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.
In California the issue of marriage isn't being decided by couples, but by a judge.
Across the country couples face the tough decision: to marry or not to marry. But in California that decision is being left up to a judge. A federal judge can't order that people change their minds, however. No court can. Essentially, who is responsible for making important decisions about marriage?
Gay marriage is not allowed in New York, but they'll tell you where it is allowed.
City hall will now let gay couples know where they can go (and not straight to hell, Stephen Colbert) to make their nuptials happen. I know that City Hall has a certain cache and credibility that the webs just don't, but don't they have bigger fish to fry? Defying the state and allowing gay weddings would be a good use of calories; voting to print out a page from Wikipedia is not.
Proposition 8 is ruled unconstitutional and house wives in Russia are crazy.
This week, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional. And while some may cheer and some may shake their fists, the reality is that this week marks a huge change for marriage in America. How do you think this week's ruling will change traditional marriage in America? We'd love to hear your opinion. Without further ado, here are this week's links.
Are you a nightmare date? Benefits of being poorly endowed. An orgasm caught on MRI.
The use of MRI has shown the female orgasm. There are, evidently, benefits to being poorly endowed. What happens when good relationships have crummy sex lives? Prop 8 and menopause? How the economy is creating breadwinner wives. Are men comfortable earning substantially less than their wives? What if a nightmare date is really your fault? The old dropping fruit in the supermarket trick... in reverse. How to reveal that you write a dating blog. Are beautiful women bad friends? And why, exactly, do women break up with men?
Sonny and Cher's kid says he has always known he’s a fellow.
Chastity Bono, the only child of entertainers Sonny and Cher, has begun taking steps to transition from female to male, a publicist revealed yesterday. He began living as a man in March, shortly after his 40th birthday, and is now known to his family and friends as Chaz.
David Hyde Pierce, who played fussy psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier for eleven seasons and won four Emmys for his work, appeared on The View last Thursday to discuss his recent marriage, to TV producer Brian Hargrove, and last week's decision by the California Supreme Court to ban future gay marriages. "I was sitting in front of my television wondering, 'Gee, I hope it's okay the Supreme Court thinks I'm married.' Excuse me, it's none of your business," he said.
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.
Need to save your marriage? Have you thought about the benefits of outlawing gay marriage?
A man decides he needs to save his marriage. And it's not the drinking, philandering and humiliations that threaten his marriage, it's gay marriage. Despite it's message, we think this may have actually been an anti Proposition 8 item (i.e. pro gay marriage).
So, so inspiring: last week, tens of thousands of people across the country came out in support of same-sex marriage after California voters passed Prop 8, which nullified previously legal unions.
From New York City to Minneapolis, D.C. to San Fransisco, gay marriage supporters turned out in huge crowds to protest the bigotry which occurred in California on Nov. 4.
Prop 8, Amendment 2, wife-swapping Egyptians, and an ADHD-Divorce link.
Google and Apple throw their bucks into the Prop 8 fracas. Florida has it's own 'definition of marriage' bill. Sometimes Japanese people burn down hotels instead of telling their fiance that they don't want to get married. Internet dating is popular amongst the elderly Chinese, at least one elderly Chinese. Wife-swapping in Egypt is not tolerated. Lots of British people have sex at work. There may be a link between ADHD and divorce. And it's still tough to run a sex club in suburban Dallas.
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