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Prop 8 Lawsuit Mastermind Named Human Rights Campaign President

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.02.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — A political strategist from California who has played a leading role in trying to overturn the state's same-sex marriage ban was...

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California Poll Reveals Huge News For Same-Sex Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.29.2012

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A recent California poll has infused a huge dose of hope into the state's battle for marriage equality. On Wednesday, a Field Poll revealed that 59...

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My 'Boyfriend' Is in Love with Two Men Who Sit on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Kaya Jones | Posted 04.11.2012

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The new music video for the remix of my gay anthem, "Boyfriend," is dedicated to the two judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals who had the courage to rule in favor of equality and same-sex marriage earlier this week.

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The Quality of Equality

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.09.2012

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It took me years to accept the wisdom of the four justices on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who ruled that gay and lesbian Bay Staters had the right to marry, but now I realize they struck a noble blow for justice.

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Governor Hopes Prop 8 Decision Has 'Persuasive Influence' On His State

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.08.2012

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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) said he hoped Tuesday's ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that declared California's ban on gay marriage un...

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Why the Proposition 8 Ruling Has a Good Chance of Being Affirmed by the Supreme Court

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 04.09.2012

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If the Supreme Court issues an opinion following the appellate court's reasoning, it might have a limited impact on same-sex marriage bans in other states. But it is precisely this that significantly improves the chances of it being affirmed by the Supreme Court.

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Celebrating Our Favorite Gay TV Couples

HuffPost TV Staff | Posted 02.08.2012

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On Tuesday, February 7, a federal appeals court ruled California's same-sex marriage ban -- Prop 8 -- unconstitutional. This tremendous victory for ga...

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Judge Deals A Major Blow To Gay Marriage Opponents

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.08.2012

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U.S. District Judge Morrison England has denied a request by anti-gay marriage groups to make secret the list of donors to the $40 million Proposition...

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Federal Court Deals Another Big Setback To Gay Marriage Supporters

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court has put the brakes on unsealing video recordings of last year's trial on the constitutionality of California'...

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Prop 8 Play Ready For Broadway

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 11.13.2011

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NEW YORK -- Dustin Lance Black sat in court and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter, who is a board member of...

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California's Gay Marriage Ban Faces Next Legal Hurdle

AP/The Huffington Post | By LISA LEFF | Posted 11.06.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California's highest court seems inclined to side with backers of the state's same-sex marriage ban in thinking that the state C...

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Prop 8 Returns To Court

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 10.29.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The legal sparring over California's same-sex marriage ban returned to a federal courtroom Monday with a judge hearing arguments...

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Hearing Set For Motion To Disqualify Prop 8 Judge

AP | Posted 06.27.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on whether a ruling that struck down California's same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out ...

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County Clerk Is Lone Government Defender Of Prop 8

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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EL CENTRO, Calif. — Chuck Storey ran for county clerk-recorder in a remote, desert corner of southeast California on a pledge to run a lean oper...

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Lawyers Urge Court To Rely On Prop 8 Trial Facts

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court should rely on the same evidence a trial judge considered when he overturned California's same-sex marri...

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Chevron Spending $4 million on Prop 26, Prop 23's Stealthier Twin

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Co-authored by Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International Chevron CEO John Watson recently insisted his company is neutral on C...

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WATCH: California Gov Candidates Spar Over Pot, Palin And Prop. 23

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman met for their final debate on Tuesday night, engaging in a fiery, free-wheeling exchan...

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Proposition 8 Dispatch From the Culture Wars Front

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

There is a side to gay America that is rarely seen and takes place in conservative, often deeply religious small towns and rural communities where those strive to fit in rather than to stand out.

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Judge Who Struck Down Prop. 8 To Rule On Whether Gay Marriages Can Resume Immediately

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban says he is ready to rule on whether gay marriages should res...

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Same-Sex Marriage: In the Beginning, There Was the Word

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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The way he looked at it, he and his fellow heterosexuals had some serious work ahead of them cleaning up their own acts before they could think about casting that first stone at anyone else.

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High Stakes for Climate and Clean Energy in California

Lowell Feld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prop 23 threatens a landmark law to limit the greenhouse gas pollution that is already harming California and to promote a host of related clean energy policies that would benefit the state.

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The Golden State, Gay Marriage and the Golden Rule

Diana Butler Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Less than two years after Proposition 8 restricted marriage to heterosexual couples, only 1 person in 5 now says that Proposition 8 was a "good thing" for California, and 51 percent would vote to allow same-sex couples to marry.

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Second-Class Citizens Get Their Day in Court

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Closing arguments have been scheduled for Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, the landmark case challenging California's same-sex marriage ban.

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The San Francisco Marriage Case, Part Two: The Supreme Court

Matt Coles | Posted 05.25.2011

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2013 may seem like a long way off to the folks who brought the San Francisco marriage case. But in terms of making the kind of progress that might help us win at the Supreme Court, it's tomorrow.

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Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enacted On Youtube

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Text by AP) SAN FRANCISCO — Where there's the Web, there's a way. Seeking to overcome a broadcast blackout imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court, ...

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