Same-Sex Marriage: State vs. Fed Molly mckay, Media Director, Marriage Equality USA Jennifer Morse, President and Founder, Ruth Institute at the National Organization for Marriage Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco; Attorney for the plaintiffs in current court case challenging Prop. 8 Kevin Snider, Chief Counsel, Pacific Justice Institute Doug Sovern, Broadcast Journalist, “Sovern Nation” on KCBS; Three-time Winner, aps Reporter of the Year Award for California – Moderator Six years ago, the eyes of the nation were focused on San Francisco when Mayor Gavin Newsom granted almost 4000 same-sex couples marriage licenses. But the battle was far from over. With the passage of Proposition 8 in 2008, only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California; this year, after numerous protests, lawsuits and campaigns, San Franciscos Federal District Court will decide the constitutional validity of the law. Our panel of experts will take a closer look at how individual states and the federal government are battling it out.
Same-sex couples can now legally marry in the Washington, DC. The US capital’s new law allowing homosexual couples to marry took effect Wednesday after much controversy. Elizabeth Lee has more.
Nothing can stop a gay or lesbian couple from taking the plunge, not if that gay or lesbian couple gets married in Washington DC. As of yesterday, the US capital was legally bound to grant marriage licenses to homosexual marriage hopefuls.
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Lauren Ashley, who will represent Beverly Hills in the upcoming Miss California USA Pageant, has caused a controversy by stating publically that she is against gay marriage because it goes against the Bible. Video Source: KABC Los Angeles _
The scuttling of what could have been the first Gay marriage in Kenya has brought to the fore the raging debate of homosexuality in the African continent. In Kenya it is unlawful to be gay.