In light of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing of same sex marriage in California, the Berkeley City Council will consider closing the city’s Domestic Partnership Registry at its Oct. 1 meeting. Read More…
Spencer’s mom Kristin Perry served as a defendant in Hollingsworth v. Perry, in which the Supreme Court decided in a close 5-4 ruling to void a previous lower court trial on California’s Proposition 8 bill which upheld the statewide ban on same-sex marriage.
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Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage on Wednesday morning, members of the Berkeley community celebrated a major victory for the LGBTQIA community. Read More…
California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) filed an amicus curiae brief in support of overturning California’s Proposition 8, according to a press release. Read More…
In an interview during the 2012 election season, a prominent American politician spoke highly of advocates of traditional marriage. They are motivated by an impulse to “preserve and strengthen families,” he said. He avoided framing the debate over gay marriage as a civil rights issue, calling it instead a disagreement Read More…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 – the measure banning gay marriage in the state of California, the court announced Friday. Read More…
The ASUC Senate will hold its fifth meeting of the semester Wednesday night, which will possibly include a vote on a bill opposing Proposition 8 and the introduction of several bills that suggest making amendments to the ASUC bylaws. The ASUC Standing Committee on University and External Affairs passed a bill Read More…
For too long, the rights of same-sex couples have remained suspended in California, inexplicably restricted by a law that is both rationally and morally reprehensible. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ Tuesday ruling that struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban — passed by ballot initiative Proposition 8 in Read More…
A tall man in his 40s with a booming laugh and a silver earring, Pastor Jeff Johnson has a lot to say about the role of the Christian church in the love lives of Christians and non-Christians alike. It is Taco Thursday at the University Lutheran Chapel, and Johnson is Read More…
SAN FRANCISCO — Albany resident Alan Eckert was alone on the corner of Seventh and Mission streets early Tuesday morning holding a colorful sign that read, “GAYS — We love Boies,” a play on words praising lawyer David Boies for helping oppose California Proposition 8. Eckert felt the need to Read More…