Pretrial Brief Refutes Same-Sex 'Marriage' Advocates' Flawed Legal Theories
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal trial over the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 began today with an opening statement by attorney Theodore Olson, who with David Boies is leading the legal team assembled by the American Foundation for Equal Rights to litigate the case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Opening statements will be followed by testimony from Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, who comprise two couples who wish to be married but who were denied marriage licenses because of Proposition 8.
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey state Senate's decisive vote last week approving the traditional definition of marriage, was greeted with praise and thanks by opponents of same-sex marriage, including the Vaad L'Shmor Kehillasenu. While Garden State advocates for gay rights insisted that with the vote, they had won a record of public statements to use in a state Supreme court challenge, New Jersey joins New York and the large majority of U.S. states in unequivocal endorsement of the traditional definition of marriage.
Today, trial begins in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on the validity of California’s Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment barring marriage equality which was adopted by California voters in November 2008. The trial will put the arguments against marriage equality to the test and is the first step toward a substantive decision in [...]
As we’ve reported earlier, a bill in the Ugandan legislature would make some homosexual acts punishable by death and failure to report them punishable by jail time.  It all stated last March when three American right-wing extremists, posing as “experts” on homosexuality, led a conference in Uganda where they claimed that gay men prey upon teenagers, that there is a gay [...]
In 2009, the Hawaii State House passed HB 444 — a bill to allow same-sex couples to enter civil unions — with 33 votes, one vote shy of a super-majority. Unfortunately the bill was held up in the state Senate until the end of the session when it was recalled from the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) â€" Ohio is beginning a pilot project in northeast Ohio aimed at preventing tobacco use by the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
Ohio is beginning a pilot project in northeast Ohio aimed at preventing tobacco use by the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Ohio health officials say the Centers for Disease Control estimates the rate of tobacco use among that youth demographic is 60 percent higher than in the general youth population.
Rep. Christine Johnson will serve an additional role when the Utah Legislature convenes this month. The lesbian lawmaker announced she's a surrogate mother, carrying a baby for two gay men.
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