Same-Sex Marriage

Queer Town: Prop. 8 Judge Wants Your Immediate Comments on Televised Trial

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is now seeking public comments about whether or not to televise the Proposition 8 federal trial in San Francisco. Anyone from any state in the country can write to the court, including both supporters and opponents of California's same sex marriage ban.Patrick Range ... More >>

Queer Town: L.A. Raises Money for Maine's Gay Marriage Fight

On the day anti-gay marriage forces aired their first TV ad in Maine, Los Angeles gays and lesbians gathered for a fund-raiser at West Hollywood's East/West Lounge, hauling in between $5,000 and $6,000 for Protect Maine Equality, the campaign that's fighting to keep same-sex marriage legal in that s ... More >>

Overturning Proposition 8: In 2010 or 2012?

Proposition 8, last year's successful ballot initiative overturning the existing right of gays to marry in California, was largely financed by out-of-state money and represented a resounding defeat for the cause of same-sex marriage here. Precisely, however, when Prop 8 opponents finished licking th ... More >>

Poll Finds Racial, Ethnic Divides Over Gay Marriage

A gay marriage poll released by the L.A. Times reveals that a yawning racial chasm exists over the issue. Pollsters found that a substantial majority in a sampling of 1,500 registered voters in Los Angeles -- 56 percent -- favored legalizing same-sex marriage, while only 37 percent opposed it. Howev ... More >>

Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

Wiser, more diffuse, battle-savvy gay-rights groups craft a 2010 ballot measure for California

Proposition 8 Ruling Sets up California War

Gay-marriage culture battle deepens between gays, Latinos, Christians, liberals

Queer Town: California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 8

Patrick Range McDonaldAnti-Prop. 8 marcher in Westwood in November, 2008.In an unsurprising ruling, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 today. As for the fate of approximately 18,000 legally married same sex couples, the supreme court decided they remain valid. Chief Justice Ronald Geo ... More >>

Queer Town: L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Holds Amateur Contest to Fend Off Gay Marriage Foes

Last week, the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay marriage group, released a very professional, very message-driven video titled "Gathering Storm" on YouTube and also bought TV air time in Iowa, where that state's supreme court recently legalized gay marriage. In response to the slick a ... More >>

New Gay-Marriage War Coming to California

Many expect state Supreme Court to back Proposition 8

Proposition 8 Gives Rise to New Generation of Gay Leaders

Failure to prevent passage of same-sex-marriage ban shifts political landscape

Prolonged Battle over Proposition 8

It looks like the gay marriage ban won, but activists could upend the victory

Riding the Cultural Divide with Proposition 8

What's at stake in California's gay-marriage ban

Queer Town: Gay Marriage Equals Good Health

Last week, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association released a report that didn't get much play in the press. While campaign rhetoric was ramped up in the Proposition 8 battle to possibly ban same sex marriage in California, GLMA, which is based in San Francisco, gave another major reason for keeping ... More >>

Queer Town: No Cash, No TV Ads, No Gay Marriage

The No on 8 campaign pressed the panic button yesterday and pleaded for more donations to pay for more TV ads in an effort to defeat Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that bans same sex marriage. "Our worst nightmares are coming true," wrote Geoff Kors, a member of the No on 8 executive c ... More >>

Queer Town: Opponents of Gay Marriage Release New TV Ad

The Yes on Prop. 8 campaign has released a new television ad today, featuring San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Frank Schubert, campaign manager of ProtectMarriage.com, the umbrella group leading the fight to ban same sex marriage in California, also asks supporters to donate $3.6 million in the com ... More >>

Queer Town: A Prop. 8 Town Hall Meeting at Young Israel

On Monday evening, three and a half hours after Variety reported that movie director Steven Speilberg had donated $100,000 to the "No on Prop. 8" campaign, Rabbi Elazar Muskin turned over his synagogue, Young Israel of Century City, to supporters of the anti-gay marriage ballot measure. Under Muskin ... More >>

Queer Town: New Poll Shows Voter Hesitancy To Strip Gays of Marriage Right

The Sacramento Bee reported about a new Field Poll yesterday, which showed 55 percent of Californians would oppose Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage November ballot measure. The numbers for voters who support the ban have remained stagnant at 38 percent. Whether or not people are comfortable with ... More >>

Queer Town: Gay Marriage Supporters Behind in Fund Raising

Yesterday, the "No on 8" campaign sent out an urgent email to their supporters asking for $200,000 in the next 48 hours, and with good reason. According to the most recent campaign contribution reports from the California Secretary of State, supporters of the anti-gay marriage November ballot meas ... More >>

Queer Town: Brad Pitt Challenges Hollywood on Prop. 8 Fight

This morning, Queer Town reported that wealthy folks in Los Angeles County weren't donating as much as they could to fight Proposition 8. Karen Ocamb, news editor of In and Frontiers magazines, also wrote a top notch story about A-list gays missing from action. But now actor Brad Pitt may have chan ... More >>

