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Source: PC Magazine , Marketing Vox , KSL , Chemistry.com press release The day after online dating site eHarmony reached a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general's office regarding gay and lesbian customers, a California Superior Court judge ruled that a separate case could proceed as a...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , Los Angeles Times , AFP SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court, which in May determined that marriage is a fundamental right available to gay and lesbian couples, plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars today, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure...

Source: Wall Street Journal , Reuters eHarmony, Inc., which runs an online dating service for heterosexual couples, must now cater to a gay clientele, Wall Street Journal and other sources report. The company also agreed to revise its anti-discrimination statements to make plain that it does not discriminate...

In a complaint that has become all-too-common, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn makes this observation : The advocates' legal claim now is that Prop. 8 represents too great a change to the California Constitution to be approved by a simple majority vote. The courts may agree, I have no idea. But...

Source: Los Angeles Times , Reuters , AFP , Sacramento Bee   CA Prop. 8 California's Attorney General on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to consider whether Prop. 8 -- the marriage equality ban passed by voters this month -- was legal. "The profound importance of the issues raised...

Source: Contra Costa Times , Los Angeles Times , Stanford News Service , Dorf on Law , Slate The long-running and complex battle for marriage equality in California has twice been fought at the ballot box where voters have twice rejected the notion that gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry...

Source: Sacramento Bee , Morgan Hill Times , OnTop Magazine , Bay Area IndyMedia , Los Angeles Times California's battle over gay marriage shifted from the ballot box to the courts Wednesday as stunned opponents of Proposition 8 declared they had too much at stake to concede. Advocates of the measure...

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , Los Angeles Times   SAN DIEGO – A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of four San Diego firefighters who claimed they were sexually harassed during the 2007 gay pride parade. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for four days before telling...

      ::    A new robo-call phone poll by Survey USA shows California's anti-gay Proposition 8 trailing, but by a much smaller percentage than was indicated by a recent Field Poll. The ballot measure trails narrowly in the new poll, losing 44 percent to 49 percent...

Source: Ventura County Star , KNBC TV King shooting Ventura County Public Defender William Quest said Tuesday he was surprised that the family of a school shooting suspect said they want to hire a Los Angeles-based attorney's group. Quest's client, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, who is set to...