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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on California</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/topic/california" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://gaymarriageissues.com/topic/california</id><updated>2011-12-08T18:30:39Z</updated><entry><title>Appeals court skeptical of California gay marriage appeal</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-skeptical-california-gay-marriage-appeal-4872649a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-08T18:30:39Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-08:/appeals-court-skeptical-california-gay-marriage-appeal-4872649a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday toward attempts by &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage opponents to overturn a landmark court decision because the judge overseeing the case did not disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cali...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="Michael Daly"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Randy Smith"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay marriage case back into high gear</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-case-high-gear-4858975a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-17T14:30:56Z</updated><author><name>Reuters Life! Online Report</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-17:/gay-marriage-case-high-gear-4858975a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California's Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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 &lt;span&gt;...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Peter Henderson"></category></entry><entry><title>California gay marriage case back into high gear</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-gay-marriage-case-high-gear-4858955a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-17T14:30:32Z</updated><author><name>Reuters Life! Online Report</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-17:/california-gay-marriage-case-high-gear-4858955a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California's Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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 &lt;span&gt;...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Peter Henderson"></category></entry><entry><title>California court opens way for gay marriage case</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-court-opens-gay-marriage-case-4858834a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-17T11:30:53Z</updated><author><name>Reuters Life! Online Report</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-17:/california-court-opens-gay-marriage-case-4858834a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California's Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; opened the way on Thursday for gay marriage opponents to defend &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s same-sex marriage ban in federal court, writing that the state's co...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Peter Henderson"></category></entry><entry><title>Children of gay families more likely to be poor: study</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/children-gay-families-poor-study-4848726a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-25T14:30:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters Life! Online Report</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-10-25:/children-gay-families-poor-study-4848726a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;BOSTON&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - 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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lack of federal recognition of same-sex marriages means such families face higher tax burdens and unequal access to health insurance and government safety net programs, said th...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Center for American Progress"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Maggie Gallagher"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Backers Lose Case To Keep Names Private</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-backers-lose-case-names-private-4847068a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-21T07:00:15Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-10-21:/gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-backers-lose-case-names-private-4847068a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Supporters of &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt; have lost the latest legal round to keep private the names of donors to the 2008 &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; amendment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Proposition 8 have lost the latest legal round to keep private the names of donors to the 2008 amendment that banned gay marriage in California, the AP reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;ProtectMarriage.com, the coalition of mostly reli...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Morrison England"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Mollie Lee"></category></entry><entry><title>EQCA Says No To 2012 Gay Marriage Ban Repeal Effort</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/eqca-2012-gay-marriage-ban-repeal-effort-4840380a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-05T11:30:11Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-10-05:/eqca-2012-gay-marriage-ban-repeal-effort-4840380a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;EQCA on Wednesday announced that it would not back a 2012 effort to repeal &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;&lt;a title="Equality California" href="/topic/Equality+California" &gt;Equality California (EQCA)&lt;/a&gt;, the state's largest gay rights group, on Wednesday quietly announced that it would not back a 2012 effort to repeal Proposition 8...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Dustin Lance Black's Prop 8 Play Raises $1 Million For Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/dustin-lance-blacks-prop-8-play-raises-1-million-gay-marriage-4840274a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-10-05T07:30:13Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-10-05:/dustin-lance-blacks-prop-8-play-raises-1-million-gay-marriage-4840274a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The Broadway premiere of &lt;a title="Dustin Lance Black" href="/topic/Dustin+Lance+Black" &gt;Dustin Lance Black&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt; play raised over $1 million for gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The premiere Broadway performance of the new play based on the trial over the constitutionality of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, raised over $1 million for the fight ...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Performing Arts"></category><category term="Theater"></category><category term="Theatrical Plays"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Morgan Freeman"></category><category term="Bradley Whitford"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Dustin Lance Black"></category><category term="Campbell Brown"></category><category term="Larry Kramer"></category><category term="Christine Lahti"></category><category term="John Lithgow"></category><category term="Bob Balaban"></category><category term="Cheyenne Jackson"></category><category term="Ken Leung"></category><category term="Ellen Barkin"></category><category term="Anthony Edwards"></category><category term="Joe Mantello"></category><category term="Rob Reiner"></category><category term="Kate Shindle"></category><category term="Stephen Spinella"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Yeardley Smith"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Jayne Houdyshell"></category><category term="Tony Awards"></category><category term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"></category><category term="Matthew Bomer"></category><category term="K. Todd Freeman"></category><category term="Ben Rosenfield"></category><category term="Jay Armstrong Johnson"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay marriage trial tapes to be public, judge rules</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-trial-tapes-public-judge-rules-4833639a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-19T15:00:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-09-19:/gay-marriage-trial-tapes-public-judge-rules-4833639a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Video recordings of the trial over &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s gay marriage ban should be unsealed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;District Judge &lt;a title="James Ware" href="/topic/James+Ware" &gt;James Ware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said in a court order that there ...