Topic: California

Appeals court skeptical of California gay marriage appeal

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday toward attempts by California gay marriage opponents to overturn a landmark court decision because the judge overseeing the case did not disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship.California voters banned same ...

Gay marriage case back into high gear

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for supporters of the state's same-sex marriage ban to defend it in federal court, a crucial ruling that allows the pitched battle to decide if gay marriage is a U.S. ...

California gay marriage case back into high gear

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for supporters of the state's same-sex marriage ban to defend it in federal court, a crucial ruling that allows the pitched battle to decide if gay marriage is a U.S. ...

California court opens way for gay marriage case

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court opened the way on Thursday for gay marriage opponents to defend California's same-sex marriage ban in federal court, writing that the state's constitution backed their case.The ban in the most populous U.S. state has been ...

Children of gay families more likely to be poor: study

BOSTON (Reuters) - Children growing up in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families are more likely to live in poverty and may be denied legal ties to one of their parents, a report released on Tuesday showed.A lack of federal recognition of ...
Supporters of Prop 8 have lost the latest legal round to keep private the names of donors to the 2008 California amendmentSupporters of Proposition 8 have lost the latest legal round to keep private the names of donors to the 2008 amendment ...
EQCA on Wednesday announced that it would not back a 2012 effort to repeal Proposition 8, California's gay marriage banEquality California (EQCA), the state's largest gay rights group, on Wednesday quietly announced that it would not back a 2012 effort to repeal ...
The Broadway premiere of Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play raised over $1 million for gay marriageThe premiere Broadway performance of the new play based on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, raised over $1 million ...

Gay marriage trial tapes to be public, judge rules

(Reuters) - Video recordings of the trial over California's gay marriage ban should be unsealed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.District Judge James Ware in San Francisco said in a court order that there was "no compelling" reason to keep the digital ...

Calif. high court steps into gay marriage fight

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of California appeared sympathetic to allowing gay marriage opponents to defend the state's same-sex wedding ban in court, a crucial step in a case that could set national precedent.At a hearing in San Francisco, several ...
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