Appearing with this San Francisco Chronicle article on last weekend's International Bear Rendevouz was this picture of grrr-inducing bears hairymaking merrymaking "during the country-western Hanky Dance." Woof![source] ...
Judge Vaughn Walker San Francisco Chronicle photo by Paul Chin Chief US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who is hearing the Perry v. Schwarzenegger (Prop 8) case in San Francisco, is gay. San Francisco Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross publicly revealed that in a Sunday column. But they weren’t exactly “outing” the judge. They write that it has been “the biggest open secret in the landmark trial”. They write: Many gay politicians in San Francisco and lawyers who have had dealings with Walker say the 65-year-old jurist, appointed to the bench by President George ...
The San Francisco Chronicle has published a story revealing to the general public an open secret that many of us have already known: Vaughn Walker, the federal judge conducting the federal trial into the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 known as Perry v. Schwarznegger, is gay:The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay. Many gay politicians in San Francisco and lawyers who have had dealings with Walker say the 65-year-old jurist, appointed ...
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365gay.com: Historian says marriage is about more than procreation
CNN: Prop. 8 is simply unconstitutional
Newsweek: The conservative case for gay marriage
San Francisco Chronicle: YouTube could humanize issue
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365gay.com: Live blogging and news stories
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Law Dork: Daily analysis of trial proceddings
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Dozens of supporters of marriage equality rallied outside the Phillip Burton US Courthouse building in San Francisco as the Prop 8 trial got underway San Francisco Chronicle photo by Liz Hafalia “Marriage symbolizes the most important decision you make as an adult,” said Kristin Perry in today’s first day of the trial in San Francisco on a suit that challenges the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Perry and her partner, Sandra Stier of Berkeley, California are two of the four plaintiff’s in the landmark case that asks the US District Court to to issue an injunction against ...
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