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="Jerry Norton"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Theodore Boutrous"></category><category term="Perry v. Schwarzenegger"></category></entry><entry><title>Calif. high court steps into gay marriage fight</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/calif-high-court-steps-gay-marriage-fight-4828450a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-06T13:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-09-06:/calif-high-court-steps-gay-marriage-fight-4828450a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;Supreme Court of California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At a hearing in ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="Joyce Kennard"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Peter Henderson"></category><category term="Perry v. Schwarzenegger"></category></entry><entry><title>California Supreme Court To Hear Prop 8 Case Tuesday</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-supreme-court-hear-prop-8-case-tuesday-4827937a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-09-05T08:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-09-05:/california-supreme-court-hear-prop-8-case-tuesday-4827937a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The &lt;a title="Calif Supreme Court" href="/topic/Calif+Supreme+Court" &gt;Calif Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday will hear arguments in the latest legal skirmish in the fight against gay marriage ban &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday will hear arguments in the latest legal skirmish in the fight against Proposition 8, &lt;a ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="University of California-Davis"></category><category term="Los Angeles Times"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Vikram Amar"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Calif Supreme Court"></category></entry><entry><title>'Conan's' Rose McGowan Says Passage Of Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Broke Her Heart</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/conans-rose-mcgowan-passage-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-broke-heart-4821022a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-08-18T06:30:19Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-08-18:/conans-rose-mcgowan-passage-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-broke-heart-4821022a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Rose McGowan" href="/topic/Rose+McGowan" &gt;Actress Rose McGowan&lt;/a&gt; has said passage of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt;, broke her heart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Actress Rose McGowan has said passage of California's gay marriage ban, Prop 8, broke her heart.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 37-year-old McGowan is best known for her role playing &lt;a title="Paige Matthews" href="...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Movie Stars"></category><category term="Movies"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Rose McGowan"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Conan the Barbarian"></category><category term="Paige Matthews"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay marriage foes appeal ruling on gay judge</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-foes-appeal-ruling-gay-judge-4799440a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-27T17:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-06-27:/gay-marriage-foes-appeal-ruling-gay-judge-4799440a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Supporters of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s gay marriage ban are appealing a ruling that a &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; judge's own gay relationship was no basis for tossing out his decision in support of same-sex marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;District Judge &lt;a title="Vaughn Walker" hre...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Andrew Cuomo"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Perry v. Schwarzenegger"></category></entry><entry><title>New York governor signs gay marriage into law</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/new-york-governor-signs-gay-marriage-law-4798563a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-25T04:30:13Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-06-25:/new-york-governor-signs-gay-marriage-law-4798563a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York &lt;a title="Andrew Cuomo" href="/topic/Andrew+Cuomo" &gt;Governor Andrew Cuomo&lt;/a&gt; signed into law a bill legalizing gay marriage, delivering a powerful victory for gay rights advocates in one of the most populous and influential states of the union.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gay rights activists chanted and danced in the streets of &lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;New York&lt;/a&gt; city as news spread that the Republican-controlled state senate had narrowly approved the "Marriage Equality Act."&lt;/...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Oregon"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Albany"></category><category term="Andrew Cuomo"></category><category term="Donna Lieberman"></category><category term="New York Civil Liberties Union"></category><category term="Log Cabin Republicans"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Human Rights"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="New York State Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>New York to vote on gay marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/new-york-vote-gay-marriage-4798477a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-24T18:30:26Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-06-24:/new-york-vote-gay-marriage-4798477a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York's state senate was set to vote on a gay marriage bill after weeks of wrangling, having amended the state assembly-approved measure at the request of Republican officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"After many hours of deliberation and discussion over the past several weeks among the members, it has been decided that same sex marriage legislation will be brought to the full senate for an up or down vote," the majority leader &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dean Skelos" href="/topic/Dean+Skelos" &gt;Dean Skelos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sp...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Oregon"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Sheldon Silver"></category><category term="Andrew Cuomo"></category><category term="Dean Skelos"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Bankruptcy Court Declares Gay Marriage Ban DOMA Unconstitutional</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/bankruptcy-court-declares-gay-marriage-ban-doma-unconstitutional-4794182a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-15T14:00:09Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-06-15:/bankruptcy-court-declares-gay-marriage-ban-doma-unconstitutional-4794182a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A federal bankruptcy court in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; on Monday ruled the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt; unconstitutional&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal bankruptcy court in California on Monday ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/us/politics/15bankruptcy.html?_r=1"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="The New York Times Compa...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="U.S. Bankruptcy Courts"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Eric Holder"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Carlos Morales"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Ruling Upheld; Vaughn Walker Didn't Have To Recuse Himself</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-ruling-upheld-vaughn-walker-didnt-recuse-4793670a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-14T14:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-06-14:/gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-ruling-upheld-vaughn-walker-didnt-recuse-4793670a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A federal judge in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; has upheld a ruling that declared &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, California's gay marriage ban, unconstitutional&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal judge in California has upheld a ruling that declared Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban, unconstitutional.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Proponents of the ban on Monday asked &lt;a title="James Ware" href="/topic/James+Ware" &gt;U.S. Di...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Chad Griffin"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"></category></entry><entry><title>Joe Flanigan Denies Claims He Supported Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/joe-flanigan-denies-claims-supported-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4780275a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-13T07:30:14Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-05-13:/joe-flanigan-denies-claims-supported-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4780275a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Actor &lt;a title="Joe Flanigan" href="/topic/Joe+Flanigan" &gt;Joe Flanigan&lt;/a&gt; has chided an Internet commenter for claiming he supported &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Actor Joe Flanigan has chided an Internet commenter for claiming he supported Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 44-year-old star of cabler &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Science Fiction"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Syfy"></category><category term="Stargate Atlantis"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Michael Shanks"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Joe Flanigan"></category><category term="Ben Browder"></category></entry><entry><title>Palm Springs Passes Resolution Supporting Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/palm-springs-passes-resolution-supporting-gay-marriage-4776695a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-05T09:30:29Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-05-05:/palm-springs-passes-resolution-supporting-gay-marriage-4776695a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The city of &lt;a title="Palm Springs" href="/topic/Palm+Springs" &gt;Palm Springs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday approved a resolution in support of gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The city of Palm Springs, California on Wednesday approved a resolution in support of gay marriage, the Citizen-Times.com reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The city's unanimously approved resolution states that it supports the &amp;#8220;right to full civil marriage equality for...