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S.F. honors L.A.-based fashion house that has questionable LGBT, green record

By: Chris Roberts 05/08/13 7:56 PM
BCBG Max Azria
Max and Lubov Azria, owners of a Los Angeles-based fashion house, are in The City this week to receive honors from the Academy of Art University and from Mayor Ed Lee, who issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday the couple’s official day in San Francisco. But the honors might come as a surprise, since the BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP has an environmental and gay-rights record that’s not quite in line with San Francisco values. Read More

Delaware becomes 11th state with gay marriage

By: Associated Press 05/07/13 8:19 PM
Delaware same sex marriage
Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law just minutes after its passage by the state Senate on Tuesday. Read More

Farsighted view of marriage equality

By: Joel P. Engardio 04/10/13 9:31 PM
In the same week the Supreme Court heard its two historic cases on same-sex marriage, Google announced the first lucky test subjects who would get to try Google Glass — history-making eyewear that puts the Internet in your field of vision. None of the justices were selected, but maybe Google should lend them a pair before they reach a decision in June. Read More

Why the Prop. 8 case is no slam-dunk

By: Melissa Griffin 04/04/13 9:31 PM
vaughn walker,
Without a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the merits of same-sex marriage, the issue will once again head back to court in California. Last week, I wrote that the court should let the backers of ballot initiatives sue to enforce any such measures passed by voters but not enforced by government officials. If justices don’t, that could prevent them from issuing a substantive ruling on the fundamental right to marry raised in the Proposition 8 case they are considering. Read More

Michelle Shocked’s bizarre behavior outside Santa Cruz club

By: Katy St. Clair 03/31/13 6:46 PM
Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked acted all cray-cray again. Wearing a bizarre disposable safety suit and some sort of white head stocking, she crashed her canceled show in Santa Cruz on Thursday by sitting outside the venue with tape over her mouth that read: “Silenced By Fear.” Read More

U.S. Supreme Court should side with Prop. 8 backers on one key issue

By: Melissa Griffin 03/31/13 4:00 AM
Sandra Stier and Kristin Perry
At Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing regarding California’s ban on same-sex marriage, the very first question, from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Charles Cooper, was, “Have we ever granted standing to proponents of ballot initiatives?” Read More

Marriage equality might wait a bit longer

By: Melissa Griffin 03/27/13 9:47 PM
Mildred and Richard Loving
Like many of you, I was disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t spend more time discussing the core issue of civil rights when it heard arguments about same-sex marriage this week. The unique nature of the Proposition 8 case was one reason it was surprising that the court agreed to review it. All the talk about “standing” was like the boring parts of a celebrity autobiography, just something you sit through waiting for the juicy parts. Read More

A boost for gay marriage: Justices question United States law

By: The Associated Press 03/27/13 8:08 PM
U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples. Read More

Online petition wants Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from gay-rights decisions

By: Erin Sherbert 03/26/13 10:36 PM
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
An online petition began Tuesday to persuade U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from deliberating on Proposition 8 over comments he made at the hearing. At one point during oral arguments in the case of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, Scalia said, “When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage?” Read More

Supporters march for gay-rights in San Francisco

By: Anna Latino 03/26/13 12:25 AM
Gay-rights supporters march from the Castro district to City Hall on Monday, the day before the start of arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case on the validity of Proposition 8, Californias voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The court also will address the Defense of Marriage Act this week. Read More
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