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Jury selection planned in trial of teen charged with killing gay classmate
Jury selection is scheduled to get under way next month in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney, who is charged with the execution style killing of a gay classmate in 2008.
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Judge orders military to reinstate lesbian reservist fired under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
A federal judge on Friday ordered the reinstatement of a decorated Air Force Reserve flight nurse who was discharged from the military under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that bans openly gay service members. In a judgment hailed by gay rights advocates, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton said Major Margaret Witt was “constitutionally” […]
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Federal judge to rule on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharge of lesbian reservist
Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in the case of a lesbian who wants to be reinstated to the Air Force Reserve in Washington state. Former Major Margaret Witt testified on Monday in a trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Tacoma, challenging her discharge from the Air Force Reserve in 2004 under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” […]
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Court rejects motion to force Brown, Schwarzenegger to defend Prop 8
A California state appeals court has denied a conservative law group’s request that it force Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend Proposition 8 in federal court.
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Appeals court grants ‘stay’ in Prop 8 ruling, gay marriage to remain on hold
A federal appeals court on Monday put a hold on same-sex marriages in California, overruling a federal district judge who had earlier ruled that Proposition 8 — the state’s voter approved ban on gay marriage — was unconstitutional.
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Judge lifts stay in Prop 8 ruling; gay marriage could resume August 18
Gay marriage in California could resume next week as a federal judge today denied defendant’s motion for a permanent stay to his decision to invalidate Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that reinstated the ban on same-sex marriage, but extended the temporary stay another week.
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California governor, attorney general call for gay marriages to resume
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed motions in federal court late Friday, asking a federal judge to allow the state to begin performing same-sex marriages.
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Prop 8 supporters claim Walker’s ruling unfair because he’s a gay judge
Is Judge Vaughn Walker gay? Does it matter? Not surprisingly, supporters of Proposition 8 say the U.S. District Court judge who overturned California’s voter approved ban on gay marriage should have recused himself from the case because, they say, he is gay — and therefore is biased.
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Prop 8 next steps: Judge to decide whether to lift ‘stay’ in ruling
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who struck down California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage must now decide whether the ban should remain in tact while the ruling makes its way through the appeals process.
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Prop 8 unconstitutional: Federal judge strikes down CA gay marriage ban
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved ban on gay marriage, ruling it “unconstitutional” and “fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license.”