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Is Obama failing the gay community? Obama governs like he's less concerned about change. ...

The Supreme gamble of gay marriage Gay marriage advocates will plea their case to one of the most staunch conservative-dominated Supreme Courts in recent history. ...

U.S. Supreme Court Bans Video Broadcast Of Prop 8 Case According to The California Report, the U.S. Supreme Court has indefinitely blocked video coverage of arguments in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Vaughn Walker, the presiding judge o ...

Gay Marriage Proponents Delay Prop. 8 Ballot Leaders of Equality California, one of the state’s largest gay rights groups, announced Wednesday it will wait until 2012 to push for an amendment to the California Constitution to permit same-sex marriage.  ...

Speak Out: Who's next after Calif.'s Prop 8 ruling? The court's Tuesday ruling on Proposition 8 held that a fundamental right can be stripped by a mere 30 percent of the electorate. As Justice Moreno points out in his dissent, "under the majority's view, it is not clear what sorts of state constitutional constraints limit the power of a majority of the electorate to discriminate against minorities." Thus, the operative question today is not about the outcome of same sex marriage in California, but rather "who's next?" ...

Police Arrest 175 anti-Prop 8 Protesters Police arrested 175 protesters blocking a major San Francisco intersection after the California Supreme court ruled to uphold Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. There are no reported injuries stemming from arrests or protests. ...

5 reasons gay marriage will pass next time around Today, the California Supreme Court upheld the ban on same-sex marriages, as most people expected them to do. The issue of gay marriage will undoubtedly come back to California voters as early as next year. I think they will have a change of heart. ...

Prop. 8 Upheld by California Supreme Court The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 on Tuesday, but stated all those who married before November will remain covered under state law. Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage sparked activism and protests after being passed during the last state election with 52 percent of votes.  Prior to last fall, California and Massachusetts were the only states allowing gay marriage. Iowa, Connecticut and Maine legalized same-sex marriage, while New York, New Jersey and New Hamp ...

Why aren't LGBT Issues on black America's radar? As soon as the fracas over Proposition 8 — which outlawed gay marriage — died down, the black community went back to ignoring LGBT issues. ...