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  • Just weeks after legalizing gay marriage, new efforts seek to repeal NH law

    Three weeks after New Hampshire legalized same-sex marriage, opponents are asking the House to repeal the law and let voters amend the constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. The House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on two Republican-sponsored proposals that many expect the House to reject when they are brought […]

  • Prop 8, Day 6: San Diego mayor tells how he came to support gay marriage

    The second week of gay marriage on trial, the federal case challenging California’s Proposition 8, opened Tuesday with San Diego’s mayor as the star witness. Mayor Jerry Sanders, a Republican, testified he now supports gay marriage, saying his views evolved after learning one of his daughters was a lesbian who wanted to marry her partner. […]

  • Police shut down ‘Mr. Gay China’ pageant just one hour before event

    Chinese police shut down the country’s first gay pageant Friday night, just one hour before the event was due to begin. From the Guardian: Participants hoped the contest would help challenge domestic stereotypes […]

  • Children of gay parents ‘as likely to be well adjusted’ says witness in Prop 8 trial

    The first week in the historic case challenging California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage — Proposition 8 — came to a close on Friday, following a day of testimony in which child-rearing dominated the discussion, followed by a personal account of how marriage changed one lesbian’s life. The trial’s fifth day began with expert witness […]

  • Iowa republicans face uphill battle on resolution to ban gay marriage

    A bill that would start the process towards outlawing same-sex marriage was introduced in the Iowa state Senate Thursday, but one of the main sponsors admits it’s unlikely to go anywhere. According to The Iowa Independent: The legislation, Senate Joint Resolution 2001, would amend the state’s constitution to say “marriage between one man and one […]

  • 2 men indicted in hate crime attack on gay man in Queens NY

    Two Queens men who allegedly taunted, stomped and robbed a gay man last fall have been indicted on hate-crime charges. The indictment filed Thursday morning charges defendants Daniel Aleman, 26, and Daniel Rodriguez, 21 […]

  • Day 4 testimony in Prop 8 trial turns to economic, health benefits of marriage

    The trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger entered its fourth day in federal court Thursday, a high stakes landmark case challenging California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on gay marriage, that many see as a precursor to a showdow before the U.S. Supreme Court. On the witness stand Thursday, Edmund Egan, chief economist for the City […]

  • Prop 8 supporter warned of falling into ‘Satan’s hands’ if gay marriage prevailed

    In a letter released into federal court on Wednesday, a gay marriage opponent, and one of five defendants in the case challenging California’s Proposition 8, warned of the disastrous consequences of allowing gays to marry in California. “One by one, other states would fall into Satan’s hands,” wrote Hak-Shing William Tam. “Every child, when growing […]

  • Pentagon lawyers advise delay on repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’

    The Pentagon’s top guy is getting conflicting advice on whether to lift the ban on gays in the military. The Associated Press reports it has obtained a legal counsel’s memo advising Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that now is not the time to lift the ban. It says the military […]

  • Uganda president calls anti-gay bill a ‘foreign policy’ issue

    Uganda’s leader has stated that the country’s anti-homosexuality bill, which proposed the death penalty for those found engaging in gay sex, is being re-worked and is a foreign policy issue. Speaking at a party conference Tuesday…