Funny gal Ellen DeGeneres has some words for ‘One Million Moms,’ the anti-gay group who rallied for her removal as JC Penney spokesperson. TV’s daytime queen addressed the group in Wednesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Good news for marriage equality in California yesterday!” she begins. “Yesterday an appeals court ruled that Prop. 8…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego District Attorney and Mayoral candidate Bonnie Dumanis released the following statement in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion today finding Prop 8 unconstitutional. “Today’s ruling is an important legal victory that finally brings Californians closer than ever to marriage equality in our state,” said Dumanis. “For those…
WASHINGTON – The tax returns for Mitt Romney’s charitable foundation reveal that the GOP presidential hopeful has given at least $35,000 in recent years to groups actively working to halt the spread of LGBT equality and, in some cases, intentionally demonize LGBT people. The revelation comes two weeks after Romney said in New Hampshire that…
Katie O’Malley, wife of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, says she regrets calling opponents of gay marriage “cowards” in light of the failed marriage equality bill which did not succeed through the state’s legislature last year. O’Malley made the comments Thursday evening in opening statements at the 24th National Conference of LGBT Equality: Creating Change in…
Mayor Jerry Sanders joined with more than 75 other U.S. mayors to pledge to support marriage for same-sex, gay and lesbian couples today in Washington at the 80th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Among some of the other big-city mayors who also pledged their support were Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Mayor Thomas…
SACRAMENTO – Equality California has announced that it intends to sponsor a bill authored by Assemblymember Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) that will ensure state veterans benefits are not denied to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) veterans discharged from the military solely because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Sacramento Valley Veterans…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a new video featuring civil rights pioneer and NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond as part of their Americans for Marriage Equality public-education campaign. “There are few who have so dramatically changed this country for the better like Dr. Julian Bond,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “We…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new video campaign that features Cory Booker, Mo’Nique, and Julian Bond in its latest public campaign for marriage equality, and that’s no accident, according to The New York Times. The videos are part of the Americans for Marriage Equality campaign, which aims to educate Americans about same-sex…
See this week’s print edition of San Diego LGBT Weekly for in-depth coverage – out Thursday. Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia’s resignation, which was announced earlier today, comes in the wake of the organization’s decision to stand down from its mission to repeal Proposition 8 – and, according to insiders staffing cuts will…
North Carolina is the only state in the Southeast without legal language in its constitution that would otherwise ban same-sex marriage. While the state’s law already defines marriage between a man and a woman, the state constitution does not, prompting Republican lawmakers to move quickly in order to squander the possibility of legalized gay marriage…
