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CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 27, 2013 |
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered this week. On Tuesday, they heard testimony on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriages. Some members of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be concerned Wednesday that a federal law barring recognition of same-sex marriages interfered with state rights, a law professor said.
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CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 27, 2013 |
For the last decade, Tom Carpenter and his husband, Art Andrade, have taken every step forward - and back - in the changing landscape of rights for gay couples in California. They are one of the estimated 18,000 gay married couples who are legally recognized by the state of California, but still not considered married in the eyes of the federal government. As the Supreme Court takes up Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act this week, Carpenter is playing close attention to the latter, which would allow him and Andrade to share survivor's benefits and other federal perks that straight couples enjoy.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 27, 2013 |
The Supreme Court won't issue its rulings on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act until this summer, but proponents of gay marriage can take heart knowing they've just about won over at least one prominent conservative: Bill O'Reilly. On Tuesday's episode of "The O'Reilly Factor," anchor (former attorney) Megyn Kelly stopped by to discuss Tuesday's Supreme Court hearings. She claimed that "the country's views on this issue are changing," largely because "same-sex marriage advocates have done a credible job of getting out there and making their case.
NEWS
March 27, 2013 |
WASHINGTON - With arguments underway Wednesday in the Supreme Court over whether the federal government should recognize gay marriage, activists on both sides of the debate competed for eardrums outside by cranking up the volume of protest songs coming from boom boxes. As on Tuesday, gay marriage supporters vastly outnumbered opponents. Supporters of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples, waved signs reading "Kids do best with a mom and dad" and "Appeal to Heaven.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 27, 2013 |
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Gay marriage proponents are riding into Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court discussion about the Defense of Marriage Act on a wave of support from Proposition 8 debates a day earlier. The court Wednesday was hearing arguments on the legality of withholding tax and Social Security benefits from same-sex couples in states where gay marriages are legal. On Tuesday evening, gay marriage proponents and opponents of California's Proposition 8 rallied around the country.
NEWS
March 27, 2013 |
WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since Sunday, Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, Mark Warner of Virginia, Mark Begich of Alaska and Kay Hagan of North Carolina issued statements in support of marriage equality, bringing to 47 the total number of senators now in favor.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 26, 2013 |
Both sides of the gay marriage debate expressed optimism Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first of two days of historic legal arguments. John Eastman, a Chapman University constitutional law professor who supports California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage said he was “cautiously optimistic” after listening to the arguments in the courtroom. He said Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked what other restrictions, such as prohibitions on adult incest or polygamy, would fall if the court treated marriage as a fundamental right.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 26, 2013 |
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in two cases that could become landmarks of American legal history: challenges to Proposition 8, the 2008 voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage in California, and to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The final decision won't be announced for months, but there's quite a few books that offer insight into the Supreme Court and the issues of same-sex marriage to tide you over until then.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 26, 2013 |
In Echo Park on Tuesday morning, Sean Stentz was among those expressing support for gay marriage as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on California's Proposition 8. Marriage is a fundamental individual right that should be available to everyone, Stentz said. “The rights and benefits that come with marriage are nice, but I mean, I don't know anybody that says, 'Oh, it sucks that we can't get married because I have this great severance package,'” said Stentz, 34, a record store owner.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 26, 2013 |
Facebook users are seeing red Tuesday, and it has nothing to do with a Taylor Swift album or a Target commercial. Instead, gay marriage supporters across the nation have changed their profile pictures to a stark red equal sign as they monitor the Supreme Court's hearing of California's Proposition 8. The red equal sign is an alteration of the Human Rights Campaign's standard blue and yellow logo. The advocacy group, which “seeks to improve the lives of LGBT Americans,” has called on its followers to show support for marriage equality by wearing red Tuesday.
