“President Barack Obama handed the gay community a victory [on April 15] by granting hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners, but gay rights advocates say the offering is mere peanuts compared with what they expect him to do for them this year,”…
Itawamba Agricultural High School, in the Mississippi School District decided to cancel Constance McMillen’s prom instead of letting her wear a tuxedo and attend with her girlfriend.
For two weeks in January the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 was argued before a federal court. Below is a compilation of key quotes from witnesses called to testify on behalf of the plaintiffs. Judge Vaughn Walker announced that the trial’s closing arguments will occur sometime in March, so be sure to check back to find out if the amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in the state of California is declared unconstitutional.
Jan. 11 marked the first day of the federal trial challenging California’s Proposition 8. Voted into law in 2008, Prop 8 made same-sex marriage illegal in the state of California.
On Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned opinion that officially banned video recording in the California court room where the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the amendment that prohibits same-sex marriage, is being debated.
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