Gay marriage

France legalizes gay marriage after harsh debate

PARIS -- France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate and protests that flooded the streets of Paris. Legions of officers and water cannon stood ready near France's National Assembly ahead of the final vote, bracing for possible violence on an issue that galvanized

Bay Area turns attention to to Prop. 8 hearing in Supreme Court

Hayward, Alameda fly pride flag in support of those trying to overturn Prop. 8

Gay marriage: The long road to Supreme Court

Gay marriage and Supreme Court: Justice Anthony Kennedy at center of Proposition 8, federal cases

Online discussion: Same-sex marriage before U.S. Supreme Court

Timeline: Prop. 8 and same-sex marriage

Proposition 8 arguments: Report from front-row seat in U.S. Supreme Court

Montclair same-sex couple wins custody after long struggle

National survey shows favorable shift toward gay marriage

Hicks: Michelle Shocked backs off anti-gay comments

Gay marriage in the U.S. Supreme Court: Berkeley couple at the center of historic fight over Proposition 8

Rainbow flag to fly over San Leandro City Hall during Supreme Court hearings

GOP Sen. Portman of Ohio now supports gay marriage

Immigration reform: Gay, lesbian couples want to be included

Hicks: Carly Rae Jepsen, Train pull out of Boy Scout concert

President Obama calls for U.S. Supreme Court to strike down California's gay marriage ban

Hicks: Clint Eastwood joins Republicans backing gay marriage

Same-sex marriage: Field Poll finds California voters now strongly support gay marriage

Same-sex marriage cases: Apple, Google and big business ask Supreme Court to strike down DOMA

Meg Whitman, other conservatives line up against Proposition 8 in U.S. Supreme Court

Timeline

March, 2000: California voters pass Prop. 22, limiting marriage to heterosexual couples
Feb.-March, 2004: San Francisco issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples
March 12, 2004: California Supreme halts the marriages
Aug. 14, 2004: State high court nullified San Francisco gay marriages
March 15, 2005: Judge finds state ban on gay marriage unconstitutional
Oct. 5, 2006: State appellate court upholds gay marriage ban
May 15, 2008: California State Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban | Story | Full opinion (pdf) | Reaction
June 2, 2008: A state initiative to ban gay marriage qualifies for the November ballot
June 16, 2008: Same-sex marriages set to begin at 5:01 p.m.
Nov. 4, 2008: Voters approve Prop. 8, amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage | Story | Photos
Nov. 5, 2008: Prop. 8 foes file legal challenges to the ban in the state Supreme Court
May 26, 2009: California Supreme Court upholds gay marriage ban but allows existing unions to stand | Story | Full ruling