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Utah Boy Scout council says 83 percent of parents, leaders oppose lifting gay ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A survey finds that that 83 percent of Boy Scout leaders, parents and representatives from troops in the greater Salt Lake City area oppose lifting a ban on openly gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Hottest ticket in town: Technically free, Supreme Court tickets cost time, money
WASHINGTON — The most expensive ticket to “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for this year’s Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the U.S. Supreme Court hear this week’s gay marriage cases: about $6,000.
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Six Rhode Island mayors join push for marriage equality bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Six Rhode Island mayors called on Rhode Island’s state Senate on Monday to pass legislation allowing gays and lesbians to marry, joining a growing list of those backing the effort to join the rest of New England in allowing same-sex wedlock.
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Poll: Majority of Ohio voters in favor of repealing state’s ban on gay marriage
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eight years after Ohio voters banned gay and lesbian couples from getting married, a new Columbus Dispatch poll finds majority now supports their right to legally wed.
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Public braves snow for a chance to witness historic gay marriage cases
WASHINGTON — People waiting to attend to gay marriage cases being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court have been undeterred by snow falling in the nation’s capital.
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Presidential punch: Can the Obama briefs make a difference at the Supreme Court?
WASHINGTON — LGBT legal activists and their allies have nothing but praise for the Obama administration’s decision to submit briefs in both marriage equality cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
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Marriage equality supporters mark historic week with candlelight vigil in Times Square
NEW YORK — Several hundred marriage equality supporters turned out for a candlelight vigil in New York’s Times Square on Sunday evening, in a peaceful demonstration to mark this week’s historic events in which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans and the Defense of Marriage Act.
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GLAAD ‘no longer an acronym,’ alters name as part of broadened mission
GLAAD has announced that its name will no longer be an acronym for the “Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation,” and that it is altering its name and broadening its mission to focus more on advocating for equality for transgender people.
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Wide range of potential outcomes possible in same-sex marriage cases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court can choose from a wide array of outcomes in ruling on California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Lesbian couple at center of Prop 8 dispute discusses Supreme Court case
BERKELEY, Calif. — Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case.