That’s Mrs. DeGeneres to You
By Katherine Dean Portia de Rossi is now Portia DeGeneres, a Los Angles Superior Court judge has declared. The Better off Ted and Arrested Development…
Majority of Americans Support Gay Marriage
By Katherine Dean An Associated Press poll published on Thursday reveals that more Americans support legal recognition of marriage between same-sex couples than do not….
Prop 8 Supporters File Brief
By Katherine Dean Proposition 8 supporters had until midnight on Friday to file their opening brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals outlining…
Prop 8 Appeal Standing
By Katherine Dean On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court ruled that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown have no legal obligation to appeal…
Montana Tea Party President Ousted over Anti-Gay Remarks
By Katherine Dean The Big Sky Tea Party Association dismissed its president, Tim Ravndal, on Sunday after learning of a Facebook exchange in which Ravndal…
Court won’t Force Prop 8 Appeal
By Katherine Dean The 3rd District Court of Appeals in Sacramento on Wednesday decided not to compel California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger or Attorney General Jerry…
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…
