At the center of the argument in the 136-page ruling that Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker issued overturning Proposition 8 was the argument that “moral and religious views” alone are not a “rational ...

Thursday's decision by the California State Supreme Court keeps alive the hope by "Yes on 8" proponents that the voter-passed ballot proposition preventing gay marriage in 2008 may survive. But ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Backers of California's same-sex-marriage ban on Monday moved to wipe out last year's ruling that declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional, saying the federal judge who heard the ...

Following the horrific murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, the entertainment and political worlds are reflecting on a legacy that transcends film. While celebrated for directing ...

This week the voters in the state of Maine will go to the polls to decide on a gay marriage referendum that is widely considered a test case for the rest of the nation. This vote is so important that ...

When Proposition 8 was fought at the ballot box in California to deny the newly-minted right to marry for gay and lesbian couples, those leading the charge were mainly religious. The Mormon Church ...

This week's decision striking down Prop 8, the California ballot initiative that sought to establish a constituional prohibition on same-sex marriage, might seem like a defeat for the initiative ...

Charles Cooper, the attorney defending a federal challenge to Proposition 8, delivered his closing argument on same-sex marriage Wednesday. But Chief Judge Vaughn Walker made it feel more like a cross ...