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Paul Waters and Kevin Voecks: reflecting on five years of marriage in California
FrameworkPaul Waters and Kevin Voecks were married June 17, 2008, among the first couples wed in California after the state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. Their wedding, organized in just 12 days by Waters, was held on the lot of CBS Studio... -
Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Judges, Defense of Marriage Act, Family, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elections
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On the Supreme Court's docket
Here are the top cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide in the next two weeks: California's Proposition 8: Does the California ballot measure limiting marriage to a man and a woman deny same-sex couples their right to the equal protection of...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Minority Groups, Anti Trust Crime, Defense of Marriage Act
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L.A. Film Festival: 'The New Black' evaluates politics from pews
With same-sex marriage being evaluated at the state level across the country and the Supreme Court near its decision on the subject, the documentary "The New Black" could hardly be more timely. The film premiered Friday to a theater of enthusiastic...
Tags: Entertainment, Festive Events, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Family
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Gay marriage: Like it or not, polls go in only one direction
The 2008 vote on Proposition 8 is the only poll that matters on the subject of California and same-sex marriage, according to opponents of gay marriage. And that’s indeed how many people responded to the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll of...
Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Poll shows Californians favor legalizing same-sex marriage
As the Supreme Court prepares a decision on the fate of Proposition 8, nearly six in 10 California voters now believe same-sex marriage should be legal, with support rising among older voters and in all regions of the state, a new poll has found. The...
Tags: Marriage, Polls, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Elections
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Lesbians gather with pride in West Hollywood
They said it loudly and repeatedly, and they wore stickers and clutched signs proclaiming it: lesbian. "Yes, I am!" hundreds of female voices chanted in a crowded West Hollywood park. "Yes, I am!" Lesbians, their supporters and friends gathered Friday...
Tags: Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Entertainment, Social Issues, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Pride San Diego
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Marriage and families
A steady trickle of responses taking issue with reader Lori Graham's letter opposed to same-sex marriage has been coming into The Times' mailbag since the letter was published May 31. It isn't atypical for us to run pieces taking Graham's position, and...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Family, U.S. Supreme Court
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Same-sex marriage 'inevitable,' most Americans say
Even as they await rulings from the Supreme Court this month on the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage agree on one point -- legal recognition has become inevitable. Nearly three-quarters of...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Elections
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David W. Ross hopes 'I Do' stirs action on gay marriage
Talk about tapping into the zeitgeist. With most polls now showing a majority in favor of marriage equality, 12 states legally recognizing gay marriage and the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or...
Tags: Entertainment, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Festive Events, Defense of Marriage Act, Israel
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Letters: Gay rights hit home
Re "What matters now about marriage," Opinion, May 26 It is small consolation that David Blankenhorn changed his opposition to gay marriage because of "personal relationships," after speaking against it for several years. As with former Vice President...
Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, U.S. Supreme Court
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Last call at WeHo's last lesbian bar
On Sunday night at West Hollywood's last lesbian bar, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" blared over the speakers. Dozens of women stood outside the Palms on Santa Monica Boulevard, hugging old friends and escaping from the heat inside the...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Apple iPad, Media Industry, Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Demographics
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