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The state Supreme Court’s decision to allow same-sex marriages became official Tuesday with its publication in the Connecticut Law Journal. The publication triggered a 10-day period when motions for reconsideration can be filed.
Same-Sex couples can begin picking up marriage license applications sometime on or after Nov. 10. A judge at the New Haven Superior Court, […]

Maria Shriver, California’s first lady, wife of Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, has publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage in the state. In an interview with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, she stated that she is voting No on Proposition 8.
“I believe in people’s right to choose a partner that they love, and that’s a […]

Jerry Lewis is at it again: Lewis, who last year made an anti-gay comment during his annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, spouted yet another anti-gay slur, this time at a news conference in Sydney, Australia this past Friday. When a reporter asked him his opinion of cricket, a popular sport in Australia, Lewis’s response: “Oh, cricket? […]

Apple has joined Google in publicly opposing a California ballot initiative that would deny marriage rights to same-sex couples. The company announced Friday that it would donate $100,000 to the No on Prop 8 campaign. Google has also spoken out against the ballot measure.
Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and […]

Today the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced their $50,000 contribution to NO on Prop 8. If passed, Proposition 8 would eliminate marriage for gay and lesbian couples in California. The contribution is in addition to the $100,000 made in August.
With thier contribution, GLAAD will continue to provide staff support to the coalition for […]

Matt Lucas, 34, star of the show Little Britain, a UK to US import, became the first celebrity gay divorcee in the UK today. The comedian had a ‘quickie’ divorce from his partner Kevin McGee, 31, on the grounds of McGee’s unreasonable behavior.
They married in a civil ceremony in December 2006 with a lavish reception […]

Sarah Palin stated her support for a federal marriage amendment defining marriage as between a man and woman. In an interview, the Alaska governor said she had voted in 1998 for a state amendment banning same sex marriage and hoped to see a federal ban on such unions.
This marks a break with her presidential running […]

Aetna has become the  first health care benifits provider in the U.S. to link it’s online directory - DocFind(R) - to the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), which holds more than 1,200 primary care providers, specialists, therapists, and dentists who welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients. In addition, Aetna is a diamond […]

This past Monday morning six gay students’ rights advocates were arrested as they tried to attend a chapel service at the private Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBAU). The students were members of the group Soulforce, a Minneapolis-based group that came to PBAU on a bus tour as part of an “Equality Ride.” The ride stopped […]

 The largest teacher’s union in California has given $1 million to the fight against a Nov. 4 ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriages in the state. The proposition will define marriage as existing between one man and one woman only, and will effectively ban gay marriages in the state.
The contribution, given Tuesday, made the […]