David Hyde Pierce On His Marriage, Prop 8 Anger (VIDEO)
David Hyde Pierce talked about his anger over Prop 8 on "The View" on Thursday. Pierce married his longtime partner last year, but has always stay...
David Hyde Pierce talked about his anger over Prop 8 on "The View" on Thursday. Pierce married his longtime partner last year, but has always stay...
Tom Dolby | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
I realized that no battle was ever won by cowering in a corner, by dismissing the idea that we deserved a wedding celebration as jubilant as that of any heterosexual couple.
Tom Gregory | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
Something tragic has happened to the American church. They have become a pawn in a game of wicked ridiculousness.
Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
And what does this situation say about our democracy? What have our courts come to if civil rights are determined by popular vote?
Huff TV | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
Posted 07.29.2009 | Comedy
Via Buzzfeed we find this fabulous music video by Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci who use song to mock Pat Robertson for saying that legalizing gay mar...
Joan Garry | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
The next chapter in our inexorable march to equality involves the most unlikely of characters: Ted Olson. No, that is not a typo.
Rob Thomas | Posted 06.27.2009 | Entertainment
Just as whites fought for African Americans and Christians for Jews, straight people must stand up and be a voice for gay people. We've been here before.
Sandip Roy | Posted 06.27.2009 | World
The pot of gold is shifting to the other end of the rainbow. A small conservative country like Nepal is considering same-sex marriage.
Towleroad | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
President Obama, the alleged "fierce advocate" for LGBT rights, is scheduled to attend a Democratic Party fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton tonight, on...
Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
On Tuesday, the California Supreme Court upheld the state's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage in a 6-1 decision; the ruling left intact the union of o...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
As so many progressive states have shown us, it's just a matter of time before there's a happy ending (pun intended) to this story.
Roy Rivenburg | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
"It was a windy photo shoot, and our robes blew off," the court said. "We were young and naive and had no idea the photographer kept snapping pictures during the wardrobe malfunction."
C. Brian Smith | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Everything changed the first time I was called a faggot. Suddenly I was a member of the world's most maligned minority. (The week I came out, Israel and Palestine joined together to ban the gay pride parade in Jerusalem.)
Paul Hogarth | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
It is unclear why the Court believes the "will of the people" is more important than the equal protection rights of minorities, but not the due process of property owners.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.
Eyes and Ears Assignment Desk | Posted 06.26.2009 | Eyes & Ears
If you live near one of these events (see full list here) help be HuffPost's eyes.
Joe Solmonese | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Today's decision hurts, but we have known this pain before. Ours is a movement powered by resilience. Once again, we will turn our anger into action.
Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
What might appear to others to be some kind of even-handed compromise nevertheless cuts like a knife for many of us.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
The court says that because the effect of Proposition 8 is so "minor" we don't need to classify it as a revision and it can stand, as is, after a simple majority vote.
E! | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment
Proposition 8 may have been upheld by the courts today, but George Takei is hopeful it won't be forever. The Star Trek star, who married longtime lov...
Roy Zimmerman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
Now that the California State Supreme Court has upheld Prop 8, it's official: San Francisco is moving to Iowa.
Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Californians should be angry about a state Constitution that allows civil rights to be placed on a ballot measure.
AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
SAN FRANCISCO — California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the estimated 18,000 same-sex weddings that took...
Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living
Out gay women become moms for many of the same reasons as straight women, but accident is not one of them. These highly intentional moms are changing our understanding of what family can mean, and their successes inspire more change.
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment