This week we've heard a great deal of testimony from the Proposition 8 court case about the historical and cultural implications of marriage. In expert testimony, we've also been told how, traditionally, the idea of "protecting children" from homosexu... ...

“If the president’s parents had lived in Virginia, their marriage would have been unlawful. Doesn’t that indicate there’s been quite a change in our understanding of what people are entitled to marry? Couldn’t an argument be made that there’s been a similar evolution with respect to same-sex marriage?” — U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, referring [...] ...

Hollywood director, actor Rob Reiner has emerged as an unexpected voice, (for some) in support of gay marriage. He was at the Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco earlier this week. CBSNewsOnline has that story: Rob Reiner Challenges Prop 8 Related Posts: - Prop 8 Coverage – Day 1 - Prop 8 Coverage – Day 2 - More Highlights from [...] ...

Via SCOTUSblog: Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked any television broadcast to the general public of the San Francisco federal court challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The stay will remain in effect until the Court rules on a coming appeal challenging the TV order. The Court, chastizing lower courts for attempting “to change its rules at the eleventh hour,” issued a 17-page opinion. The ruling came out nearly 40 minutes after an earlier temporary order blocking TV had technically expired. ...

Yet another exhibit in the case against heterosexual marriage! (Via Lady Bunny) ...

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The Baptist Press is all up in a tizzy over the Prop. 8 trial happening this week in California. (The [...] ...

As things get underway with the Perry vs. Schwarzenegger case about the fate of gay marriage in Califronia (and perhaps, by setting some precedent, elsewhere in the States), let us take a moment to glance though the pages of MANual magazine's March 1966 issue, shall we? ...

Gay blogger/journo Paul Hogarth writes on the “bumpy road” to marriage equality, addressing various facets of the movement to legalize [...] ...

Olson's essay: The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage [Newsweek] ...