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Same-sex couples arrested at SF City Hall after trying to obtain marriage licenses

By: Bay City News 02/14/13 6:26 PM
Same-sex couples tried to get marriage licenses Thursday at the county clerk's office at San Francisco City Hall as part of a symbolic Valentine's Day protest against California's ban on gay marriage. The annual action, organized by Marriage Equality USA, was preceded by a news conference at which organizers said they simply want the same rights as heterosexual couples. Click on the photo to the right to see more pictures from the protest at City Hall. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Prop. 8 case in March

By: Bay City News 01/07/13 8:37 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear arguments March 26 on the constitutionality of California’s 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.Sponsors of Proposition 8 and their committee, Protect Marriage, are appealing a ruling made last year in which the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the initiative. Read More

Obama administration should suspend deportations while high court considers Defense of Marriage Act

By: SF Examiner Editorial 12/12/12 5:00 AM
In the fight over same-sex marriage, there is a small population for whom the upcoming hearings at the U.S. Supreme Court could mean the difference between living together and being physically separated. The Supreme Court decided late last week that it would take up two cases related to same-sex marriage: a New York case related to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and a California case about Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex nuptials. Read More

Supreme Court’s review of Prop. 8 inspires hope, fears

By: By Mark Sherman 12/09/12 7:19 PM
Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case of California’s ban on same-sex unions.While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those, 30 have written gay marriage bans into their state constitutions. Read More

High Court to review Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act

By: Wire report 12/07/12 3:04 PM
The bitter rivals in California's gay marriage debate were in complete agreement Friday: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up the state's gay marriage ban was a good thing. Of course, each side is now hoping for a diametrically opposite ruling. Read More

Court should affirm same-sex marriage on the national level

By: SF Examiner Editorial 11/20/12 8:05 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether the justices will take up two key cases about same-sex marriage. If the court declines to hear the cases, lower court rulings will stand, and they are favorable to same-sex couples. But that is not enough. Read More

Gay couples anxiously await High Court decision on Prop 8

By: Dan Schreiber 11/19/12 9:45 PM
Wedding bells could be ringing for same-sex couples in San Francisco and across California as soon as the holidays, depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court responds to an appeals case for the state’s gay marriage ban later this month. Read More

U.S. high court inching closer to decision on whether to hear Prop. 8 case

By: Andrea Koskey 10/29/12 10:48 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court could make a decision as soon as December on whether it will consider the legality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage. On Nov. 20, justices will consider whether or not to hear the case, and that decision could go public as soon as Nov. 26. If the high court does not consider the case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued in February will be upheld. That judgment deemed California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Read More

New San Francisco archbishop facing more headaches with planned protests

By: Dan Schreiber 09/26/12 6:31 PM
In the realm of local activism, next week’s planned protests against the installation of San Francisco’s new archbishop could reach biblical proportions. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court's views evolving on LGBT issues

By: Joan Biskupic 09/09/12 5:57 PM
A tall, hulking man in his late 70s, William Rehnquist, then the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, crawled down on all fours to say hello to the two little girls who had scurried under the table when he approached at a luncheon. Sally Rider and her partner, Betsy, had tried to teach their two preschool-age daughters how to shake hands with Rehnquist. At the time, Rider was his top aide. Read More
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