SACRAMENTO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- California lawmakers say their resolutions supporting the overthrow of a ban on same-sex marriages are about civil rights rather than politics.
MIAMI, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Miami child welfare judge ruled Tuesday that a Florida law banning adoption by same-sex couples is unconstitutional, observers said.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a challenge to a voter-passed measure that would outlaw same-sex marriages in the state.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists say a number of protests are occurring in California in opposition of a new ban on same-sex marriage statewide.
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Connecticut began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, an act eclipsed by Election Day ballot measures in three other states barring gay marriages.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The California Musical Theatre says its artistic director resigned over his donation to a state ballot measure banning same-sex marriage.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Forty-three California lawmakers have filed a brief urging the state Supreme Court to void a proposition that strips same-sex couples of the right to marry.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Sunday said "we will ... maybe undo" a measure passed by voters Tuesday stripping same-sex couples of the right to marry.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Gay rights activists gathered Thursday outside a Mormon temple in Los Angeles to protest the church's role in repealing same-sex marriage in California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union and two gay-rights groups are challenging a voter-passed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages in California.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- As Florida and Arizona voters elected to ban gay marriages, Californians voted to overturn a court decision legalizing same-sex marriages.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Same-sex couples in California were flocking to get married as a ballot initiative to overturn the unions' legality hung in the balance, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A majority of voters oppose a measure to repeal same-sex marriage rights in California but the measure is gaining support, a poll released Friday indicated.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Evangelical Christians say they hope the collective power of prayer will sway voters to support California's proposed ban of same-sex marriage.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Proposals on state ballots will ask U.S. voters to consider chickens' living conditions, funding education through gambling and alternative energy use.