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March 15, 2013
Federal government gets permission to argue for gay marriage before Supreme Court

US Solicitor General to speak during oral arguments in Prop 8 case

The US government has been granted face time before the Supreme Court later this month during oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8.

The Department of Justice had asked to participate in the arguments scheduled for 26 March and the court granted the request today.

The order states: 'The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.'

Proposition 8 is a referendum approved by California voters in 2008 banning gay marriage.

March 12, 2013
LGBT groups to rally outside Supreme Court on DOMA and Prop 8 case days

Washington DC event among 60 planned across US on March 26 and 27

As the US Supreme Court is inside listening to oral arguments in cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, activists plan to be outside making a statement in the court of public opinion.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, United for Marriage and a coalition of other LGBT grassroots organizations, will rally outside the court in Washington DC on 26 and 27 March, the days oral arguments in the cases will be given.

July 31, 2012
Gay marriage opponents appeal Prop. 8 case to US Supreme Court

Court to decide after its summer recess whether to hear landmark case

Gay marriage opponents on Tuesday (31 July) asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a federal appellate court decision that struck down California's Proposition 8 which stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry.

Proposition 8 sponsors Protect Marriage described the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in February that California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional as 'misguided.'

June 5, 2012
California's Attorney General Kamala Harris talks to Gay Star News about the fight for same-sex marriage

'Until all people have equal rights, especially on this issue of marriage, we can't celebrate'

When it came time for California's Attorney General Kamala Harris to address the crowd at Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's annual LGBT Garden Party over the weekend, the sound system was no longer working properly.

The the words of the event's guest of honor could still be heard loud and clear above the crowd.

February 8, 2012
Supreme Court could be next stop in Prop. 8 case

Both sides confident of victory before highest court in U.S.

The legal battle over California's Proposition 8 will likely not end with the ruling Tuesday (7 February) by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.

The ruling will now most certainly be appealed by Prop. 8 proponents to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court can either decide not to hear the case and allow the ruling to stand, or set the stage for the ultimate legal battle over same-sex marriage.