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Palm Springs"></category><category term="Coachella Valley"></category><category term="Steve Pougnet"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Owen Mangan"></category><category term="Ruth Debra"></category><category term="Sherry Fulton"></category></entry><entry><title>Rhode Island Catholic Diocese Opposes Gay Unions Bill</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/rhode-island-catholic-diocese-opposes-gay-unions-bill-4774285a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-29T13:00:08Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-04-29:/rhode-island-catholic-diocese-opposes-gay-unions-bill-4774285a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The &lt;a title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence" href="/topic/Roman+Catholic+Diocese+of+Providence" &gt;Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence&lt;/a&gt; is urging &lt;a title="Rhode Island" href="/topic/Rhode+Island" &gt;Rhode Island&lt;/a&gt; lawmakers not to approve a civil unions bill&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is urging Rhode Island lawmakers not to approve a civil unions bill.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On Wednesday, &lt;a title="Gordon Fox" href="/topic/Gordon+Fox" &gt;House Speaker Gor...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Roman Catholicism"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Rhode Island"></category><category term="Delaware"></category><category term="Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Gordon Fox"></category><category term="Peter Petrarca"></category></entry><entry><title>Prop 8 Judge Vaughn Walker: I'm Gay</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/prop-8-judge-vaughn-walker-im-gay-4764684a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-07T08:30:17Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-04-07:/prop-8-judge-vaughn-walker-im-gay-4764684a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The judge who presided over the first federal trial to challenge the constitutionality of a gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Vaughn Walker" href="/topic/Vaughn+Walker" &gt;Vaughn Walker&lt;/a&gt;, says he's gay&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The judge who presided over the first federal trial to challenge the constitutionality of a gay marriage ban, Judge Vaughn Walker, says he's gay.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Walker, a &lt;a title="George H.W. Bush" href="/topic/George+H.W.+Bush" &gt;George...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George H.W. Bush"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="San Francisco Chronicle"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Marriage Group NOH8 Campaign Heads To Iowa</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-group-noh8-campaign-heads-iowa-4762641a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-02T10:00:08Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-04-02:/gay-marriage-group-noh8-campaign-heads-iowa-4762641a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A leading group opposed to &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, is making its first stop in Iowa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A leading group opposed to California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, is making its first stop in Iowa.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The NOH8 Campaign will hold a photo shoot on Saturday, June 4th in downtown &lt;a title="Des Moines" href="/topic/Des+Moines" &gt;Des Moines&lt;...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Des Moines"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Iowa Supreme Court"></category><category term="Pauley Perrette"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="People's Choice Awards"></category><category term="Adam Bouska"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="Jeff Parshley"></category></entry><entry><title>Jim Garlow Thanks African-Americans For Saving America From Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/jim-garlow-africanamericans-saving-america-gay-marriage-4761328a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-30T14:00:20Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-03-30:/jim-garlow-africanamericans-saving-america-gay-marriage-4761328a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Rev. &lt;a title="Jim Garlow" href="/topic/Jim+Garlow" &gt;Jim Garlow&lt;/a&gt; says African-Americans are to thank for saving &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;America&lt;/a&gt; from the bondage of gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rev. Jim Garlow, who currently heads the Skyline Wesleyan Church in &lt;a title="La Mesa" href="/topic/La+Mesa" &gt;La Mesa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;, says African-Americans are to thank for saving America from the ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="African-American Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Qualcomm Stadium"></category><category term="James Dobson"></category><category term="Focus on the Family"></category><category term="La Mesa"></category><category term="Jim Garlow"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Brian Brown, Tony Perkins Cheer Appeal Court's Gay Marriage Decision</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/brian-brown-tony-perkins-cheer-appeal-courts-gay-marriage-decision-4758258a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-24T09:00:27Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-03-24:/brian-brown-tony-perkins-cheer-appeal-courts-gay-marriage-decision-4758258a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Brian Brown" href="/topic/Brian+Brown" &gt;Brian Brown&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Tony Perkins" href="/topic/Tony+Perkins" &gt;Tony Perkins&lt;/a&gt; have cheered a federal appeals court's decision to keep gay marriages in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; on hold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leading social conservatives are praising &lt;a href="http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7897&amp;MediaType=1&amp;Category=26"&gt;a federal appeals court's decision to refuse to allow gay and...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Tony Perkins"></category><category term="Family Research Council"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="Brian Brown"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>No Gay Weddings During Marriage Ban Prop 8 Appeal</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-weddings-marriage-ban-prop-8-appeal-4758170a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-24T06:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-03-24:/gay-weddings-marriage-ban-prop-8-appeal-4758170a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Appeals court refuses to allow gay weddings to resume as it considers the constitutionality of gay marriage ban &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal appeals court in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday refused to allow gay and lesbian weddings to resume as it considers the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the state's 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, the AP reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Las...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Chad Griffin"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"></category></entry><entry><title>Court refuses to unblock California gay marriage ban</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/court-refuses-unblock-california-gay-marriage-ban-4758089a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-23T21:30:15Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-03-23:/court-refuses-unblock-california-gay-marriage-ban-4758089a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;US&lt;/a&gt; federal court refused Wednesday to suspend a ban on gay marriages in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;, pending a long-running appeals process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California's attorney general called on the Ninth Circuit &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;US Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; earlier this month to dismiss its order prohibiting same-sex marriages in California ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Eric Holder"></category><category term="Kamala Harris"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Ted Olson, David Boies Ask Appeals Court To End Proposition 8</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/ted-olson-david-boies-appeals-court-proposition-8-4755907a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-18T12:30:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-03-18:/ted-olson-david-boies-appeals-court-proposition-8-4755907a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Theodore Olson" href="/topic/Theodore+Olson" &gt;Ted Olson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="David Boies" href="/topic/David+Boies" &gt;David Boies&lt;/a&gt; have asked an appeals court to let gay weddings resume in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The legal team of Ted Olson and David Boies have filed their final brief asking a federal appeals court in California to let the weddings of gay and lesbian couples to resume while the court considers the...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Imperial County Renews Effort To Defend Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/imperial-county-renews-effort-defend-calif-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4747051a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-25T12:00:19Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-25:/imperial-county-renews-effort-defend-calif-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4747051a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Imperial County" href="/topic/Imperial+County" &gt;Imperial County&lt;/a&gt; officials have renewed their effort to defend &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imperial County officials have renewed their effort to defend California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, in court, the AP reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The effort comes a month after an appeals co...