Updates on the fight for marriage equality around the globe
Will the GOP Embrace Same-Sex Marriage?
By Katherine Dean Ever since last week’s revelation in the Atlantic that former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman is gay, pundits have been speculating...
Omaha Newspaper Agrees to run Same-Sex Marriage Announcements
By Katherine Dean The Omaha World-Herald, one of the largest newspapers in the Midwest, has revised its policy that previously denied same-sex couples the opportunity...
Cheyenne Couple Challenges Wyoming’s Marriage Law
A gay couple from Wyoming are representing themselves in a federal lawsuit they filed Aug. 13, challenging that state’s law, which defines marriage as between...
DOMA Ruling Placed on Hold
By Katherine Dean U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro on Wednesday granted a 60-day stay on his July ruling, which found DOMA unconstitutional. His decision is...
Federal Court Extends Stay in California
By Katherine Dean A three-judge panel for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker on Monday and extended the...
Extension Denied on Stay: Wedding Bells for Gays in California
By Kirsten Palladino This afternoon in San Francisco, Judge Vaughn Walker issued a decision that denied an extension on the stay on gay marriages in...
California Could Begin Recognizing Gay Marriages Again Today
By Katherine Dean Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will decide today on whether to extend the temporary stay he granted in the Prop 8...
Raising the Bar: ABA Supports Gay Marriage
By Katherine Dean The American Bar Association (ABA), the country’s leading legal organization, yesterday adopted Resolution 111, which “urges state, territorial and tribal governments to...
Mexico Upholds Gay Marriage
By Katherine Dean Last week’s landmark ruling in the Prop 8 case rightly overshadowed pretty much all other gay marriage news. Equally Wed would be...
NOM Tour Update
By Katherine Dean In case you haven’t been keeping up with the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Summer for Marriage Tour, the marriage equality foes...
The Road Ahead
By Katherine Dean Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made history yesterday when he overturned Prop 8. There is no doubt that everyone who believes...
Prop 8 Overturned
By Kirsten Palladino In the hotly anticipated ruling Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 9th Circuit District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that the voter-approved law known...
Anti-Equality Attorneys Sweat as the Clock Ticks
By Katherine DeanIn what could be considered a preemptive strike against the possibility of Judge Vaughn Walker ruling in favor of equality, attorneys defending Proposition...
Seth MacFarlane on Prop 8
Seth MacFarlane, the outspoken Family Guy creator and highest-paid writer-producer on television, sounds off on Prop 8 in a new interview with Details Magazine. As...
Prop 8 Decision Expected Today
By Katherine Dean Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has announced that he will issue his opinion in the landmark Prop 8 trial (Perry v....
Target: Friend or Foe?
By Katherine Dean Target Corp. is attempting to dodge bullets after defending its $150,00 donation to MN Forward, a group running TV ads supporting Minnesota...
