http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSun, 07 Sep 2008 9:00:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36039/54-against-calif-gay-marriage-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThough California voters are evenly divided over whether gay couples should be allowed to wed, more than half believe it shouldn’t be barred by law, a Los Angeles Times poll finds. Some 54% of likely voters oppose a November ballot measure that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman; 40% support Proposition 8.http://www.newser.com/story/36039/54-against-calif-gay-marriage-ban.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 8:02:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35997/lesbian-rights-pioneer-dies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultVeteran lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin has died in San Francisco at age 87. Martin, founder of one of the first gay rights organizations, Daughters of Bilitis, had been in declining health for years, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. She and her partner were among the first same sex couples in California to marry.http://www.newser.com/story/35997/lesbian-rights-pioneer-dies.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 0:33:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35501/hallmark-introduces-gay-marriage-cards.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHallmark has developed a line of four greeting cards themed for same-sex marriages, civil unions, and commitment ceremonies. The designs, in stores this summer, include two overlapping tuxedos, a cascade of rainbow-hued hearts, and a message, "Two hearts. One promise," reports Gaywire.com. "It's our goal to be inclusive rather than exclusive so that our products appeal to the widest range of people who wish to connect with one another," said a Hallmark statement.http://www.newser.com/story/35501/hallmark-introduces-gay-marriage-cards.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 22:48:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35361/courts-finally-catching-up-to-societys-views-on-gays.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe California Supreme Court’s landmark decision in May to grant gays the right to marry is based on a simple but inevitable idea, Andrew Sullivan writes in the Atlantic : Gay marriage is just marriage, and gay people are no different than straight people. As homosexuality moved from being considered a disorder to just an involuntary difference, the law had no choice but to follow. California simply acknowledged “an emergent cultural consensus,” Sullivan writes.http://www.newser.com/story/35361/courts-finally-catching-up-to-societys-views-on-gays.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 12:58:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35096/ellen-and-portia-tie-the-knot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi married in an intimate ceremony at their Los Angeles home last night. Nineteen guests watched the couple exchange handwritten vows, including DeGeneres’s mom Betty and de Rossi’s mother Margaret Rogers. The couple wore Zac Posen—DeGeneres in a white chiffon shirt, white waistcoat, and trousers, and de Rossi in a backless, cream-and-pink halter-neck dress.http://www.newser.com/story/35096/ellen-and-portia-tie-the-knot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 17 Aug 2008 10:01:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34989/degeneres-to-wed-tomorrow.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s intimate wedding will take place this weekend in California, Us Weekly reports. The daytime gabber and her 35-year-old bride announced their intentions to wed following the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling this spring. "Planning a wedding is very stressful. It's crazy. My gardener is now invited," DeGeneres, 50, has said.http://www.newser.com/story/34989/degeneres-to-wed-tomorrow.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 15 Aug 2008 8:20:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34908/blacks-support-gay-marriage-as-much-as-whites.html?refid=rss_all_defaultConventional wisdom hold that African-Americans are overwhelmingly against gay marriage, but recent trends in voting show blacks have more problems with homophobia than any other group, writes gay-issues scholar Timothy Stewart-Winter for the LA Times. In fact, "views on same-sex marriage are a rapidly moving target that's tough to pin down, even for experts."http://www.newser.com/story/34908/blacks-support-gay-marriage-as-much-as-whites.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 8:46:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33877/mass-allows-marriages-for-out-of-state-gays.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMassachusetts will now allow gay and lesbian couples from other states to marry there. Gov. Deval Patrick today signed a law overturning a 1913 measure originally crafted against interracial marriage, the Globe reports. Massachusetts is the second state, after California, to allow same-sex marriages, regardless of residence. A flood of couples is expected from New York, which does not marry gay couples but recognizes unions from elsewhere.http://www.newser.com/story/33877/mass-allows-marriages-for-out-of-state-gays.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32842/calif-against-gay-marriage-ban-poll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA small majority of Californians polled would vote against a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in November, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Field Poll of 672 voters found that 51% oppose Proposition 8, while 42% support it. The ballot measure would define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman.http://www.newser.com/story/32842/calif-against-gay-marriage-ban-poll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 Jul 2008 7:38:27 CDT