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Local Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="Imperial County"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>California gay marriage supporters seek sooner weddings</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-gay-marriage-supporters-seek-sooner-weddings-4746047a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-23T11:00:21Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-23:/california-gay-marriage-supporters-seek-sooner-weddings-4746047a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Gay marriage supporters asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to allow an order lifting &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban to take effect right away, according to a court filing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last year a U.S. District judge found California's gay marriage ban, otherwise ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>'Hot In Cleveland's' Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick Join NOH8 Campaign</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/hot-clevelands-valerie-bertinelli-jane-leeves-wendie-malick-join-noh8-campaign-4744860a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-20T09:30:10Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-20:/hot-clevelands-valerie-bertinelli-jane-leeves-wendie-malick-join-noh8-campaign-4744860a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The women of '&lt;a title="Hot in Cleveland" href="/topic/Hot+in+Cleveland" &gt;Hot In Cleveland&lt;/a&gt;' have joined the NOH8 Campaign against &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The women of cabler &lt;a title="TV Land" href="/topic/TV+Land" &gt;TV Land&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;Hot In Cleveland&lt;/i&gt; have joined the NOH8 Campaign against California's gay marriage ban, Proposi...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="TV Stars"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Isiah Thomas"></category><category term="Sun Belt Conference"></category><category term="Pamela Bach"></category><category term="Florida International Golden Panthers"></category><category term="Tori Spelling"></category><category term="David Hasselhoff"></category><category term="Adam Lambert"></category><category term="Wendie Malick"></category><category term="Pauley Perrette"></category><category term="TV Land"></category><category term="Valerie Bertinelli"></category><category term="Jane Leeves"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Hayley Hasselhoff"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="ABC Family"></category><category term="People's Choice Awards"></category><category term="Adam Bouska"></category><category term="Hot in Cleveland"></category><category term="Joshua Zeke"></category><category term="Jeff Parshley"></category><category term="Tommy Joe"></category></entry><entry><title>NOM Hires Prop 8 Pollster For Maryland Gay Marriage Poll</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/nom-hires-prop-8-pollster-maryland-gay-marriage-poll-4744141a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-18T05:30:24Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-18:/nom-hires-prop-8-pollster-maryland-gay-marriage-poll-4744141a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The pollster behind a survey that found a majority of Marylanders oppose gay marriage worked on &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt; campaign&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="National Organization for Marriage" href="/topic/National+Organization+for+Marriage" &gt;National Organization for Marriage&lt;/a&gt; recently commissioned Lawrence Research to conduct a survey of opinions on gay marriage in Maryland.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nomblog.com/4801/"&gt;NOM's poll re...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Orange County"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"></category><category term="Maryland State Senate"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Brian Brown"></category><category term="Gary Lawrence"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Polls and Approval Ratings"></category></entry><entry><title>Facebook adds civil unions to profiles</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/facebook-adds-civil-unions-profiles-4744127a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-18T04:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-18:/facebook-adds-civil-unions-profiles-4744127a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Facebook Inc." href="/topic/Facebook+Inc." &gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; began letting its more than 600 million members indicate whether they are in civil unions or domestic partnerships in what was seen as a victory for same-sex couples.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook added "in a civil union" and "in a domestic partnership" to the list of relationship options in profiles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The list has long included single, married, divorced, open relationship, and "it's complicated."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook on Thursday said th...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Facebook Inc."></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>California court agrees to rule on gay marriage row</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-court-agrees-rule-gay-marriage-row-4743862a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-17T14:30:32Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-02-17:/california-court-agrees-rule-gay-marriage-row-4743862a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California's Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt; agreed Wednesday to decide whether opponents of same-sex marriage have the right to appeal against a decision that legalized gay weddings here in August 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A panel of judges agreed unanimously to hear the case -- which turns on whether campaigners have the right to legal appeal, in place of the state's authorities -- "as early as September."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under judicial guidelines,...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Illinois allows civil unions for same-sex couples</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/illinois-civil-unions-samesex-couples-4736499a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-31T17:00:23Z</updated><author><name>Reuters Life! Online Report</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-31:/illinois-civil-unions-samesex-couples-4736499a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Pat Quinn (Politician)" href="/topic/Pat+Quinn+(Politician)" &gt;Governor Pat Quinn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Monday made &lt;a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" &gt;Illinois&lt;/a&gt; the 16th &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; state to give spousal rights to same-sex couples by signing into law a measure allowing civil unions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both houses of the ...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Oregon"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="U.S. Armed Forces"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="American Civil Liberties Union"></category><category term="Pat Quinn (Politician)"></category><category term="Human Rights Campaign"></category><category term="John Knight"></category><category term="Andrew Stern"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Human Rights"></category></entry><entry><title>Supreme Court lets stand DC gay marriage law</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/supreme-court-lets-stand-dc-gay-marriage-law-4731075a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-18T14:30:52Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-18:/supreme-court-lets-stand-dc-gay-marriage-law-4731075a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="U.S. Supreme Court" href="/topic/U.S.+Supreme+Court" &gt;US Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday let stand a law authorizing homosexual marriage in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington, DC&lt;/a&gt; rejecting a challenge from activists opposed to same-sex marriage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The top &lt;span&gt;US&lt;/span&gt; court without comment turned down a petition from a group of residents seeking to put gay marriage to a city-wide referendum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The high court decision, a blow to ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court Cases"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals court asks for gay marriage guidance</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-asks-gay-marriage-guidance-4724865a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T12:00:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/appeals-court-asks-gay-marriage-guidance-4724865a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A appeals court mulling &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s controversial gay marriage ban said on Tuesday it needs more legal guidance before it can decide the important constitutional issues at stake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California voters banned gay marriage in 2008 by approving so-cal...