Same-Sex Marriage

More Gays Are Raising Kids in Mississippi Than in California

If you were shocked to learn that Utah is gayer than us,then you will probably feel a little confused, anxious, let down, etc. to learn that the state of Mississippi has more same-sex couple raising kids than any other state in the nation. In other words, they are not fleeing to the states that allo ... More >>

S.F. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Trashes on Rhode Island for Letting Gays Marry

San Francisco's favorite inebriate, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, spent his weekend trashing Rhode Island for legalizing gay marriage. Remember, this is the same guy who said gay marriage was as possible as male breastfeeding, which by the way, is possible. Clearly, he's confused. According t ... More >>

Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal on Gay Marriage (Update)

Update 2:10 p.m.: City Supervisors respond to U.S. Supreme Court decision on Prop. 8. Read at the bottom Original story 12:29 p.m.: The U.S. Supreme Court just announced that it will review the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, as well as the Def ... More >>

Salvatore Cordileone: Gay Rights Advocates Will Protest Archbishop-Elect Installation Mass

Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

Salvatore Cordileone, San Francisco's New Archbishop, Helped Create Prop. 8

The Vatican today named Salvatore Cordileone, one of the creators of California's notorious Proposition 8, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, a jurisdiction that spans from Hawaii to Salt Lake City, Utah. Cordileone, bishop of the Oakland Diocese since 2009, will replace ... More >>

Hawaii Governor Refuses to Defend Gay Marriage Ban in Court

​As the battle over the constitutionality of California's ban on gay marriage wends its way through the federal courts, the challenge to a similar law in Hawaii has taken a surprising turn.Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii's Democratic governor, said this week he will refuse to fight a lawsuit in U.S. Dist ... More >>

Prop. 8 Might Not Go Before the Supreme Court

​Earlier this month, the debate over same-sex marriage in California continued what some have speculated is an inexorable march to the U.S. Supreme Court, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a decision striking down Proposition 8, the state's gay-marriage ban.Yet a story pu ... More >>

Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says

​A federal appeals court ruled this morning that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.  New outlets are reporting that the ban will still remain in effect as the case makes its way to the Supreme Court. Both sides had vowed to appeal the ruling if the outcome wasn't in th ... More >>

Prop. 8 Appeals Court Ruling: Inside the Dissenting Opinion

​Same-sex marriage advocates rejoiced today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 decision that Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative banning gay marriage, is unconstitutional.The decision is almost certainly destine ... More >>

Immigration Judge Delays Deportation for Alex Benshimol, S.F. Gay Man Married to American

Alex Benshimol, left, can stay in the country with his husband Alex Gentry.​In another victory for same-sex couples, a San Francisco immigration judge ignored the Defense of Marriage Act today when she delayed the deportation proceedings against a gay Venezuelan man who is married to an American c ... More >>

Gay Marriage: What Will Really Happen If Same-Sex Couples Tie the Knot

It's hard to believe that never-ending debate over gay marriage is still even a debate -- particularly in a gay mecca like California. But alas, here we are -- living in a state more socially conservative than corn-choked Iowa, where same-sex marriage is no sin.But we get it. There are enough insecu ... More >>

Gay Binational Couples Fighting Deportations On Obama's New DOMA Stance

​Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>

Facebook Recognizes Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships

Facebook welcomes you ​Here is something to "Like" on Facebook.Facebook has created a new relationship status option that allows same-sex couples to declare they are "in a domestic partnership" or "in a civil union."Up until now, Facebook limited the relationship status options including single, i ... More >>

Gay Couples to Stage City Hall Sit-In to Celebrate Valentine's Day

Love hurts​For many San Francisco gay couples, Valentine's Day is just a bitter reminder of what they don't have -- marriage certificates. So expect a huge turnout at San Francisco City Hall for the hallmark holiday today; gay couples across the nation will celebrate their love with a little civil ... More >>

Republican Election Ploy: Gays Marry Goats, Dogs, and ... Clocks?

Dating material perhaps. But you want to marry this? ​The Week In GayHave you noticed that the midterm election is around the goddamned corner? If your home is like mine you shovel 10 pounds of crap out of the mailbox and into the recycling bin every day; you have stopped answering the phone altog ... More >>

Appeal the Prop. 8 Decision!

