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Tickets to watch U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage are costing people time, money

By: The Associated Press 03/25/13 8:10 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The most expensive ticket to “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for the Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the U.S. Supreme Court hear this week’s same-sex marriage cases: about $6,000. Tickets to the two arguments that begin today are technically free. But getting them requires lining up hours or days ahead, paying someone else to, or being invited by one of the justices. Read More

Meet the lesbian couple at the center of the gay marriage case in California

By: Mark Sherman 03/24/13 6:48 PM
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case.After 13 years of raising four boys together, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier are about to be empty nesters. Their youngest two children, 18-year-old twins, will graduate from high school in June and head off to college a couple of months later. Read More

Michelle Shocked tries to apologize for anti-gay rant in S.F., plus audio of her second set at Yoshi's

By: Katy St. Clair 03/20/13 2:21 PM
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Musician Michelle Shocked offered an apology for her ugly anti-gay diatribe Sunday at Yoshi’s San Francisco after news broke earlier Wednesday that the rest of her U.S. tour had been canceled. KQED reported that it received a statement from the singer offering an explanation for Sunday’s tirade. Read More

Hillary Clinton joins other Democrats in backing gay marriage

By: The Associated Press 03/18/13 8:37 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid. Her chief Democratic rivals endorsed same-sex marriage as much as seven years ago, and it's widely popular with Democratic and independent voters. Read More

Couple returns to San Francisco after global search for ‘super gays’

By: Andrea Koskey 03/10/13 7:26 PM
Lisa Dazols and Jenni Chang traveled to East Africa in 2011 in search of inspirational gay men and women, and among the folks they met was a straight reverend in Kenya who felt it was wrong for a church to discriminate against gays. The man’s beliefs led to him being labeled gay, and he lost his position with his church. Yet he still works with Christian and Muslim leaders to challenge their stances and ways of thinking. Read More

President Obama urges court to overturn gay marriage ban

By: The Associated Press 02/28/13 5:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban and turn a skeptical eye on similar prohibitions across the country. Read More

President Obama’s support to overturn gay marriage ban rings true in San Francisco

By: Chris Roberts 02/28/13 4:14 PM
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Significant. Historic. A promise fulfilled. Not even Meg Whitman can resist. President Barack Obama’s administration filed a legal brief Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of overturning Proposition 8, California’s 2008 voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage. Read More

A growing number of Catholics support gay marriage

By: Tim Redmond 02/28/13 1:25 PM
The latest Field Poll is very good news for supporters of same-sex marriage in California -- residents of this state now support gay nuptials by almost 2-1. Read More

President Barack Obama considers weighing in on California gay marriage case

By: Julie Pace 02/20/13 4:52 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is quietly considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage, a step that would mark a political victory for advocates of same-sex unions and a deepening commitment by President Barack Obama to rights for gay couples. Read More

President Obama’s call for marriage rights can’t be ignored

By: SF Examiner Editorial 01/21/13 11:13 PM
The word “gay” came out of the closet during President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech Monday. In a wide-ranging speech about equality, Obama mentioned “gay brothers and sisters,” making him the first president to use the term in an inauguration address. Read More
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