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals court seeks guidance in gay marriage case</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-seeks-guidance-gay-marriage-case-4724852a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T11:30:57Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/appeals-court-seeks-guidance-gay-marriage-case-4724852a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Federal appeals court says it can't decide &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage ban case without more input&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal appeals court says it can't decide if California's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in on whether &lt;span id="proposition_8" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s sponsors have the authority to defend the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Adam Lambert's Bass Guitarist Tommy Joe Ratliff Supports NOH8 Campaign</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/adam-lamberts-bass-guitarist-tommy-joe-ratliff-supports-noh8-campaign-4715012a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-17T06:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-17:/adam-lamberts-bass-guitarist-tommy-joe-ratliff-supports-noh8-campaign-4715012a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Tommy &lt;a title="Joe Ratliff" href="/topic/Joe+Ratliff" &gt;Joe Ratliff&lt;/a&gt; has joined the NOH8 Campaign against &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tommy Joe Ratliff has joined the NOH8 Campaign against Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ratliff is the 29-year-old bass guitarist of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="American Idol" href="/topic/America...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="College Basketball"></category><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="American Idol"></category><category term="Isiah Thomas"></category><category term="Sun Belt Conference"></category><category term="Florida International Golden Panthers"></category><category term="Tori Spelling"></category><category term="Cindy McCain"></category><category term="Adam Lambert"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="American Music Awards"></category><category term="Adam Bouska"></category><category term="Joshua Zeke"></category><category term="Jeff Parshley"></category><category term="Joe Ratliff"></category></entry><entry><title>Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Demonstrate Outside Prop 8 Hearing</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/antigay-marriage-protesters-demonstrate-prop-8-hearing-4708062a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T12:00:52Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-07:/antigay-marriage-protesters-demonstrate-prop-8-hearing-4708062a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Anti-gay marriage protesters on Monday lined up outside a &lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt; courtroom during a hearing on &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anti-gay marriage protesters on Monday lined up outside a San Francisco courtroom during a hearing on Proposition 8, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The demonstrators held up ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Protests and Demonstrations"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Constitution Party"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Prop 8 Judges Hint They'll Support Narrow Ruling Against Calif. Gay Marriage Ban</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/prop-8-judges-hint-theyll-support-narrow-ruling-calif-gay-marriage-ban-4707765a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T05:00:13Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-07:/prop-8-judges-hint-theyll-support-narrow-ruling-calif-gay-marriage-ban-4707765a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A three-judge panel hearing oral arguments in the appeal of &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt; hinted they'll support a narrow ruling against the gay marriage ban&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A three-judge panel hearing oral arguments on Monday in the appeal of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s Proposition 8 hinted that they will support a narrow ruling against the gay marriage ban.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The appeal before the Ninth &lt;a title="U....</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="Loyola Marymount University"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Theodore Olson"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="Stephen Reinhardt"></category><category term="Imperial County"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court Cases"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>California Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Returns To Court Monday</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-returns-court-monday-4707021a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T07:00:24Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-06:/california-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-returns-court-monday-4707021a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The challenge to the constitutionality of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, returns to court on Monday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The challenge to the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, returns to court on Monday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A Ninth &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt; three...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="The Wall Street Journal"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="National Cable Satellite Corporation"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="Stephen Reinhardt"></category><category term="Imperial County"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals court hears California gay marriage case</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-hears-california-gay-marriage-case-4707008a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T06:30:10Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-06:/appeals-court-hears-california-gay-marriage-case-4707008a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Three federal appellate judges considering whether to allow gay marriage in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; hear arguments on Monday in a case many expect to land in the Supreme Court and set national policy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California voters, with a reputation for social liberalism, shocked th...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="California Office of the Attorney General"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Peter Henderson"></category></entry><entry><title>Prop 8 fight reaches next judicial rung</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/prop-8-fight-reaches-judicial-rung-4706948a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T03:00:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-06:/prop-8-fight-reaches-judicial-rung-4706948a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage ban hits next legal rung; appeals panel to hear arguments in landmark case&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The legal fight over California's same-sex marriage ban is reaching the next rung on the judicial ladder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal appeals court in &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; plans to hear two hours of arguments Monday about the voter-approved ban known as &lt;a title="Propos...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Calif. gay marriage foes gamble on win in Round 2</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/calif-gay-marriage-foes-gamble-win-2-4706562a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-05T09:30:39Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-05:/calif-gay-marriage-foes-gamble-win-2-4706562a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Reckless or winning? Experts say &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif.&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage opponents gambling in appeals court&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lawyers for the sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban are hoping a federal appeals court won't mind that they produced only two witnesses during the trial that resulted in &lt;span id="proposition_8" class="inform"&gt;&lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; being overturned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The...</summary><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt Won't Quit Gay Marriage Prop 8 Case</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-judge-stephen-reinhardt-wont-quit-gay-marriage-prop-8-case-4706002a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-04T06:00:30Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-04:/appeals-judge-stephen-reinhardt-wont-quit-gay-marriage-prop-8-case-4706002a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Judge &lt;a title="Stephen Reinhardt" href="/topic/Stephen+Reinhardt" &gt;Stephen R. Reinhardt&lt;/a&gt; has denied a motion to recuse himself from the three-judge panel set to hear an appeal on &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;U.S. Circuit Court&lt;/a&gt; Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt has denied a motion to recuse himself from the three-judge panel set to hear an appeal on ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="American Civil Liberties Union"></category><category term="The Sacramento Bee Company"></category><category term="National Cable Satellite Corporation"></category><category term="ProtectMarriage.com"></category><category term="Stephen Reinhardt"></category><category term="Andy Pugno"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Ramona Ripston"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Kamala Harris Victory Over Anti-Gay Marriage Steve Cooley Cheered</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/kamala-harris-victory-antigay-marriage-steve-cooley-cheered-4389688a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-26T06:30:14Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-26:/kamala-harris-victory-antigay-marriage-steve-cooley-cheered-4389688a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Gay groups are cheering &lt;a title="Kamala Harris" href="/topic/Kamala+Harris" &gt;Kamala Harris&lt;/a&gt;' victory over anti-gay marriage &lt;a title="Steve Cooley" href="/topic/Steve+Cooley" &gt;Steve Cooley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gay groups are cheering Kamala Harris' victory over anti-gay marriage Steve Cooley.