California
CA AG to Court: "Let Marriages Resume"
Wed, 2011-03-02 00:00 — AnonymousSAN FRANCISO—California Attorney General Kamala Harris requested Tuesday that a federal appeals court lift a stay on a judge's decision declaring a voter- approved ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Read more »
CA Supreme Court Intervention Delays Prop 8 Decision
Thu, 2011-02-17 00:00 — AnonymousSACRAMENTO—The state Supreme Court voted unanimously Wednesday to decide whether the sponsors of a 2008 ballot measure prohibiting same-sex marriage have the legal standing to defend it under state law.
The high court's intervention will delay an ultimate decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is weighing the Proposition 8 marriage ban, and could have a significant impact on the outcome. Read more »
CA DOMA Challenge Can Proceed
Wed, 2011-01-19 00:00 — AnonymousOAKLAND—Three married gay and lesbian couples in which one partner is a state employee have won an important step in their fight for the equal right to buy long-term care insurance from the state's pension system. Read more »
Prop 8 Appeals Court Judge to Remain on Panel
Thu, 2010-12-02 00:00 — AnonymousSAN FRANCISCO—A federal appeals court judge is refusing to recuse himself from considering the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban. Read more »
Fed. Court Stops Enforcement of DADT
Mon, 2010-10-11 23:00 — AnonymousLOS ANGELES—A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. military to stop enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, putting an end to the ban on openly gay troops. Read more »
10 States File Brief Supporting Prop 8
Tue, 2010-09-28 13:24 — AnonymousCHEYENNE, Wyo—Wyoming and nine other states have filed a gay marriage opposition brief to a federal appeals court in California. Read more »
Court of Appeals Won't Force Prop 8 Defense
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:00 — AnonymousSACRAMENTO—The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied a conservative legal group's request that the Court force California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal Judge Walker's ruling that Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The Court gave no reason for its refusal. Read more »
CA Marriages Back on Hold
Mon, 2010-08-16 23:00 — AnonymousSAN FRANCISCO—A federal appeals court decided Monday to put same-sex marriage in California on hold at least until December, interrupting the wedding plans of scores of gay couples who were hoping to exchange vows later this week. Read more »
CA Court Denies Stay in Prop 8 - sort of; Marriages to Resume August 18
Thu, 2010-08-12 15:55 — Stephen J. HylandSAN FRANCISCO—Judge Walker denied Prop 8 proponents' motion to stay (postpone) his order, while keeping the temporary stay in place until 5:00 pm on August 18, 2010. Read more »
Next Steps in the Prop 8 Challenge
Tue, 2010-08-10 00:00 — AnonymousSAN FRANCISCO—The waiting game around the Proposition 8 challenge in a federal court in San Francisco grows curiouser and curiouser. Read more »
