He's the administrator of a Christian school. He's a Republican. And in Indiana, he's the senator who is seeking to change the state's constitution so that it more fully turns into a weapon against loving gay couples. Meet Carlin Yoder and his hurtful handiwork: he Indiana Senate revived a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages Thursday, approving the measure and sending it to the House, where it's likely to meet a quick death. The 38-10 vote marked the fourth time the Senate has approved such a provision, which must be approved by two separately elected legislatures and voters before being placed into the ...

Gay marriage is back in the California courts today — The much awaited Prop. 8 trial is underway. Prop. 8 News & Coverage: - LA Times: Prop. 8 trial to include unprecedented testimony — Challengers of the same-sex marriage ban plan to call to the stand homosexual couples, experts on the history of sexual discrimination and marriage, [...] ...

Back in April, Nate Silver created a great color-coded map of the states that showed his predictions for the the last years a marriage ban would pass in those states. His prediction for Maine? 2009. It’s now or never, anti-LGBT Mainites! (Mainers?) But even their last chance isn’t looking so good. Today, super-statistician Nate wrote that, based on those stats behind his map, the same-sex marriage ban is likely to fail. . . . we come up with an estimated level of support for the ban of 43.5 percent, with 56.5 percent opposed. In other words, the model’s ...