A federal appeals court has ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
A federal appeals court has ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, setting up a showdown in the Supreme Court. The state instituted the ban after voters narrowly passed Proposition 8 in 2008. But Tuesday's panel affirmed by a 2–1 vote that a lower-court judge was correct when he said the referendum violated the U.S. Constitution.
The oral sex entry in a Merriam Webster dictionary causes outrage in a California school system.
The parent of a fifth-grader was disturbed when his son looked up "oral sex" in Merriam Webster's 10th edition and found a definition with the word "genitals." "Oral stimulation of the genitals" in fact, was the exact definition. The nerve! Our question: why is this inappropriate? It is called "oral sex" afterall. Is the fact that gentials are involved supposed to be a shocker?
Our writer gives us the inside story on the cougars and cubs at the national convention.
When Courteney Cox is banking her post-Friends career on a show titled Cougar Town, you know the trend of older women dating younger men has reached its tipping point. The term cougar isn't just a punchline anymore. And why should it be? As Demi Moore might say, "what's wrong with women asserting their sexual needs and romantic desires with younger partners?"
For 18 years, Nancy Garrido stood by, knowing her husband kept another woman in captivity.
Perhaps the most disturbing detail to come out of this disturbing case is the fact that Phillip Garrido's wife knew about Jaycee the entire time. She was present in the car when Jayce was kidnapped in front of her house in South Lake Tahoe. And she remained silent all 18 years, as Jaycee and her daughters lived behind her house, never having gone to school or a doctor.
Ryan Alexander Jenkins suspected of murder after being booted from "Megan Wants A Millionaire."
Ryan Alexander Jenkins suspected of murder after being booted from "Megan Wants A Millionaire." Visit YourTango's Celebrity Love blog for the horriffic story.
The first-ever National Single Cougars Convention will be held in Palo Alto, California, hosted by the Society of Single Professionals, the country's largest non-profit organization for singles. The event will be held at Dinah's Garden Hotel on Friday, August 28.
Discussing finances with your significant other can be tricky business. Here are some tips.
They say you’re never supposed to talk about money, but in the recession, it’s kind of hard not to. Despite a growing savings rate, there has been massive income loss and a dramatic devaluing or even obliteration of assets. For a lot of us, money is forefront and ever-present on our minds.
New Hampshire gives same-sex couples the green light while the matter goes on elsewhere
It could just be our imagination, but it seems like the gay marriage movement keeps pushing forward. With one more state allowing same-sex marriage, one former federal official supporting same-sex marriage and a plethora of other states also tackling the issue, news on the topic is not likely to taper off anytime soon. Maybe more officials will stop being Dick... Cheneys and actually follow the former veep's lead.
The gay marriage ban in California was not overturned by its Supreme Court.
California's Supreme Court has voted 6 to 1 to uphold the controversial Proposition 8 addendum to California Law. The law narrows the definition of marriage to a single man and a single woman. The bill was part of the November 4th ballot and featured millions and millions of dollars in donations from both sides of the gay marriage issue. Luckily for gay couples already married, they're grandfather in.
Mother of 14 kids is hiding out from press and public criticism in an undisclosed location.
Nadya Suleman, newly made mother of 14 children, is a news story that won't quit. The Associated Press reports "Suleman has been supporting her six other children with $490 a month in food stamps and receives Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters that could total $2,379 a month." Her octuplets, who were born prematurely on January 26 and remain in the hospital, are racking up further expenses. The AP says the cost of raising 14 children as a single mother in California lies somewhere between $1.3 to $2.7 million. Taxpayers—perhaps those struggling to pay their own family's expenses in a recession—are angry.
