Prop. 8 Judge Vaughn Walker to Teach at U.C. Berkeley Law School

Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who in August delivered a landmark ruling affirming the right of same-sex couples in California to marry, will begin teaching a class at U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law after he retires at the end of this year. Walker's ruling that Proposition 8 -- the California ballot initiative that banned gay marriage in 2008 -- was unconstitutional came in a very int...

SF Weekly • Nov 11, 2010

Vaughn Walker's Choice to Delay Gay Marriage Praised by Legal Scholars

"Judge Walker is not a dummy," said professor Michael Zamperini of Golden Gate University's school of law. "He knew if he lifted the stay they were going to go to the appeals court anyway. And if they had to do it in a rush, with people getting married and all that, the court just might feel more inclined to stop it so they could consider the case over these many years." And yet, long-term strate...

SF Weekly • Aug 13, 2010

A risky proposition: the Prop. 8 debate continues

People love to blame Equality California for losing the gay marriage battle in California last year. But amidst the finger-pointing, the gay-rights group seems to have gotten one thing right: Voters aren't ready to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage in 2010....

SF Weekly • Dec 9, 2009

Would Gay Marriage Not Being on the 2010 Ballot Help or Hurt Gavin Newsom? The Answer: Yes.

When you boil it down, it was a simple decision. Less simple, however, is how this will affect the ongoing gubernatorial run of San Francisco's erstwhile mayor, Gavin Newsom. On the one hand, Newsom became a folk hero for many (and hamstrung his progressive critics for years to come) in 2003 when he unilaterally made San Francisco the Las Vegas of same-sex weddings. Yet on the other hand, his bray...

SF Weekly • Aug 14, 2009

While San Fran Attempts to Butt Into Legal Challenge to Prop. 8, Pair of Gay Supe Hopefuls Plead for Patience

Is 2010 too soon to change public opinion? Will the issue go stale by 2012, with voters even more entrenched in their views?Two openly gay politicos who've registered their intent to run for supervisor in District 8 -- home of the liberal Castro and Inner Mission where moderate Bevan Dufty currently reigns -- nibbled on the question, and came to, more or less, the same conclusion: Wait....

SF Weekly • Jul 24, 2009

Prop 8 Advocates: Grandfathering Gay Marriages Akin to Letting Landowners Keep Slaves After Abolition

The press release compares letting gay people stay married after today's ruling to letting slaves stay owned in America after slavery was abolished. Yep. They've actually brought our country's greatest civil rights victory into an argument about taking civil rights away from another minority group....

SF Weekly • May 27, 2009

Following the Money: Disclosure Discrepancies from Yes on 8, Mormons Persist -- and Grow

Bauer conceded that he may well be forced to file an amendment restating how much his coalition really received. So, while the Mormon Church trumpeted that "Claims that the Church ... did not report all its contributions to the Protect Marriage Coalition are erroneous" on a press release, Bauer's answer belies that. So does the following data from the Protect Marriage Coalition....

SF Weekly • Feb 6, 2009

So City Attorney Dennis Herrera was on 'No on 8' Executive Committee -- Can He Do That? And What Will Enraged LGBT Activists Think?

"I don't think Dennis Herrera is going to be hurt by the fact he was on this committee," said Charles Sheehan, a political consultant with Whitehurst Mosher Campaign Strategy and Media -- and the co-chair of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT club. "LGBT advocates need to move on and overturn Prop. 8 at the ballot or in the courts -- and Dennis Herrera needs to be a part of this process. He's the meat and ...

SF Weekly • Jan 23, 2009

California Cities and Same-Sex Couples Join SF's Prop. 8 Challenge

...the challenge now includes governments representing 17.2 million Californians....

SF Weekly • Dec 11, 2008

Coming Soon: Day Without a Gay

...rather than just staging a polarizing protest, the gay community could boost society as well as their own image by volunteering, especially in those communities that supported Prop. 8....

SF Weekly • Nov 28, 2008

Will Gay Marriage Have to Wait for Democracy to Catch Up?

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SF Weekly • Nov 26, 2008

Do Gay Rights Have a Future Outside of California? Do We Care?

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SF Weekly • Nov 21, 2008

Campaign for California Families' Efforts to Intervene in Prop 8 Litigation Denied

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SF Weekly • Nov 20, 2008

"No on 8" activists: please, please, PLEASE, don't turn this into a holy war

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SF Weekly • Nov 10, 2008

Top 10 Protest Signs at No on 8 March

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SF Weekly • Nov 9, 2008