It'd be a shame if the reversal of Prop. 8 didn't have national implications...​There was talk on Monday that a "group of conservative leaders" were chasing around Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, begging him to file an appeal on the Proposition 8 decision, since he was acting as governor while ... More >>

Vaughn Walker's Choice to Delay Gay Marriage Praised by Legal Scholars

'Judge Walker is not a dummy...'​Judge Vaughn Walker's decision today to officially overturn Proposition 8 -- but stay that action until next week -- left a lot of same-sex couples statewide feeling like the rug had been pulled out from under them. The knowledge that their marriages were delayed a ... More >>

Ronald George, California Supreme Court Justice Who Legalized Gay Marriage, to Retire

Justice Ron George​California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George, who authored the opinion in the 2008 ruling that resulted in the short-lived legalization of same-sex marriage, has announced that he plans to step down at the end of this year.In a statement posted on the Supreme Court's web ... More >>

Marriage Rights Can't Rely on Fickle Politicians' Whims

Some day his prince will come. But will a political consensus? ​Over the past few days, columnists Jonathan Rauch and Jonathan Capehart have been wringing their hands over what Judge Vaughn Walker might do to Proposition 8. They are convinced that Walker will either start an "inferno" or cause ... More >>

@sk Jamie Varon: I support gay marriage, just not on Facebook

While San Fran Attempts to Butt Into Legal Challenge to Prop. 8, Pair of Gay Supe Hopefuls Plead for Patience

Scott Wiener This week, City Attorney Dennis Herrera petitioned to become a party in the case challenging Prop. 8 in federal district court, ramming full speed ahead into the legal challenge to the same-sex marriage ballot initiative.Meanwhile, the debate continues about when same-sex ... More >>

Campaign for California Families Motions to Butt Into Prop. 8 Lawsuit

Just in time for pride weekend, the good ol' nemesis of California gay folk, Campaign for California Families, is trying to butt into the latest lawsuit against Proposition 8. In order to give you an idea of the company the organization keeps, the campaign is represented by Liberty Co ... More >>

Extremely Civil Disobedience: Prop. 8 Protests Peaceful So Far

Peaceful demonstrators shut down the intersection of Van Ness and Grove"Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face," Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1956. "But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime. ... More >>

Chron Helps Publicize Anti-Prop. 8 Rallies; Conservative Columnist Calls Foul

Hmmm. What will I hate today?Conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is calling out San Francisco Chronicle political reporter Joe Garofoli for what she says is an inappropriate role in publicizing rallies in support of same-sex marriage.Malkin pointed out on her Web site this afternoon th ... More >>

Drama Season

Prop. 8 divides Mormon family during the holidays.

Will Gay Marriage Have to Wait for Democracy to Catch Up?

History's Answer: Yes By Peter Jamison Since Californians voted to enshrine discrimination against gay couples in their state constitution on Nov. 4, the varied strains of lamentation from San Francisco's chattering classes have risen to a choral swell. The success of Proposition 8, which banned s ... More >>

State Supreme Court To Review Gay Marriage Ban

The Supreme Court of California just announced that it will consider the constitutional challenge to the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, but it will not issue a stay, which means the state considers gay marriages illegal pending the outcome of the constitutional challenge. San Francisco, San Jos ... More >>

Obama Supports 'Separate But Equal' Principle For Gays

Oh, the irony of it all: When it comes to his views on same-sex marriage, the first black man elected president in the U.S. uses the same principle employed in the past by whites to justify segregation in this country. Barack Obama opposes gay marriage, but he supports civil unions. Separate but ... More >>

"No on 8" activists: please, please, PLEASE, don't turn this into a holy war

Election Night Storylines

Still No Gay Couples in No on 8 Ads?

The Tragedy of Gavin Newsom & Chris Daly’s Shared Flaw

Will black neighborhoods in S.F. support the gay marriage ban — again?

Prop 8 Ad Wars: The Counterattack

Tourists Live It Up While Poor San Franciscans Take Stay-Cations

Monday: Phelps Camp VS. Gays and Gavin Newsom at City Hall

The Gay Divorcees

Gay marriage is new. Gay divorce isn't.

Rumor Mill: Historic Day For Gay Marriage in May?

New York State recognizes, but won’t perform, gay marriage

I Wish I'd Written That

Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 13, 2005

"I Do" Redux

Do you subconsciously oppose gay marriage? Take our quiz and set your id free!

Looking Ahead

Aides insist that Mayor Gavin Newsom is focused on City Hall; his sudden celebrity has spawned speculation about higher office. Much higher.

Institute of Hate

Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

South to the Future

Feminists Protest Gay Marriages

Beautiful Dreamers

John and Tom Henning hope to beat Sen. William "Pete" Knight at his own game, with a ballot initiative to legalize gay marriage in California

Beautiful Dreamers

The anti-Knight initiative

The Holy War Over Gay Marriage

Eighty Methodist pastors from Northern California plan to challenge church law by co-officiating at a lesbian wedding. It's an act of conscience that could sunder America's second-largest denomination -- and bring gay marriage to the center of national co

Letters

Against All Odds

Fundamentalists want to ban same-sex marriage. All across California, people are mad as hell. So how come nobody's doing anything about it?