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Harris, the current district attorney of &lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;, beat Los Angeles District Attorney Cooley to become &lt;a title="C...</summary><category term="Law Enforcement"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Geoff Kors"></category><category term="Steve Cooley"></category><category term="Kamala Harris"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category><category term="Foundation for Equal Rights"></category></entry><entry><title>Court: Calif gay marriage case may be broadcast</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/court-calif-gay-marriage-case-broadcast-4383567a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-18T14:22:34Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-18:/court-calif-gay-marriage-case-broadcast-4383567a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Appeals court says hearing on &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage ban could be televised&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;An upcoming appeals court hearing on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban will be televised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 9th &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;U.S. Circuit Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of Appeal announced Wednesday that it had granted C-Span permission to carry the Dec. 6 proceedings in ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="YouTube LLC"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Why the passage of gay marriage in Vermont is considered as groundbreaking</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/passage-gay-marriage-vermont-considered-groundbreaking-4568736a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:45:28Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-29:/passage-gay-marriage-vermont-considered-groundbreaking-4568736a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="James Douglas"></category><category term="Duncan Kilmartin"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Vermont Politics"></category><category term="D. Sonny Audette"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay marriage in the US and why it has not been legalized</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-legalized-4568542a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:45:23Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-29:/gay-marriage-legalized-4568542a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Netherlands"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="John McCain"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Understanding the California Supreme Court's 2008 ruling on same-sex marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/understanding-california-supreme-courts-2008-ruling-samesex-marriage-4562092a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:42:32Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-29:/understanding-california-supreme-courts-2008-ruling-samesex-marriage-4562092a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Sexuality"></category><category 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rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:45:23Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-29:/proposition-8-overturned-4568556a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Equal Protection"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Civil Trials"></category><category term="Family"></category><category term="Parenting"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme 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rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:45:26Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-29:/examining-impact-iowas-gay-marriage-passage-4568657a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="New England States"></category><category term="Iowa State Senate"></category><category term="Polk County"></category><category term="Iowa Supreme Court"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="John Sarcone"></category><category term="Iowa Family Planning Center"></category></entry><entry><title>How to Do Same Sex Marriage in California</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/sex-marriage-california-4660110a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-30T13:14:54Z</updated><author><name>Mahalo</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-30:/sex-marriage-california-4660110a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>2010 California Marriage Protection Act</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/2010-california-marriage-protection-act-4669378a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-30T13:24:43Z</updated><author><name>Mahalo</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-30:/2010-california-marriage-protection-act-4669378a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="MSNBC Interactive News LLC"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="John Marcotte"></category></entry><entry><title>Congratulations California</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/congratulations-california-4278479a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-05T07:17:03Z</updated><author><name>Brides.com</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-05:/congratulations-california-4278479a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Half Moon Bay"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Northern California"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Marriage Foe Andy Pugno Not Headed To Sacramento</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-foe-andy-pugno-headed-sacramento-4165358a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-04T10:00:40Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-04:/gay-marriage-foe-andy-pugno-headed-sacramento-4165358a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Gay marriage foe &lt;a title="Andy Pugno" href="/topic/Andy+Pugno" &gt;Andy Pugno&lt;/a&gt; lost his bid on Tuesday for a seat in the &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; Assembly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gay marriage foe Andy Pugno lost his bid on Tuesday for a seat in the California Assembly.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Pugno was defeated by his Democratic rival, &lt;a title="Richard Pan" href="/topic/Richard+Pan" &gt;Richard Pan&lt;/a&gt;, in a district which has been represented by a Republican for t...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Andy Pugno"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Richard Pan"></category></entry><entry><title>Chart: Same-Sex Relationship Recognition by State</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/chart-samesex-relationship-recognition-state-4162128a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T19:01:35Z</updated><author><name>Nolo.com</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-03:/chart-samesex-relationship-recognition-state-4162128a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Oregon"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Wisconsin"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="Maine"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Will my same-sex marriage in Canada be recognized in the United States?</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/samesex-marriage-canada-recognized-united-states-4162129a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T19:01:35Z</updated><author><name>Nolo.com</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-03:/samesex-marriage-canada-recognized-united-states-4162129a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Personal Finance"></category><category term="Financial Planning"></category><category term="Retirement Planning"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Social Security Benefits"></category></entry><entry><title>Anti-Prop 8 Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer Shut Out Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/antiprop-8-jerry-brown-barbara-boxer-shut-meg-whitman-carly-fiorina-4054790a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T08:01:04Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-03:/antiprop-8-jerry-brown-barbara-boxer-shut-meg-whitman-carly-fiorina-4054790a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Voters in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday turned their backs on two high-profile candidates that support the state's ban on gay marriage, &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Voters in California on Tuesday turned their backs on two high-profile candidates that support the state's ban on gay marriage, Proposition 8.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The state's Democratic attorney general, &lt;a title="Jerry Brown"...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="Nancy Pelosi"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Hewlett-Packard Company"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="eBay Inc."