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Equality California Raises Over $1.6 Million in 15 Minutes to Fight Prop 8

Karen Ocamb | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

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Karen Ocamb

They came pumped and ready to give. They knew what was at stake and they wanted to be part of history. And by the end of the 15 minutes allotted to ...

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Gay Weddings and 32 Funerals: Remembering the UpStairs Lounge Fire

Erik Ose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

To fully understand recent events, it's important to remember a tragedy that happened thirty-five years ago, and how much things have changed for gays and lesbians since then.

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My Big Fat Jewish Lesbian Wedding

Robin Tyler | Posted 06.22.2008 | Living

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Robin Tyler

Yes, it was a simple, tasteful wedding, with our rabbi, our immediate families, 65 friends, and something we hadn't expected -- more than 100 reporters and photographers from all over the world.

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Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

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So, You Aren't Marrying a Jewish Girl?

Robin Tyler | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living

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Robin Tyler

The California Gold Rush is definitely on. Tomorrow Diane and I will go to see Rabbi Eger, who will ask us if we are sure about getting married -- even though we've been together for 15 years.

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California: Gay Marriages To Begin June 17th

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Now We'll Know Who Our Real Friends Are; Gay Marriage in California

Bruce Gilardi | Posted 05.26.2008 | Living

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Bruce Gilardi

One simply can't overemphasize how momentous last week's California Supreme Court's decision to legalized marriage between same sex couples will be. ...

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My Reaction to the California Marriage Ruling -- As the Plaintiff

Robin Tyler | Posted 05.26.2008 | Living

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Robin Tyler

After 15 years together, and 20 years before that as friends, Diane and I were finally getting married!

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Let Them Eat Cake

Robin Tyler | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Robin Tyler

In California, where Diane Olson and I were the initial lesbian litigants on the historic marriage equality case, we finally had our day in court. And what a day it was!

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Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds ...

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Deepak Chopra

The California Supreme Court has overturned that state's ban on gay marriage. Is marriage a legal right or a sacred rite? Should the state be involved in marriage? Should religious institutions?

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Conservatives Crying Wolf

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Do conservatives disagree that California law recognizes a right to same-sex marriage? They've been so hasty to brand the ruling as "judicial activism" that they failed to argue that it was wrong.

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The Audacity of 'Nope'

Jeremy Gerard | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Jeremy Gerard

After last week's California ruling, Obama's position that "that same-sex couples should enjoy equal rights under the law, and he will continue to fight for civil unions" no longer cuts it.

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California Kicks Right-Wing Butt

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Tom Gregory

With mountains of progressive social evolution yet to be scaled in our America, will we have to wait till 2027 for the U.S. Supreme Court to bring us to the 20th century?

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Gays, Hate, Blacks, and the Bible

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

The California Court has drawn on apt precedence in voting to end a ban on gay marriage. Blacks and gays have both endured centuries of hatred based on perversions of original biblical texts.

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America Will Be ...

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

I knew as soon as the California Supreme Court marriage ruling was posted, that I would read the whole thing. I started reading it at my desk, after i...

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California Supreme Court OKs Marriage for Gays - But It Ain't Over Yet

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Karen Ocamb

The decision could be overturned if a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage makes it onto the November ballot, as expected, and is passed by voters.

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California Supreme Court Declares, "Yes to Marriage Equality!"

Sara Whitman | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Sara Whitman

This verdict is not about "gay marriage." It's about equal access to a legal institution that has been created to ensure committed couples and their children are protected under the law.

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Glad I Was Wrong Mr. Newsom

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Charles Karel Bouley

Gavin Newsom, you won a victory for a community of which you are not a part, but in which you have a vested interest. You have my thank you. You have thousands. I was wrong, it matters.

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Did the California Supreme Court Just Do John McCain an Inadvertent Favor?

Rick Hasen | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Rick Hasen

This helps John McCain because conservative voters may not have come out in great numbers for him, but they will come out now to vote for this amendment.

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Out of the Mouths of "Activist" Judges

Joan Garry | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Joan Garry

We all know that in our societal debate about same-sex marriage, it is the word "marriage" that trips many people up -- political candidates, conservatives, it even trips up my mother.

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A Victory for Equality: California Affirms the Freedom to Marry

Shannon Minter and Kate Kendell | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Shannon Minter and Kate Kendell

The ruling is an affirmation of families and of the wonderful diversity of our state. Marriage may have been the issue at hand, but it was equality and fairness that won the day in court.

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Gay Marriage Ban Overturned By California Supreme Court

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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SAN FRANCISCO — California's Supreme Court declared that gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry _ a monumental but perhaps short-li...

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California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned: Major Updates

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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

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