California Proposition 8

...in May 2008 that state laws against same-sex marriage violated the California Constitution. Voters overturned the ruling by passing Proposition 8 in November 2008. The state court upheld Prop. 8 in May but validated the marriages of 18,000...

In this article: Alex Kozinski, Defense of Marriage Act, Office of Personnel Management, San Francisco, and Proposition 8

...an intervenor, or party, in a lawsuit filed by two same-sex couples in May. The lawsuit challenging the ban enacted by voters last year as Proposition 8 is scheduled to go to trial before U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco on...

In this article: Proposition 8, San Francisco, E mail, Margaret McKeown, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerry Brown, and Defendant

...Eagle Forum. She fought against the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and for the successful passage of the recent Proposition 8 in California that banned same-sex marriage. Eagar said it is time to "flush the toilet in...

In this article: Utah, Bob Bennett, U.S. Senate, and Ohio

...Sears after their July 12, 2008, marriage. Same-sex marriage was legal in California for five months last year, until voters passed Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...

In this article: Stephen Reinhardt, Defense of Marriage Act, Due process, Proposition 8, Eric Holder, Supreme Court, and Office of Personnel Management

...partner, Tony Sears, on July 12, 2008, during the five-month period when same-sex marriage was legal in California. A ballot measure, Proposition 8, was passed a year ago defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Reinhardt, who...

In this article: Stephen Reinhardt, Defense of Marriage Act, California, Due process, Proposition 8, and Eric Holder

...Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog. A Nov. 15 Outlook book review incorrectly described the Templeton Foundation as funding the Proposition 8 campaign to overturn California's law allowing same-sex marriage. John M. Templeton Jr.,...

In this article: Ralph Friedgen, University of Maryland football, Proposition 8, Templeton Foundation, First Emperor, North Carolina State, International Atomic Energy Agency, and United Nations

...taking center stage. On another social issue, same-sex marriage, the candidates have a mixed response (Whitman and Poizner were pro-Proposition 8; Campbell opposed it). However, unlike abortion and stem cell research, where California...

In this article: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meg Whitman, GOP, Tom Campbell, Pete Wilson, California, Jerry Brown, and Recession

...where the issue has been put before the voters, gay marriage has been rejected, including California's 2008 passage of the ban known as Proposition 8. Voters in Maine two weeks ago overturned a state law allowing same-sex marriages. "All...

In this article: California, Proposition 8, All rights reserved, Thomson Reuters, NYSE, Nasdaq, Equality California, and U.S.

...his sexual orientation and the beliefs of their faith, but it was a conversation between him and a sibling about her support of Proposition 8 cemented his commitment to make the film: "8: The Mormon Proposition." "I thought, if this is the...

In this article: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah, California, Salt Lake City, Suicide, Proposition 8, and God

...Equality Leadership Award in recognition of his refusal to allow the Attorney General's Office to represent the state in defending Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November, and for joining a lawsuit in...

In this article: Jerry Brown, Attorney General, Proposition 8, and California