></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Saint Mary's College"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Meg Whitman"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Barbara Boxer"></category><category term="Carly Fiorina"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="GOProud"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Humor: Gay wedding planning</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/humor-gay-wedding-planning-4250290a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-04T15:14:46Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-04:/humor-gay-wedding-planning-4250290a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Norway"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="China"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Spain"></category><category term="South Africa"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Netherlands"></category><category term="Belgium"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Middle 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Schwarzenegger"></category></entry><entry><title>Meg Whitman, Steve Cooley Targeted For Gay Marriage Ban Support</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/meg-whitman-steve-cooley-targeted-gay-marriage-ban-support-1544777a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-22T15:31:03Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-09-22:/meg-whitman-steve-cooley-targeted-gay-marriage-ban-support-1544777a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;GOP candidates &lt;a title="Meg Whitman" href="/topic/Meg+Whitman" &gt;Meg Whitman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a title="Steve Cooley" href="/topic/Steve+Cooley" &gt;Steve Cooley&lt;/a&gt; attacked in new ads for supporting &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proponents of gay marriage in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; released new ads Wednesday attacking &lt;a title="U.S. 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term="Maine"></category><category term="YouTube LLC"></category><category term="Manchester"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Republican National Convention"></category><category term="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"></category><category term="Claremont"></category><category term="Fred Karger"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Nashua"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Southern Republican Leadership Conference"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>What Is a Domestic Partnership?</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/domestic-partnership-4367052a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-05T11:19:49Z</updated><author><name>WiseGeek</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-05:/domestic-partnership-4367052a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>How Marriage Works</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/marriage-works-3672103a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T16:04:27Z</updated><author><name>How Stuff Works</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-02:/marriage-works-3672103a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Mormon Church"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Ohio"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Georgia"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Kansas"></category><category term="New 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Style"></category><category term="Clothing Accessories"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North America"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="South Africa"></category><category term="Mexico"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Mexico City"></category><category term="Argentina"></category><category term="Pretoria"></category><category term="Busan"></category><category term="Audemars Piguet &amp; Cie SA"></category><category term="Clothing and Accessories"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Watches"></category><category term="Iowa Ames"></category></entry><entry><title>Mike Huckabee, Tony Perkins Featured At Anti-Gay Marriage Prayer Event</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/mike-huckabee-tony-perkins-featured-antigay-marriage-prayer-event-1039169a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-05T05:20:30Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-09-05:/mike-huckabee-tony-perkins-featured-antigay-marriage-prayer-event-1039169a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Mike Huckabee" href="/topic/Mike+Huckabee" &gt;Mike Huckabee&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Tony Perkins" href="/topic/Tony+Perkins" &gt;Tony Perkins&lt;/a&gt; featured prominently in a prayer event held in &lt;a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" &gt;Sacramento&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Mike Huckabee and Tony Perkins featured prominently in a prayer event held in Sacramento on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The daylong event attracted thousands of Christian conservatives to the &lt;a title=...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Sacramento"></category><category term="San Diego"></category><category term="Qualcomm Stadium"></category><category term="Mike Huckabee"></category><category term="Tony Perkins"></category><category term="Family Research Council"></category><category term="Raley Field"></category><category term="Lou Engle"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Republicans Urge Arnold Schwarzenegger To Defend Gay Marriage Ban</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/republicans-urge-arnold-schwarzenegger-defend-gay-marriage-ban-1036613a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-02T07:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top 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Stars"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Lady GaGa"></category><category term="MTV Networks Company"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Legal group seeks to force Calif to defend Prop 8</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/legal-group-seeks-force-calif-defend-prop-8-1034618a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-31T13:45:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-08-31:/legal-group-seeks-force-calif-defend-prop-8-1034618a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Conservative group asks court to force &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif&lt;/a&gt; governor, AG to appeal gay marriage ruling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;A conservative legal group is trying to force &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Arnold Schwarzenegger" href="/topic/Arnold+Schwarzenegger" &gt;Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jerry Brown" href="/topic/Jerry+Brown" &gt;Attorney General Jerry Brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to defend California's gay marriage ban in court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Sacramento"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Pacific Justice Institute"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Calif. Lawmakers Urge Congress To Repeal Federal Gay Marriage Ban</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/calif-lawmakers-urge-congress-repeal-federal-gay-marriage-ban-1027959a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-24T09:45:10Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-08-24:/calif-lawmakers-urge-congress-repeal-federal-gay-marriage-ban-1027959a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Lawmakers in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; are calling on Congress to repeal the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Lawmakers in California are calling on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With a 22-12 vote Monday, the &lt;a title="California State Senate" href="/topic/California+State+Senate" &gt;California Senate&lt;/a&gt; joined ...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Justice"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Santa Monica"></category><category term="Jerrold Nadler"></category><category term="Geoff Kors"></category><category term="California State Senate"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Equality California"></category><category term="Joseph Tauro"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Equal Rights in Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/equal-rights-marriage-3614362a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T14:34:33Z</updated><author><name>eHow</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-02:/equal-rights-marriage-3614362a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Iceland"></category><category term="Norway"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="U.S. District Court"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Connecticut"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Spain"></category><category term="South Africa"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="Netherlands"></category><category term="Portugal"></category><category term="Belgium"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Argentina"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Constitution"></category></entry><entry><title>Name changing for gay couples not a straight line</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/changing-gay-couples-straight-line-1025122a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-20T12:00:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-08-20:/changing-gay-couples-straight-line-1025122a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Logistically, emotionally, gay partners embrace name changes in and out of legal marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In October 2008, racing against &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, Chloe and &lt;a title="Frankie Frankeny" href="/topic/Frankie+Frankeny" &gt;Frankie Frankeny&lt;/a&gt; wed legally in &lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt; with one chore already done: Chloe had taken her wife's name two years before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Georgia"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="Indiana"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Denver"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Indianapolis"></category><category term="Newton (Massachusetts)"></category><category term="New England States"></category><category term="Decatur"></category><category term="Frankie Frankeny"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Casey Brown"></category><category term="Kraft Heather"></category><category term="Marcos Mateo Ochoa"></category><category term="Frank Cermak"></category><category term="Heather Kraft"></category><category term="Tony Cline"></category></entry><entry><title>Will Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Be Able To Appeal?