Sometime between the salad and the entree at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Tampa, a small box appeared on the table. ...more

September 15, 2008

Men and women who want to marry their same-sex partners are traveling cross-country to tie the knot, drawn to California after that state's Supreme Court lifted a ban on such nuptials in May. ...more

September 15, 2008

Most states don't recognize gay marriage, but now Hallmark does. ...more

August 22, 2008

The "civil forum" featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain may not have been as exciting as Michael Phelps winning his eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was civil and it was a forum from which emerged useful information. ...more

August 22, 2008

Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics. ...more

August 16, 2008

John McCain's positions on offshore drilling and same-sex couple adoptions are just the latest he's taken on sensitive issues by insisting states should make their own decisions. ...more

July 28, 2008

In "Henry VI," Shakespeare wrote, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." ...more

June 27, 2008

County clerk offices across California opened for their first full day of same-sex marriages Tuesday, with hundreds of happy gay and lesbian couples ready to take the plunge in what in some cities was a party atmosphere. ...more

June 18, 2008

With a series of simple "I do's," gay and lesbian couples across California began the state's court-approved and potentially short-lived experiment with same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush of such unions in coming weeks. ...more

June 17, 2008

Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday. ...more

May 29, 2008