Topic: California
Candidates in RI, Calif., bolster advocate hopes of boosting ranks of gays in CongressJust three of the 535 members of Congress are openly gay, and two Democratic candidates running for the House hope to inch that number up to five.David Cicilline (sis-uh-LEE'-nee), ...
Family Research Council President and Marine veteran Tony Perkins released the following statement in response to today's decision by a California federal judge overturning the law on open homosexuality in the military, most commonly referred to as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": . ...
Openly gay congressional hopeful Scott Galvin lost his bid Tuesday to represent South Florida's District 17Openly gay congressional hopeful Scott Galvin lost his bid Tuesday to represent South Florida's District 17. Galvin, a North Miami city councilman for more than a decade, ...
A US court on Monday blocked same-sex marriages in California while an appeal of a landmark decision to overturn a state ban is considered, putting on hold ceremonies that would have resumed this week.The decision by the federal court of appeals came ...
In deciding in favor of gay marriage in California, and in overturning the scurrilously Christian Proposition 8, a California judge opined that, "Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights."The shameful condition of education in the United States ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's governor and attorney general on Friday separately urged a federal judge to lift the state's ban on gay marriages pending an appeal of his ruling finding it unconstitutional.U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker's decision on Wednesday ...
California allows domestic partners--people who live together without being married--to register with the state and receive some of the benefits accorded to married couples, most notably the right to be covered by the partner's employee health insurance. Registration Eligibility Only same sex ...
There's been a lot of talk in the news this week about weddings and marriage. And to people who claim that allowing two men or two women to legally wed, or a having rabbi participate in an interfaith ceremony before Shabbat has ...
Two gay married Hollywood celebrities have reacted to a federal judge's ruling that struck down California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8Two openly gay and married Hollywood celebrities have reacted to a federal judge's ruling that struck down California's gay marriage ban, Proposition ...
Mormon church says it regrets decision overturning Calif. gay marriage banThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it regrets a federal judge's ruling overturning a ban on gay marriage in California.Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling Wednesday ...