Queer Town: Obama's Gay Moment

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama undoubtedly thrilled, and probably somewhat shocked, gays and lesbians last night when he spoke this line during his nomination speech in Denver: “I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian br ... More >>

Queer Town: The Unexpected Twists of Gay Marriage

Whenever the accepted norms of society are changed, something unexpected always seems to pop up. With gay marriage in California, this truism of sorts is already starting to play out. According to a report in the Sacramento-based Capitol Weekly, the California Department of Corrections has now give ... More >>

Queer Town: The Catholic Power Play to Ban Gay Marriage

Cardinal Roger Mahony, the Roman Catholic leader of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, has been keeping somewhat of a low-profile in the battle over same sex marriage in California, but he can't keep his name out of the headlines any longer. One of the most powerful and influential Catholic priests in ... More >>

Queer Town: The Cold Winds of Gay Marriage

It had been a relatively quiet summer for gay marriage supporters and their opponents, and people hit the beach or flew out of town without any real cares other than the high cost of gasoline...and some people may have forgotten about Proposition 8 altogether. But now things are most definitely chan ... More >>

Queer Town: McCain Plays Small Ball in California

On the evening of June 26, with the right kind of ears, a steady, collective groan could be heard from thousands of gay Republicans throughout California…followed by an eerie silence. Their man, Senator John McCain, decided to play small ball in his quest for the White House, and came out with a ... More >>

Queer Town: Villaraigosa Jumps (Belatedly) on the Gay Marriage Bandwagon

A week, almost to the hour, after the first gay couple legally wed in Los Angeles County, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will finally preside over a same sex marriage. American Beauty producer Bruce Cohen, who won an Oscar for the film, and New York art consultant Gabriel Catone will take their vows dow ... More >>

Queer Town: Gay Marriage and the Religion Card

By the end of last week, the gays got married...even in San Diego County. But things turned a little weird for San Diego County Clerk Greg Smith, who was confronted with at least 14 employees who said same sex weddings and their religious beliefs did not mix. It was the first time gay marriage oppon ... More >>

Protecting Obama from Gay Marriage Politics

Activists argue that now isn't the time for more gay lawsuits

Queer Town: Good Craziness in West Hollywood

At West Hollywood Park, across the street from the Pacific Design Center, Mayor Jeff Prang stood underneath the shade of a palm tree in a navy blue suit with a gold-and-blue striped tie. He had been talking to journalists from all over the world and needed to take a breather before the press confere ... More >>

Queer Town: June Weddings For Gays

This morning, the California Supreme Court denied a request to rehear its May 15 ruling that legalized same sex marriage. Gay and lesbian couples can now wed, starting on June 17--the date set by the state. Now it's only a question if county clerks throughout California can quickly change the fine ... More >>

Queer Town: No Time For Gay Losers

On Monday, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen officially certified the anti-gay marriage ballot measure. If passed, the initiative would overturn last month's California Supreme Court ruling--which legalized same sex marriage--and insert one sentence into the state constitution. It would re ... More >>

QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party will finally wrap up its long, hard fought primary season. There will be a lot of talk about who will ultimately be the best candidate to defeat Senator John McCain on Election Day, but gays and lesbians--in California and anywhere else--may want to consider somethin ... More >>

June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was hoping for a quick injection of gay dollars into California's ailing economy this summer, it may not happen. Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the state's Supreme Court on Thursday to delay its decision to allow queer weddings until after November 4, when an ... More >>

California GOP: The Queer Enablers of Gay Marriage

How Republicans accomplished what the Dems could not

Key Moments in the Struggle for Gay Marriage in the U.S.

Holy unions to Supreme Court battles

Dem Presidential Candidates Face Gays

At Hollywood Q&A, Richardson screws up, Hillary argues, Edwards flipflops

We Do, Too!

How to plan an absolutely fabulous same-sex wedding

Rolling Back Gay Rights

Initiatives attack same-sex marriage and domestic partnerships.

Consecration

Openly Rational

A straight, Republican judge rules for the home team

Cue the Fat Lady

Cultural barriers go tumbling down the aisle

Big Spat Ahead

All this gay-marriage talk leads straight to the ballot box

Homo Hate

Kerry loses to Rove’s anti-gay hysteria

Gay Marriage Squabble

Why California’s Supreme Court ruling was a lost battle, not a lost war

So Goes the Gay Nation

Same-sex-marriage activists set their sights on California

No Wedding Bells in WeHo

West Hollywood struggles to keep up with San Francisco

Brave Newsom World

Gay Marriage Mania

Raw Prejudice

The politics of gay marriage

Get Me to the Church on Time and a Half for Overtime

The state of marriage, gay and straight, in a heterosexual dictatorship

Dating the Anti-Gay Backlash

Oval Office embraces homophobia

Go Canada!

Should American homosexual couples head north to elope?