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AMA Jumps Into Gay Rights Fight
Ama :: LA :: USA | 13 days ago
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The American Medical Association on Tuesday formally called for the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, joining the efforts of gay rights groups to pressure the Obama administration to follow through on his pledge to end the controversial...
Tags: AMA Urges Repeal, marriage ban, gay marriage, health disparities, largest doctors, ban contribute, medical associations, gay couples
Judge refuses to toss suit challenging Prop. 8
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility A federal judge refused today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the nation's first trial on the constitutionality of a law allowing only opposite-sex couples to wed. Images More Bay Area News...
Tags: California, sex marriage, gay marriage, Judge Vaughn Walker, federal judge, judge refused, marriage case, approved ban, marriage ban, U.S. Supreme Court
Judge sets January trial for Prop. 8 lawsuit
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility District Judge Vaughn Walker's decision Wednesday to hold a trial on whether Proposition 8 violates gays' and lesbians' rights to equality under the law was a tactical victory for opponents of the November 2008 initiative, who say experts and other witnesses...
Tags: gay marriage, California, marriage ban, U.S, trial date, lawsuits challenging, judge set, challenging california, federal lawsuits
Gay-marriage advocates target 2012
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility California voters in November approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment declaring only marriages between a man and a woman valid, by 52 percent after the state's most expensive campaign over a social issue. In Santa Clara County, 44 percent of...
Tags: Equality California, gay marriage, gay rights, rights group, sex marriage, marriage ban, San Francisco, O.C, Gavin Newsom, california gay
Divided Portugal court upholds gay marriage ban
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Divided Portugal court upholds gay marriage ban Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a ban on same-sex marriages, just two months before a general election in which the ruling Socialist Party is campaigning to allow such unions. The court...
Tags: Australia, gay marriage, Portugal, marriage ban, sex marriage, Labor Party, party votes, national policy
Peers admonish federal judge over Web sex files
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility A federal judge in California investigated for posting sexually explicit photos and videos on his own Web site has been cleared with an admonishment by fellow judges...Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was "careless" and "judicially imprudent"...
Tags: Alex Kozinski, California, marriage ban, San Francisco, federal judges, U.S, web site, chief judges, gay marriage, sexually explicit
Federal judge taking long look at Prop. 8
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility A federal judge said Tuesday he's inclined to leave California's ban on same-sex marriage in effect for now, but wants an early trial to determine whether the voter-approved prohibition violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equality. More News...
Tags: California Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, federal judge, sex marriage, lawsuit challenging, marriage ban
Civil rights groups back federal legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Gay rights organizations have thrown their support behind the latest legal challenge to Proposition 8, intervening in a federal court case arguing that California's voter-approved gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. In court briefs filed Thursday night,...
Tags: marriage ban
Barrymore slams gay marriage ban
Mumbai :: India | 5 months ago
Credibility Drew Barrymore has been leading other celebrities in protest against the ban on gay marriage in California. Other stars, including Kelly Osbourne and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, have been protesting against the latest ruling by the Supreme Court in...
Tags: gay marriage, marriage ban, California, Actress Drew Barrymore
California upholds gay marriage ban
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility SAN FRANCISCO: The California Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but it also decided that the estimated 18-thousand gay couples who wed before the law took effect would stay married. Gay rights activists immediately...
Tags: california, same-sex marriage, supreme court, California Supreme Court Upholds, California State Supreme Court, marriage ban, sex marriage, gay marriage, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco Police Department
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