California Attorney General Jerry Brown has reversed his earlier opinion and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. Brown filed a brief today saying Proposiiton 8 is unconstitutional because it deprives gay couples of a fundamental right. Intiially after Prop 8 passed, Brown said in his role as attorney general he would fight [...]

Yesterday a coalition of countries called on the United Nations to urge the UN members to globally decriminalize homosexuality. Of the 192 members countries, sixty-six were signatories. Noticeably absent among Western nations: the United States. WTF?! Where is America’s fierce moral leadership? Isn’t that the reason we went to war in Afganistan and Iraq–to right [...]

New Jersey governor Jon Corzine pledged Thursday to sign a gay marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and urged the Legislature to "seriously review" a report released by the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission which underscored that civil unions have failed to grant full rights to same-sex couples. In statement, the governor said: [...]

Marjorie Christoffersen is stepping down as a manager at the Los Angeles restaurant El Coyote. Christoffersen created a firestorm of controversy for the 77-year-old L.A. institution after local blogs broke the news she had donated $100 to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign at the behest of her Mormon faith.  Bill Schoeppner, a fellow manager [...]

Carrboro, NC: Main Street for marriage rights On Tuesday the town of Carrboro, NC, population approximately 19,000, made a significant step in civil rights: The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted 5-0 to support civil marriage for same-sex couples. Earlier in the month, in response to California’s Proposition 8 which eliminated same-sex marriage, and Arizona’s prop [...]

Rachel Maddow breaks down the results of post-Prop 8 polling: it wasn’t about race, it was about education and income. If you were college educated and in a higher income bracket, you were much more likely to vote against Prop 8.

Vampires, especially teenage ones, know the anguish of forbidden love, so it made perfect sense to ask Michael Welch, star of  the anguished tale of teen vampiric love  Twilight what he thought about Prop 8 which forbids same sex  marriage when we saw him at Santa’s Christmas Parade in Hollywood. Here’s his response in this [...]

On Sunday, in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park area, several hundred members of the Black LGBT community and their supporters marched through the historic African American community to peacefully protest the passage of Proposition 8. The event which featured signs like  "We Are Family Not The Enemy"  and "Black, Gay, Here to Stay," was organized by [...]

California isn’t the only front where marriage rights are being vehemently fought for.  On November 4, in Arizona Prop 102 amended that state’s Constitution by adding the following article: Marriage – Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. The Yes on 102 [...]

As a Mormon following his faith, director of the L.A. Film Festival Richard Raddon donated $1,500 to support Proposition 8.  Both the L.A. Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards are under the umbrella of Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization with the explicit mission to promote diversity. Last week, Raddon offered to resign as [...]