New Judge In Prop 8 Case Announced

While little is known about Ware's attitude regarding LGBTs and civil rights, there is this case from Morgan Hill, where he ruled that students have a right to sue their school district for homophobic harassment. (The case was eventually settled.)...

SFist • Mar 4, 2011

Anti-Gay Website Hacked with Viagra Ads, Now Finally Useful

The website of the National Organization for Marriage now features such text as "viagra discount" and "Dear Friends of Marriage, cialis," and "Gallagher rested her defense of marriage on a question of truth. Buy viagra online, She said."...

SFist • Apr 21, 2010

2012 a Better Fit for Prop. 8 Repeal Measure?

Many civil rights supporters have notably turned their attention to the 2012 election, which could prove a more fruitful election year to eradicate the ban....

SFist • Apr 13, 2010

ACLU Will Appeal Order In Prop 8 Campaign Doc Challenge

It might make sense to force people to turn over emails to prove a violation of the constitution. But no one is claiming--or could claim--that what the No on 8 committees said or did violated the constitution. We believe the court is wrong on the law and intend to appeal the matter to the federal appeals court...

SFist • Mar 23, 2010

Gay Couples Will Benefit Ailing Economy

What gay marriage can do for the country is add a whopping $16.8 billion toward the "gross national wedding product." Engagement rings alone, according to a Forbes study, would run at $1.8 billion a year. And that money would positively affect, you guessed it, small businesses. Gay marriage is a "really simple to understand goldmine."...

SFist • May 19, 2009

The Eve of Justice: Prop 8 Vigils Planned for Prop. 8 Supreme Court Ruling

Next Wednesday, March 4, vigils all over the country will take place the day before the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the validity of Prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban that passed in November....

SFist • Feb 26, 2009

Prop 8 Can't Rain On Freedom to Marry Day

Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are a few scenes of what went down at City Hall in the name of, aw, love....

SFist • Feb 14, 2009

Prop 8's Forced-Divorces Will Break Our Hearts

There's a lot of work to do before the hearing, and Equality California's prepping for the big day with five actions -- now's a crucial time to spread the word about how much pain Prop 8 will inflict when it takes away all those marriages. And the Peninsula Marriage Equality Coalition has a bunch of handy workshops coming up about how to persuade allies. And speaking of spreading the word, an exc...

SFist • Feb 6, 2009

Branching out on Behalf of Gay Marriage: A Good Thing, Bad Thing, or Somewhere in Between?

By defending Planned Parenthood, are we getting closer to gay marriage? If we donate to Greenpeace, will they help us fight discrimination? By protesting on behalf of Palestinians, are we working to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell? Or should we be protesting on behalf of Israel? Uh oh, murky murky murky....

SFist • Feb 1, 2009

Get Ready to Lose Prop 8 Part Two: They're Already Fighting to Protect DOMA

To be sure, some of the decisions over the last few months demand analysis. But while we're busy figuring out which opportunities we missed, it looks like we're about to miss an even bigger one....

SFist • Jan 27, 2009

Get This On Television Now

ToKnowUsFirst.com (disclosure: it's run by a friend of a friend of SFist). They're putting together some attractive ready-for-television PSAs about the California families who deserve the rights and responsibilities of marriage -- including the 1,138 that they're currently denied. They've worked out a smart media strategy for getting the ads into areas that need them most: counties that voted yes...

SFist • Jan 17, 2009

Mark Leno on Day Without a Gay

He tells us that while he's all kinds of proud of gays and stuff, he isn't taking the day off....

SFist • Dec 10, 2008