Politics

(10-14) 14:09 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge refused today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the nation’s first trial on the constitutionality of a law allowing only opposite-sex couples to wed. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, in a ruling from the bench in San

Click on the following link to view an interactive map on the Los Angeles Times Website which details the battle for LGBT marriage rights across the country…LA Times – Gay Marriage Interactive Map

Photo gallery from the San Francisco Bridge Walk, which took place on Sunday, October 11th, to commemorate National Coming Out Day. About 40 people from the Fresno and Visalia area made the trek up together. Photos courtesy Vickye Ashton. Click on images to enlarge them. More photos on next page…

A day after the National March in Washington, organized in order to bring attention to the need for Federal legislation to bring equality for all LGBT Americans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law several important pieces of LGBT legislation. Three bills, sponsored by Equality California, result in the recognition of Harvey Milk Day

Lady GaGa performing "Imagine" @HRC Gala and speaking out @The National March

  If you missed it on CSPAN, you can watch the National Equality March in DC at your own pace by visiting the video archives of CSPAN online. To go there now, click on this link: VIDEO: National Equality March

Pictures courtesy Susan Stewart 

Equality Across America is uploading photos from the weekend to their page on Flickr. To view the photos, click here: Equality Across America Photo Stream

Link to President Obama’s speech at the HRC Gala in Washington DC on Saturday, October 10, 2009. President Obama’s Speech to HRC