SAN FRANCISCO — The chances of California voters being asked to repeal the state's ban on same- ... Monday that polling and other research his organization commissioned shows that gay marriage supporters do not have the financial backing, leadership or edge ... . The announcement by Jacobs means that a coalition of small gay rights groups that is gathering signatures to qualify a gay ...

An Argentine judge Monday ordered what was to be the country’s first same sex marriage be blocked until the Supreme Court considers the issue. Judge Marta ... saddened by the news, but still have hopes that the wedding will go forth as planned.” Meanwhile, in California, gay marriage proponents persist in debating whether to vote in 2010 or 2012 to overturn Proposition 8. December 1st is ...

... agencies in defense of the Proposition 8 vote November 2008, said County Counsel Michael Rood. The case has already been through the California Supreme Court and dealt with the constitutionality of a ban on gay marriage. The case is set to go to federal court Jan. 11, 2010, said Chairman of the Board Wally Leimgruber. ...

... rethinking things:It's looking less likely that California voters will take up the issue of gay marriage in 2010. Some gay rights activists planned ... the issue on the ballot in 2010. Views on same-sex marriage were sharply polarized based on political party, ... activists thought they had has clearly disappeared and chances are an attempt in California to repeal Prop 8 would have failed. Voters ...

... meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008, largely on the argument ... ban is needed to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage. If that's the case, then Marcotte reasons voters ... idea that I find more interesting: Governments shouldn't be in the marriage business at all. This approach is sometimes held up as the solution to the political ...

... all that time and energy on a symbolic social issue, anyway. (I know gay people who think that right now). I am not saying it will happen, only that it could. The future is not going to look like the present (see point one above ... I'll call California and Maine and let them know Maggie's switching sides. But really, this has nothing to do with whether or not gay marriage is inevitable. Or ...

... process that expresses our common beliefs. We could do it later this month. Gay marriage is tough for those with religious objections, for those who are scared ... view on this: "We" have an opportunity to redefine marriage "the right way" - by utilizing a lame-duck ... socially conservative on the matter. A key reason for the California measure’s failure was the large black turnout ...

... the way to fight? Nussbaum makes a lot of other interesting points about gay marriage, arguing that much opposition to it is really about "disgust." She reminds us ... equality rather than the complicated calculus of reelection. Voters (looking at you, my home state of California) need to get over their disgust or bigotry or whatever makes them think that anyone else's marriage could ...

... launching some of the confusion: Want to repeal California's ban on gay marriage? You now have five chances to get an initiative on the ballot ... 39;s office. All five would repeal the current provision in California's Constitution that limits marriages to between a man ... news release from the Secretary of State has this headline: Five Marriage Equality Initiatives Enter Circulation. If the SoS ...

... married in Massachusetts after it became the first state in the country to legalize gay marriage in 2004. In court documents filed ... men who were married in Massachusetts in 2006. And finally, from California, we have a petition drive to get a ballot initiative in front ... put forth by John Marcotte, is founded on the ideal that if marriage is so sacred, let's make sure it is SO sacred you can' ...

... Senate has voted down a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 38 to 24 after a …. New York ... 38-24 New York Gay Marriage & Pie in Ex Miss California’s face ... activists in New York will have to wait at least another year before same-sex marriage becomes legal in New York. The State Senate voted ... month off, dither, diddle, … New York gay marriage ban stays | Naples Web ...

... ;s domestic partnership law. Washington, D.C. approves same-sex marriage bill in first of two necessary procedural votes. Congress is unlikely to block the bill ... . And finally, a news item that’s not related to gay marriage but is still pretty awesome: John Perez, an openly gay politician, might become the first gay Speaker of the California Assembly. We wish him luck. © logan ...

... wake of the anti-Mormon backlash after the passage of Proposition 8 in California, the church’s action must have come as both a surprise and a relief to gay-rights advocates ... who are at the helm should remember what it was like to be in the hatches. As friends and foes of gay marriage will soon discover, how we treat others where we are in the majority may well determine how we are treated ...

... a rat. I can understand the Northeast, but putting it on hold in California? My guess is the Democrats don't want it on the ballot in 2010 and ... not care for Jews. SAN FRANCISCO — The chances of California voters being asked to repeal the state's ... polling and other research his organization commissioned shows that gay marriage supporters do not have the financial backing, leadership ...

... tax status. I'm all for love (and tax breaks, too), but marriage is the building block upon which man rests his civilization! Through ... to reproduce offspring. What we're incentivizing with marriage is procreation and the genesis of a child-rearing family unit ... my position against gay marriage really "controversial"? Hardly. Even a majority of voters in deep blue California hold ...