Proposition 8 Plaintiffs Await High Court Hearing
Jeff Zarrillo, Paul Katami, Sandy Stier, and Kris Perry are in Washington, D.C., and ready for Tuesday’s arguments in their case challenging California’s Proposition 8 marriage amendment.
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"Gay Patriot" To Decide By Mid-April Whether To Challenge Lindsey Graham
The gay conservative is considering taking on the senior South Carolina senator in 2014. He also is taking on gay progressives — and defending DOMA.
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Obama Says Supreme Court "Called The Question" On Marriage With Proposition 8 Case
“The basic principle that America is founded on — the idea that we’re all created equal — applies to everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, as well as race or gender or religion or ethnicity,” Obama says.
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Obama Faces Deadline For Weighing In On Proposition 8 Case
The president, who has said he personally supports marriage equality, has never said whether he believes the Constitution requires it. Supreme Court briefs supporting the challenge to Proposition 8 are due Feb. 28.
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Longtime Bush Aide Leads Effort To Advance Conservative Case For Marriage Equality
Ken Mehlman tells BuzzFeed he is pushing for same-sex couples’ marriage rights “because we are conservatives, not in spite of it.” Here’s how he got 80 prominent Republicans to join him in the fight.
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Meet The Republicans Telling The Supreme Court To Let Gay People Marry
More than 80 Republicans will send a brief to the justices hearing the case over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Among the most prominent figures are Ken Mehlman, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Richard Hanna, and several former governors and House members.
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Group Defending Proposition 8 Holding “9 Weeks Of Prayer For Marriage”
The Alliance Defending Freedom is urging prayers for the lawyers fighting to uphold Proposition 8 and DOMA for them, their families, and their “service on behalf of the just and worthy cause of protecting marriage.” Lawyers opposing the laws get prayers “that God would manifest His goodness in [their] life.”
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Opponents Of Proposition 8 Tell Supreme Court To Allow Gay Couples To Marry
“The only substantive question in this case is whether the State is entitled to exclude gay men and lesbians from the institution of marriage and deprive their relationships—their love—of the respect, and dignity and social acceptance, that heterosexual marriages enjoy,” lawyers for two California couples told the Supreme Court Thursday.
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Obama Won’t Say If Administration Will Take Sides In Proposition 8 Case
“I have to make sure that I’m not interjecting myself too much into this process, particularly when we’re not a party to the case,” Obama said Wednesday. If the administration weighs in, it will have to come by Feb. 28.
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Bishops, Who Once Fought For Inclusive Marriage Laws, Fight To Keep Gays Out
America’s Catholic bishops have gone from a strong attack on interracial marriage bans in 1967 to a plea against being “held hostage” by states that allow same-sex couples to marry in 2013.
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Does Obama Think Laws Banning Gay Couples From Marrying Are Constitutional?
The day after a broad affirmation of LGBT equality, the White House press secretary dodges the question while pressed on the issue. Advocates want answers.
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Obama Makes LGBT Rights His Legacy, But Work Remains
With the campaign over and the speech done, LGBT advocates will expect tangible action from the White House.
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Obama Calls For Equal Treatment Of "Our Gay Brothers And Sisters"
“[I]f we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” Obama said Monday. The first time a president said the word “gay” in an inaugural address.
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GOProud Backs Civil Marriage For Gay Couples
The gay conservative group had avoided taking a position on the issue in the past. LaSalvia cites a need for “a truly conservative voice” to stand up for marriage equality.
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The Supreme Court Prepares For The Big Cases: “DOMPRP8”
Months before it will hear oral arguments in the cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, the Supreme Court staff already are getting ready. Visit the DOMA/Prop 8 page at the court: DOMPRP8.aspx.
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The Seven States (Or More) That Could See Marriage Equality In 2013
The Supreme Court is hearing cases about California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act this spring. Here are the states LGBT advocates want to move to the “marriage equality” column by June, when the court’s big decisions traditionally are released.
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President Obama Still Hasn’t Answered One Question On Marriage Equality
LGBT advocates praised President Obama in May for his announcement that he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. With the Supreme Court hearing the appeal of California’s Proposition 8, however, Obama faces another test on the issue.
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Supreme Court Wait Continues For Same-Sex Couples
On Monday, the Supreme Court again gave no word on the status of several cases addressing the rights of gay and lesbian couples. Next news could come Friday.
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No Word From Supreme Court On Gay Rights’ Cases
No action from the Supreme Court Friday on cases involving same-sex couples’ marriage rights. News could come Monday, but that looks unlikely.
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San Francisco Asks Court For “Advance Notice” On New Weddings
If the Supreme Court denies an appeal of the Proposition 8 challenge, same-sex couples soon will be able to marry in California. Although the city wants 24-hour notice to prepare, court rules suggest that might not happen. [UPDATE: LA asks for notice, too.]
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The Supreme Court’s Four Most Likely Moves On Gay And Lesbian Couples’ Marriage Rights
On Friday, the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether it will be hearing cases about the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Constitutional rights of same-sex couples hang in the balance.
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Supreme Court Won’t Consider Marriage Cases Until Nov. 30
Ten-day delay is the second time the justices have put off deciding whether they will hear cases challenging DOMA, Proposition 8 in the coming year.
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The 10 Dumbest Maggie Gallagher Quotes
Maggie Gallagher is one of the heads of the National Organization for Marriage. She has a tendency of saying of stupid, ignorant things. View List ›
