Three federal appeals court judges left little doubt at a hearing in San Francisco today that they are likely to favor same-sex marriage rights in…
A letter to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone signed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, state and city officials and other…
9:34 PM: Inside a City Hall building lit up in rainbow colors and in front of a large rainbow flag atop the stairs of the…
In what may be the final step in a nine-year battle over same-sex marriage in California, the state Supreme Court today turned down a petition…
The California Supreme Court today turned down a petition in which the sponsors of Proposition 8 sought to have the ban on same-sex marriage put…
Two same-sex marriage experts told lawyers at an American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco today that they expect an “explosion of litigation” around the…
As promised, San Diego County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg asked the California Supreme Court today to dismiss a lawsuit in which he asked the panel to…
After Pope Francis made comments Monday about accepting gay people, the archbishop of San Francisco responded, praising the leader of the Catholic Church but reinforcing…
For the second time in eight days, the California Supreme Court refused today to halt same-sex marriages in the state. In a one-line order issued…
3:20 PM: The California Supreme Court today turned down a request by the backers of Proposition 8 for an immediate halt to same-sex marriages in…
The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court today to block the continuation of same-sex marriages in the state. The sponsors argued in…
Santa Clara County is in the midst of another week of same-sex marriages days after what is believed to be the county’s busiest day ever…
Only days after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a 2010 injunction blocking same-sex marriages, the San Francisco county clerk’s office has issued…
6/30 10:35 AM: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today denied an emergency petition filed by sponsors of California’s Proposition 8 to halt gay and…
A federal appeals court cleared the way today for same-sex marriages to resume in California, setting off an expected wave of weddings that began with…
Bay Area county clerks’ offices scrambled today to accommodate same-sex couples seeking marriage licenses after a federal appeals court lifted a stay and allowed the…
7:52 PM: Couples rushed into San Francisco City Hall to get married this evening after a court ruling repealing a 2008 ballot measure banning same-sex…
A federal appeals court in San Francisco cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit…
It was hard not find a smile in San Francisco’s Castro District Wednesday night as hundreds of gay rights supports gathered to celebrate Wednesday’s U.S….
The Bay Area faith community responded to the U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding same-sex marriage with dozen of religious leaders gathering in San Francisco this…
Members of the LGBT community and their supporters will gather in San Francisco’s Castro District this evening to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on…
With state leaders convinced that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Proposition 8 this morning paves the way for same-sex marriages to resume soon in…
Gov. Jerry Brown, state Attorney General Kamala Harris, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and lawyers for two couples who challenged Proposition 8 all say…
Once the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sponsors of Proposition 8 had no standing, or legal authority, to appeal a trial court ruling that…
Elated couples and same-sex marriage supporters celebrated at San Francisco City Hall this morning as they learned that the U.S. Supreme Court had dismissed an…
Last update: 8:19 AM Read The Supreme Court Decisions Here UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF SPYER, ET AL: The Defense of…
11:53 AM (Julia Cheever, BCN): The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, is due on Wednesday. Chief Justice…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, could follow any of at least half a dozen complex scenarios….
With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to make a ruling this month on California’s ban on same-sex marriage, county clerks’ offices around the Bay Area…
