Barack Obama may not support gay marriage, but he’s certainly not backing a potential ban in California. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this weekend penned a letter in which he voiced his opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment restricting marriage to heterosexual couples: …I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states. For too long. issues of LGBT rights have been exploited by those seeking to divide us. It’s time to move beyond polarization and live up to our founding promise of equality by treating ...

(hat tip Joe.My.God) Republican presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed the upcoming ballot measure to attempt to amend the California constitution to ban (and possibly repeal) gay marriage. He sent an email to Protect Marriage saying: "I support the efforts of the people of California to recognize marriage as a unique institution between a man and a woman, just as we did in my home state of Arizona. I do not believe judges should be making these decisions." Unfrtunately, California will not be the only Western state voting on a measure to amend its constitution to define marriage ...

(San Francisco, CA) – Three California voters and four organizations dedicated to protecting the civil rights of gay and lesbian people filed a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court on Friday about an initiative that seeks to change the California Constitution to bar gay and lesbian couples from marriage. That initiative is currently slated to [...] ...