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Churches Ignore Call To Fire SF Minister For Performing Gay Marriages

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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SAN ANSELMO, Calif. -- Representatives of dozens of West Coast Presbyterian churches are defying their denomination's highest court by refusing to cen...

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Prop 8 Backers Challenge Decision

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 04.22.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — The backers of California's same-sex marriage ban petitioned a federal appeals court Tuesday to review a split decision by three...

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PROTEST: Same-Sex Couples Protest County Clerk On Valentine's Day

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.27.2012

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Flowers are always nice. And substantial jewelry or securing a 7:15 reso at Flour + Water might guarantee at least a month of passion. But for our mon...

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Proposition 8 Case Faces Unclear Path Ahead

AP | By LISA LEFF | Posted 02.08.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Conservative critics like to point out that the federal appeals court that just declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unc...

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PHOTOS: San Francisco Celebrates

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.07.2012

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On Tuesday morning, thousands of San Franciscans celebrated as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 8 -- the voter-approved ...

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Prop 8 Repeal Gets A Huge Green Light

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 12.20.2011

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On Friday, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen granted a gay rights group permission to move forward with a petition seeking to reinstate same-s...

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Why We Should Remove Sex From Marriage

Rich Rainbolt | Posted 01.16.2012

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If we completely remove the check box of gender from a marriage license, what would happen? Why is it important for our government to know if Jill is a man or a woman, or if Jack was born a woman or a man?

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Courts Aren't Buying That Gays Are Harassing Anti-Gay Activists

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In 2008, the owners of a Sacramento ice cream parlor donated thousands of dollars to support Proposition 8, which would ban marriage equ...

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WATCH: LGBT Beauty Pageant Contestant Makes History

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.08.2012

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Jenelle Hutcherson rocks a teal Mohawk, pierced nose, black ear plugs and a tattoo that says "What goes around comes around." And she is making histor...

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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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California's Largest Gay Rights Group Has A Major Change Of Heart

AP | Posted 12.05.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- California's largest gay rights group has decided against trying to have the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex unions overturned...

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VICTORY: Judge Rules Prop 8 Trial Videos To Be Made Public

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 11.19.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge decided Monday to unseal video recordings of last year's landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's...

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Marriage Equality: Which Video Defines It Best? (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Courage Campaign, a California-based progressive organizing network, is advancing efforts to achieve marriage equality in the Golden State and acr...

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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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Prop 8 Ruling Exposes Democrats' Weak Support For LGBT Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Right now, LGBT citizens are trapped in a choice between a party that opposes their very existence and a party that, you know, kind of wishes them well. And so the typical policy among Democrats is to do as little as possible for as long as they can, figuring that if the Republican party never changes its position, they can string along the LGBT community for a long while before they have to lay their marker down and risk the vote of any single voter who opposes gay rights.

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Prop 8 OVERTURNED: Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a major victory for gay rights activists, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a voter initiative banning same-sex marriage in California violat...

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Proposition 8 Overturned: Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

AP | LISA LEFF and PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supre...

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Gays Hit Back at Mormons

Mario Ruiz | Posted 05.25.2011

Given their history, Mormons know about being targeted for being different. Yet in a full-on offensive, the LDS Church mobilized in favor of California's Prop 8, a ballot initiative that bans gay marriage.

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Gay Marriage Is After My Rights

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gay marriage is about turning me gay. After all, what else outside of my fear of not being able to commit myself to another person before the eyes of the government was stopping me from gaining a love of dick?

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Choice: A Short Film on the Aftermath of Prop 8

Brian Crewe | Posted 05.25.2011

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To see people that I know and care about being treated like second-class citizens was something I was not prepared for; it's so contrary to the values with which I was raised.

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Prop 8 Inquisitors "Command" Court To "Bow"

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am no constitutional expert, but I am pretty sure that the the only time a legal brief counts as a commandment is when God writes it -- on stone (see, e.g., The Bible).

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Slash and Wife Perla Support CA Equal Marriage Rights

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Slash, his wife Perla and Scout Studio created this video urging everyone to say no to hate and yes to equal rights.

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Mormon and Catholic Churches Complain About Being the Target of Prop 8 Protests

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

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Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation, should be moved to name the behavior of these institutions for what it is -- and question their tax-exempt status.

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Historic for Some, Same Old Shit for the Rest of Us

Harvey Fierstein | Posted 05.25.2011

While we rightfully celebrate the election of our first African American president, let us take a moment to mourn the passage of three new laws legalizing prejudice.

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Scapegoating and Proposition 8

Paul Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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I acknowledge that I did little or next to nothing to help. The passage of Prop 8 has galvanized me, though, and I won't make the same mistake twice. I plan to participate now.

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