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.
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Catholic Church of England and Wales warned Roman Catholic priests against using language in their parishes that might offend gay and lesbian worshipers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama is expected to delay until 2010 a decision to seek an end to the ban on open gays in the military, transition team advisers say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he supports aid for the auto industry and will not personally fight the state's voter-approved a gay marriage ban.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- From New York to San Francisco, Minneapolis to Salt Lake City, thousands of people rallied Saturday to support same-sex marriage.
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.
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.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Black voters in California who supported Barack Obama for president voted overwhelmingly to ban same-sex marriage in the state, say election analysts.
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.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- TV personality Ellen DeGeneres said she was saddened to hear California voters said "yes" to a measure overturning a ruling that legalized same-sex marriages.
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.
MIAMI, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Supporters of gay adoptions are awaiting the decision of a Miami court that might provide a means of overturning a state law preventing gays from adopting.
SYDNEY, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. comedian Jerry Lewis acted inappropriately by calling cricket a "fag game" on an Australian television broadcast, an equal rights advocate says.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Californians remain closely divided over the issue of same-sex marriage but a majority of voters are against a proposal to legally ban it, a poll indicates.
