Topic: California

Mike Huckabee and Tony Perkins featured prominently in a prayer event held in Sacramento on SaturdayMike Huckabee and Tony Perkins featured prominently in a prayer event held in Sacramento on Saturday. The daylong event attracted thousands of Christian conservatives to the California ...

Republican lawmakers are urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8Republican lawmakers are urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. Twenty-seven members of the Assembly's Republican caucus wrote to Schwarzenegger asking the governor ...

Gay icon Lady GaGa wants to become an ordained minister in California to officiate over the wedding ceremonies of her gay friendsGay icon Lady GaGa wants to become an ordained minister in California to officiate over the wedding ceremonies of her gay ...

Conservative group asks court to force Calif governor, AG to appeal gay marriage rulingA conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court. The Pacific Justice Institute petitioned ...

Lawmakers in California are calling on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)Lawmakers in California are calling on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). With a 22-12 vote Monday, the California Senate joined the Assembly in approving ...

Logistically, emotionally, gay partners embrace name changes in and out of legal marriageIn October 2008, racing against California's gay marriage ban, Chloe and Frankie Frankeny wed legally in San Francisco with one chore already done: Chloe had taken her wife's name two ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The next stage of California's gay marriage court battle rests on a procedural issue that could halt the case, leaving same-sex unions legal in California without a Supreme Court ruling to guide the nation. A San Francisco federal ...

Foes of gay marriage are cheering a ruling that has put an indefinite hold on gay marriages in CaliforniaFoes of gay marriage are cheering a ruling that has put an indefinite hold on gay marriages in California. In a ruling announced Monday, ...

A US court blocked same-sex marriages in California until at least December while an appeal is considered, in a battle over gay rights that could make its way to the Supreme Court. The decision by the federal court of appeals came hours ...

A US court blocked same-sex marriages in California until at least December while an appeal of a landmark decision to overturn a state ban is considered. The decision by the federal court of appeals came hours after gay marriage opponents urged the ...