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California: California Gay Marriage Ruling

Sun, 05/18/2008 - 21:26

Both sides of gay marriage ruling gear up for intense November fight

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Supporters and opponents of a statewide measure expected to appear on November’s ballot aimed at defining marriage as between a man and woman are gearing up for a heated, expensive fight, both sides have told PolitickerCA.com.

“It’s really going to be the fight of our lives,” said Alice Keffler, a representative for Equality California, a gay rights organization that is leading the charge against the measure.

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Thu, 05/15/2008 - 14:48

Newsom takes victory lap after state Supreme Court gay marriage ruling

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=924|title=San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=240|height=160]San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is taking a victory lap today after the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of gay marriage.

Newsom, who in February 2004 issued a directive allowing same sex couples to wed in the city, said today’s decision was a victory for equality.

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Wed, 05/14/2008 - 17:56

Newsom cuts D.C. trip short with gay marriage ruling expected

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=909|title=San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=279]San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was in Washington, D.C., today to testify before Congress on green building standards, is on a plane home this evening in anticipation of the California Supreme Court’s Thursday morning decision on the legality of same-sex marriage, a mayoral spokesman tells PolitickerCA.com.

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