California Same Sex Marriage

Do We Want to Be Right, or Have Rights?

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Mark Olmsted

What makes civil unions at present unequal is not their separateness but the host of federal benefits conferred by marriage that even the best state domestic partnerships can't accord.

Marriage Equality Struck Down in California -- One Year Later

Rev. Eric Lee | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Rev. Eric Lee

The only way to re-frame the issue of marriage equality amongst those who voted against It, is to engage voters at their point of reference...religion.

Same Sex Marriage in CA: 8 Reasons Why We Should Lay Off the Debate over 2010 v. 2012

Isobel White | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


Isobel White

We and the other side can keep going back and forth, spending millions upon millions. Or we can actually create enough of a cultural shift that being anti-same sex marriage is no longer widely acceptable

A Citizen of the Third Class

Sam Ciraulo | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Sam Ciraulo

A right is either inalienable or it is not; a right is either "basic," "substantive," "fundamental" and "integral" or it is not. It cannot be both.

'Vote No on Everything' Urges Changes to California Proposition System

Brian Normoyle | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Brian Normoyle

The voters of California sent another message that they want their leaders and legislators to do their jobs. The problem is the very system used to send this message is at least partially to blame for the state's problems.

Moral Majority or Immoral Minority?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


Stuart Whatley

One wonders when Republicans are going to figure out how to appeal to people rather than traditions.

She Said Yes, but the Government Said No

Sylvia Sukop | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Sylvia Sukop

For those of us in committed relationships seeking legal recognition, it's an emotionally draining, two-steps-forward, one-step-back process, state by state, country by country.

Legal Same-sex Marriage: The True Paperwork Reduction Act

Isobel White | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Isobel White

Without all the cumbersome and repetitive paperwork same-sex couples now have to complete just to prove they are committed to each other, think of all the forests that could be left standing.

Proposition 8 Should Be Struck Down

Jerry Brown | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics


Jerry Brown

Same sex marriage has the protection of Article 1 of California's constitution and, like other inalienable rights, cannot be taken away by a popular vote.

Same-Sex Marriage: 5 Years Ago Today

Isobel White | Posted 03.16.2009 | Living


Isobel White

Five years ago today, my partner and I stood in line for hours at SF City Hall, waiting patiently to get our marriage license.

Prop 8 Donors: Find Out Who Backed California's Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: Here is the complete list of "Yes On Prop 8" donors. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge has denied a request to keep the names of donor...

Where's the Struggle?

David Suissa | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


David Suissa

When I see the coarse arguments currently raging over the issue of same-sex marriage, I don't see any thoughtful or fascinating debates... I see two armies shooting at each other.

Clergy Stand Up for Marriage -- Same-Sex and Otherwise

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living


Rev. Debra Haffner

The conventional wisdom is that religious people oppose marriage rights for same-sex couples. The conventional wisdom is wrong.

The Media's Gay Affair With Marriage

Judy Wieder | Posted 01.13.2009 | Media


Judy Wieder

For the most part, the media has been having a sunny, good time in California, trying to catch the June wedding spirit, while sprinkling just enough of the dark side to keep things balanced.

Gay Marriages Begin In California

San Francisco Chronicle | Marisa Lagos, Heather Knight, Chris Heredia,Jill Tucker | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


Cheers went up shortly after 5 p.m. at San Francisco's City Hall as longtime lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, who have been together for...

Gay Marriage In California Begins Today

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living


SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of gay couples were married Monday night after California became the second state to allow same-sex nuptials, offering a ...

What Gay Couples Can Teach Straight Couples

nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living


Hot on the heels of California's legalizing of gay marriage comes a new social study on healthy marriages. The New York Times reports that "same-sex c...

California Court Refuses To Delay Same-Sex Marriage

New York Times | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay its landmark decision allowing same-sex marriage, clearing the way for gay weddings to begi...

California: Gay Marriages To Begin June 17th

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


SAN FRANCISCO — Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 1...

California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned: Major Updates

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics


Gay Marriage Ban Overturned: "In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay...