Experts: Judge's sexual orientation is non-issue
The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Full story
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Media organizations are joining lawyers for two-same-sex couples in urging a federal appeals court to release videotapes of a lower court trial on California's gay marriage ban. Full story
Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger, who is openly gay, tells msnbc’s Thomas Roberts he opposes Mitt Romney due to his stance on Proposition 8 and plans to run on a platform specifically designed to throw a wrench into Romney’s run for the White House.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has denied an appeal to allow gay marriages to resume in California while the Proposition 8 case works its way through the legal appeal process. Full story
San Francisco Chronicle's Marisa Lagos reports on California's Attorney General wanting the gay marriage ban lifted while Proposition 8 is decided by the courts.
California's attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to allow gay marriages to resume while the court considers the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex unions. Full story
Attorney David Boies and Chad Griffin of the American Foundation for Equal Rights talk about the fight against Proposition 8 and whether the country is ready for gay marriage.
Carrie Tedrick and Wendy Rae Hill, who are engaged, discuss waiting for a federal appeals court decision on the fate of Proposition 8.
Next week the ban on same-sex marriages will be fully lifted, allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot in the Golden State. Mara Schiavocampo reports.
The federal judge who ruled last week that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional said Thursday that same-sex couples can begin to marry again starting next week. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports from Los Angeles.
Until an appeals court rules on the Proposition 8 overturn, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that same sex marriages can continue. Mayor John Heilman of West Hollywood, California discusses.
Billy Bradford of Castro Valley, Calif., waves a pair of flags outside City Hall while same-sex couple line up to see if they can be married in San Francisco, Thursday, August 12, 2010. The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban is set to rule Thursday on whether gay marriag
A tour bus passes a group opposed to same sex marriage outside City Hall prior to a judge lifting the Proposition 8 stay on same sex marriages at City Hall in San Francisco, California August 12, 2010. A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ruled that legal marriages of same-sex couples may resume next we
epa02273574 Scott Hutton of West Hollywood, California and gay marriage supporters rally in West Hollywood, California, USA, 04 August 2010 after a federal court judge overturned Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. EPA/JASON REDMOND
Opponents of Proposition 8 cheer after hearing the decision in the United States District Court proceedings challenging Proposition 8 outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. A federal judge overturned Califo