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Gay love story, ‘I Love You Phillip Morris,’ set for U.S. release April 2010
I Love You Phillip Morris, a 2009 film which wowed audiences at Sundance last year, is based on the real life events of con artist, impostor, and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell — oh, and it’s also a gay love story! Based on a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker, the fact-based […]
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News (USA)
DC judge rules against gay marriage opponents, says ‘no’ vote
A D.C. Superior Court judge Thursday rejected gay marriage opponents efforts to hold a public referendum on whether those marriages should be legal in the District of Columbia. The ruling is a major victory for gay rights activists, making it more likely that the District will start allowing same-sex couples to marry in March. Plaintiffs […]
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Prop 8 trial Day 3 – Witness: ‘remarkable similarities’ among gay, straight couples
The federal trial to overturn Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that reinstated a California ban on same-sex marriage, entered its third day of testimony Wednesday, with a focus on the similarities and differences between homosexual and heterosexual couples, with a psychology professor citing “remarkable similarities.” Letitia Peplau, an expert on couple relationships, testified that […]
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Utah lawmaker wants to force gay marriage vote in D.C.
A House republican, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) says he plans to introduce a bill granting District of Columbia residents the right to vote on gay marriage. The D.C. Council passed a bill on December 15 to legalize gay marriage in the district. The measure, approved by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fentry just days later, has not […]
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Prop 8 trial offers lessons in history as Day 2 of testimony unfolds
The legal challenge over Proposition 8 entered its second day in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday, with a few lessons in history from Ivy League historians called by the plantiffs. A Yale professor testifying in a case challenging California’s same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday that the 2008 campaign to pass Proposition 8 played on […]
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Theodore Olson: Making the conservative case for gay marriage
As the trial over California’s ban on same-sex marriage gets underway in San Francisco this week in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger, plantiff’s attorney Theodore Olson has become an unexpected crusader for the rights of millions of gay Americans. Not so long ago, Olson argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case Bush […]
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Gay marriage on trial as landmark Prop 8 challenge opens in federal court
The trial over California’s ban on same-sex marriage opened Monday in San Francisco in a landmark case that could ultimately lead to a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. In opening statements challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, plaintiff’s attorneys said the case is “about marriage and equality” while […]
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News (USA)
Olson delivers opening remarks in Prop 8 legal challenge
The federal trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, a voter approved ban on gay marriage, began Monday with an opening statement by attorney Theodore Olson, who with David Boies, is leading the legal team representing the plaintiffs in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Olson’s opening statement (as prepared): This case is about marriage […]
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Considering Senate run, Ford changes his position on same-sex marriage
In a sign that he’s considering considering challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) in the Democratic primary, former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., (D-Tennessee) has gone on the record in support of same-sex marriage. Though he twice voted in favor of a constitutional ban on ban gay marriage, Ford now states: “My support for fairness and […]
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Supreme Court halts plan to broadcast Prop 8 trial on YouTube
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s plan to broadcast the trial over California’s ban on gay marriage by posting video on YouTube. Just an hour before the trial got under way Monday, the high court Court halted for at least two days Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s plans to allow video […]
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News (USA)
Prop 8 supporters appeal to Supreme Court to prevent broadcast of trial
Gay marriage opponents have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block video coverage a federal trial on the constitutionality California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Attorneys defending Proposition 8 and its ban on same-sex marriage filed the emergency appeal Saturday, arguing that their client’s right to a fair trial would be jeopardized. Supreme […]
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Lesbian Utah lawmaker a surrogate for gay couple
Utah lesbian lawmaker, Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake City) has announced she’s a surrogate mother, carrying a baby for two gay men. In April, Johnson (pictured) offered to be a surrogate for the Salt Lake County couple, her close friends, after they expressed frustration with the difficulty of adopting a child in Utah, reports the […]
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Prop 8 defendant asks to be released from suit, citing personal threats
An outspoken gay marriage opponent, and one of five defendants in the case challenging California’s Proposition 8, has asked to be removed from the lawsuit over fear the trial publicity that would endanger him and his family. Hak-Shing William Tam was one of five people who formally intervened to defend the state from a federal […]
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News (World)
Portugal parliament votes in favor of gay marriage, rejects gay adoption
Portugal’s parliament Friday approved plans to legalize gay marriage, less than three decades after revoking the country’s ban on homosexuality, but rejected proposals to allow same sex couples to adopt. The bill passed with limited public controversy in what has traditionally been one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries. Reports AFP: After less than three […]
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Seattle gay man attacked outside community center amid anti-gay slurs
A man told police he was beaten Sunday night in the parking lot of the Seattle Filipino Community Center because he is gay, and police arrested the man who allegedly made homophobic threats after the assault. The suspect, 22, posted bond and was released from King County Jail on Monday night. According to SLOG: When […]
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New Jersey state senate rejects gay marriage measure
The New Jersey state Senate rejected a same-sex marriage bill today, leaving it unlikely the state will have a gay marriage law in the very near future. The vote was a major victory for opponents who contend the measure would infringe on religious freedom and is not needed because the state already permits civil unions. […]
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Federal judge rules to allow internet broadcast of Prop 8 trial
Next week’s trial in San Francisco of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, won’t be televised live, but it will be videotaped for delayed internet release on YouTube, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. “This certainly is a case that has sparked widespread interest,” U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker said at a […]
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Letterman under fire from HRC, GLAAD over transgender joke
The HRC and GLAAD issued statements today condemning a sketch on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night, which mocked the appointment of Amanda Simpson to a senior position at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last night we posted (via Facebook) the skit during the opening monologue, when Letterman announced Simpson’s historic appointment and […]
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Suspect in alleged hate crime attack at gay bar surrenders to police
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Redwood City man wanted for allegedly beating up a man because of his sexual orientation turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Office around noon Wednesday, reports the Mercury News. Cole White, 24, surrendered a day after a judge signed a $50,000 arrest warrant charging him with assault and a hate […]
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NY Times article links U.S. evangelical christians to Uganda’s ‘kill the gays’ bill
A new report from The New York Times links three American evangelical Christians — whose teachings about “curing” gays have been widely discredited in the U.S. — as influential in Uganda’s anti-gay legislation that would make homosexuality punishable by death. According to the Times, the three spoke at an event in Uganda last March, where […]