</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/opponents-samesex-marriage-appeal-1303002a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-10T12:46:48Z</updated><author><name>Big Think</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-09-10:/opponents-samesex-marriage-appeal-1303002a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="San Francisco Chronicle"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Andrew Sullivan"></category><category term="Lyle Denniston"></category><category term="Jonathan Chait"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category><category term="Therese Stewart"></category><category term="Ted Boutrous"></category><category term="Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona"></category></entry><entry><title>California gay marriage case hangs on technicality</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-gay-marriage-case-hangs-technicality-1022322a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-17T13:30:15Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Top News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-08-17:/california-gay-marriage-case-hangs-technicality-1022322a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - The next stage of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A San Francisco federal judge struck down the California same-sex marriage ba...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="University of California-Berkeley"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="National Center for Lesbian Rights"></category><category term="Jesse Choper"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Tony Perkins, Gay Marriage Foes Cheer Prop 8 Stay</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/tony-perkins-gay-marriage-foes-cheer-prop-8-stay-1022194a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-08-17T11:30:11Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-08-17:/tony-perkins-gay-marriage-foes-cheer-prop-8-stay-1022194a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Foes of gay marriage are cheering a ruling that has put an indefinite hold on gay marriages in &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Foes of gay marriage are cheering a ruling that has put an indefinite hold on gay marriages in California.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In a ruling announced Monday, the &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt; set aside a lower court's order striking down ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Arnold Schwarzenegger"></category><category term="CBS Corporation"></category><category term="Tony Perkins"></category><category term="Family Research Council"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"></category><category term="Evan Wolfson"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="California Catholic Conference"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>California Marriages Put on Hold</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/california-marriages-put-hold-3500031a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T12:20:51Z</updated><author><name>About.com</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-02:/california-marriages-put-hold-3500031a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Getty Images Inc."></category><category term="National Center for Lesbian Rights"></category><category term="Kate Kendell"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Hawks Kings Basketball</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/photo/hawks-kings-basketball-2406196p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T22:01:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/photo/hawks-kings-basketball-2406196p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Sacramento Kings" href="/topic/Sacramento+Kings" &gt;Sacramento Kings&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Carl Landry" href="/topic/Carl+Landry" &gt;Carl Landry&lt;/a&gt;, center, goes to the basket against &lt;a title="Atlanta Hawks" href="/topic/Atlanta+Hawks" &gt;Atlanta Hawks&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Al Horford" href="/topic/Al+Horford" &gt;Al Horford&lt;/a&gt;, right, as Hawks center &lt;a title="Zaza Pachulia" href="/topic/Zaza+Pachulia" &gt;Zaza Pachulia&lt;/a&gt;, left, of &lt;a title="Republic of Georgia" href="/topic/Republic+of+Geor...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Republic of Georgia"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Carl Landry"></category><category term="Al Horford"></category><category term="Sacramento Kings"></category><category term="Zaza Pachulia"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Rose Bowl Football</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/photo/rose-bowl-football-2405993p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T13:31:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/photo/rose-bowl-football-2405993p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Wisconsin Badgers (Football)" href="/topic/Wisconsin+Badgers+(Football)" &gt;Wisconsin&lt;/a&gt; head coach &lt;a title="Bret Bielema" href="/topic/Bret+Bielema" &gt;Bret Bielema&lt;/a&gt; reacts during the first half of the &lt;a title="Rose Bowl" href="/topic/Rose+Bowl" &gt;Rose Bowl&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/National+Collegiate+Athletic+Association" &gt;NCAA&lt;/a&gt; college football game against TCU, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, in &lt;a title="Pasadena" href="/topic/Pasadena" &gt;Pas...</summary><category term="College Athletics"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="College Football"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Pasadena"></category><category term="National Collegiate Athletic Association"></category><category term="Bret Bielema"></category><category term="Rose Bowl"></category><category term="Wisconsin Badgers (Football)"></category></entry><entry><title>New Congress</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/photo/new-congress-2405960p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T11:01:35Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/photo/new-congress-2405960p/</id><summary type="html">Outgoing &lt;a title="Nancy Pelosi" href="/topic/Nancy+Pelosi" &gt;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif.&lt;/a&gt; speaks during a  news conference on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
        Copyright 2011&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://www.ap.org"&gt;AP News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Nancy Pelosi"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category></entry><entry><title>Canucks Sharks Hockey</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/photo/canucks-sharks-hockey-2405789p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T00:00:24Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-04:/photo/canucks-sharks-hockey-2405789p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="San Jose Sharks" href="/topic/San+Jose+Sharks" &gt;San Jose Sharks&lt;/a&gt; center &lt;a title="Jamal Mayers" href="/topic/Jamal+Mayers" &gt;Jamal Mayers&lt;/a&gt;, right, celebrates his goal with teammates &lt;a title="Scott Nichol" href="/topic/Scott+Nichol" &gt;Scott Nichol&lt;/a&gt; (21) and &lt;a title="Dany Heatley" href="/topic/Dany+Heatley" &gt;Dany Heatley&lt;/a&gt; (15) as &lt;a title="Vancouver Canucks" href="/topic/Vancouver+Canucks" &gt;Vancouver Canucks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Henrik Sedin" href="/topic/Henrik+Sedin" &gt;center Henri...</summary><category term="Hockey"></category><category term="Professional Hockey"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Sweden"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="National Hockey League"></category><category term="NHL Western Conference"></category><category term="San Jose Sharks"></category><category term="Vancouver Canucks"></category><category term="Scott Nichol"></category><category term="Henrik Sedin"></category><category term="Jose Sanchez"></category><category term="Dany Heatley"></category><category term="Jamal Mayers"></category><category term="NHL Pacific"></category><category term="NHL Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Jerry Brown Inauguration</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/photo/jerry-brown-inauguration-2405667p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-03T17:31:54Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-01-03:/photo/jerry-brown-inauguration-2405667p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Jerry Brown" href="/topic/Jerry+Brown" &gt;Jerry Brown&lt;/a&gt; is sworn in as the 39th governor of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a title="California Supreme Court" href="/topic/California+Supreme+Court" &gt;California Supreme Court&lt;/a&gt;  Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye as &lt;a title="Anne Gust Brown" href="/topic/Anne+Gust+Brown" &gt;Anne Gust Brown&lt;/a&gt;,center looks on during ceremonies in &lt;a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" &gt;Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;, Calif. Mon...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Sacramento"></category><category term="California Supreme Court"></category><category term="Jerry Brown"></category><category term="Anne Gust Brown"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="California Politics"></category></entry></feed>
