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Day 1 Chapter 1 of the Proposition 8 Trial Re-enactment presented by MarriageTrial.com. Opening statements begin at min. 15:02. Produced by John Ainsworth & John Ireland. Copyright John Ireland Productions, LLC.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department last year dismissed the fewest number of service members for violating its "don’t ask, don’t tell policy" than it had in more than a decade. The 2009 figure, a sharp decline from the previous year, comes from President Barack Obama’s first year in office. He opposes the policy but

  Is it déjà vu? Is it me? Seems like a repeat, but here we go again… Rumors of a secret LGBT strategy meeting in the hills of Tennessee are confirmed. The group, which includes Kip Williams and Robin McGehee, has holed up for 4 days in Tennessee to "discuss ways to build a national

  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City’s gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution. The Mexico City law, approved in December and due to take effect in March, is the first of its kind

OBAMA: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the president shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For 220 years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They’ve done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility. And they’ve

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass a law extending benefits to same-sex partners, a day after he renewed his support for repealing the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. Obama was responding to a question during a town hall meeting Thursday in Tampa, Fla..

NEWS UPDATE ON DADT FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says the Defense Department next week will say for the first time how it would lift the ban on gays from serving openly in the military, as President Barack Obama wants. Morrell says that after studying the issue for

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first federal case to decide if the U.S. Constitution prevents states from stopping same-sex weddings came to an anti-climatic break Wednesday after a judge heard nearly 12 days of wide-ranging testimony on the meaning of marriage, the nature of sexual orientation, and the role of religion in shaping attitudes