All posts tagged "california"
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A Judicial Outing?
The judge hearing a trial over whether Proposition 8 in California is constitutional ''is himself gay,'' according to a column that ran in this past...
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Power Outage
SAN FRANCISCO – Defenders of Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative that amended California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage, began their effort Monday to defend the...
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Prop 8 Supporters to Make Their Case
SAN FRANCISCO – Today begins Day 10, Week 3 of the federal trial challenging the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriages, Proposition 8. The...
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Everyone's a little gay, sometimes
SAN FRANCISCO – The legal team defending California's ban on same-sex marriages is in the very odd position of having to argue that most people...
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Fierce Words, Little Power
SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama's name keeps coming up during the trial challenging the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban. Wednesday, attorneys defending Proposition...
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Following the Facts
SAN FRANCISCO -- Testimony in the Proposition 8 trial Tuesday began with emotional testimony by San Diego's Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders and ended with a...
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In Harm's Way
SAN FRANCISCO – It's not often one hears these words in a federal courtroom: ''Dyke. You fucking dyke. You're going to die and go to...
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Money Changes Everything?
SAN FRANCISCO – The discussion at the Proposition 8 trial Thursday swung from the economics to mental health. In between, it covered everything from how...
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Lights, Camera, Inaction
We are a nation that likes to watch, be it hundreds of cable channels filled with talking heads, YouTube videos of cute kids and keyboard...
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Fahrenheit 94590: Emotions ignite as citizens spar over Vallejo, CA mayor’s gay is “sin” and “error” remarks [video]
”The sins that keep you out of heaven are not the just those sins of being gay, those are sins of lying, murdering, unforgiving, all...
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Meet Evan Low: New mayor of Campbell, CA is Asian, gay, and 26
”I’m passionate and energetic about all things I do. This is not work for me. This is something I enjoy.” Evan Low, 26, the new...
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Shelly Bailes, Davis, Calif.
Shelly Bailes Dustin Lance Black. The cast of Hair. Lady Gaga. Between the National Equality March and the HRC National Dinner, D.C. will definitely be...
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Proposition 8 Challenge
In the wake of Californians voting to pass Proposition 8, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages that trumps an earlier California Supreme Court ruling that...
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Legal Eagle Lands in D.C.
On any given day, chances are you will probably catch Shannon Minter in one of two places: Washington, D.C., where he shares a home with...
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Desert Paradise
From the air a narrow strip of flora twines across the desert floor like some exotic ribbon, a striking image as you fly into the...
