will Be Televised The upcoming appeals court hearing on California’s same-sex marriage ban will be televised. "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal announced Wednesday that it had granted C-Span permission to carry the
SF News Another Point-by-point Takedown of National Organization of Marriage's Lies Deja vu. National Organization of Marriage (NOM), an anti-gay group with strong ties to the Mormon church and icky thoughts about men having anal sex, unleashed another ignorant (or intentionally misleading) ad about--you
SF News Gay Marriage Blocked Gay marriage stay was granted by 9th Circuit Court while the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban is bandied about. Brian Devine at Calitics notes: "[T]he panel that issued this Order
SF News BREAKING: Same Sex Marriage Stay Lifted, But... Judge Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who last week overturned Proposition 8, California's same sex marriage ban, issued a ruling to lift the stay on same sex marriage in California. The majority of
SF News Scene / High Fashion Outside San Francisco City Hall A few Yes On 8 protesters gathered outside San Francisco City Hall today to voice their anti-gay marriage stance. They also made these lovely blouses crafted out of anti-gay marriage banners. Fancy. Please
SF News S.F. Set to Start Marrying, But They Need Volunteers San Francisco is gearing up to marry people. But they need volunteers! Might you be one of them? SF Appeal reports, "Sometime in the next week or so, Judge Walker is expected to
SF News (UPDATED) Judge Vaughn Walker Rules Prop. 8 Unconstitutional Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Vaughn Walker, according to New York Magazine who had early word on today's ruling. Big news: According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision,
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 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 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 Gay Marriage Trial Deposition Reveals Disturbing Tactics Dr. William Tam, a defendant-intervener and staunch proponent of Prop 8, wanted to be excused from the federal same-sex marriage trial now in progress. It seems he feared for his and his family's
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 "Fidelity": Join the Movement to Repeal Prop 8 The Courage Campaign will lace the airwaves in California with a 60-second TV ad version of "Fidelity," which is about a "heartbreaking online video viewed by more than 1.2 million people, making
