Closing arguments are due this week in the federal trial over California's gay-marriage ban, 2008's Proposition 8 that took away the right for same-sex couples to legally marry. No matter how U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker rules, the case will undoubtedly be appealed to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of...

In just a few days, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hold its 81st award ceremony, bestowing Hollywood's highest honors. For most of the worldwide audience, it is as much a night to regale glitz and glamour, as it is a night to honor art and science....

My partner Don and I, along with our friends John and Efren, were so energized and invested in Barack Obama's campaign for the Presidency that even before his election, we arranged hotel and travel to be in Washington D.C. for his inauguration. We had campaigned in our hometown of Los...