Ninth Circuit Court Defers Ruling on Proposition 8 Until Standing Issue Resolved

January 17, 2011

On Jan. 4, after only a month of debate, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals published their ruling on the case determining the constitutionality of Proposition 8. In their official ruling, Judges Reinhardt, Hawkins, and N.R. Smith stated, “we cannot consider this important constitutional... Read more »

News analysis: Same-sex marriage hearing probes meaning of an institution

the Legend staff
December 17, 2010

A team of Legend writers listened to the final arguments in the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 6 in San Francisco and prepared the news analysis below. A video of the hearings is available here.  Also, be sure to check out the Urban Legend’s... Read more »

Editorial: California, it’s time to approve same-sex marriage

Megan Madden and Sabrina Werby, staff writers
December 16, 2010

We live in a paper world: checkbooks, receipts, essays, sketchbooks, and the ever-versatile paper napkin. But for millions of gay and lesbian Californians, one very important piece of paper is out of reach. And, to Beth Tepper, executive director of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, “that one... Read more »

Same-sex marriage hearing sparks demonstration in San Francisco

the Legend staff
December 15, 2010

It was your typical “only in San Francisco” protest: On the morning of Dec. 6, the song “We Shall Overcome” drifted out from the crowd massed in front of the federal courthouse in downtown San Francisco. A man with a loudspeaker, apparently opposed to whatever was about to take place, stood across... Read more »