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Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:20:02 GMT

(AP) - Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)

Attorney Theodore Olson, center, speaks as clients Kristin Perry, ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:39 GMT

(AP) - Attorney Theodore Olson, center, speaks as clients Kristin Perry, from left, Sandra Stier, Jeff Farrillo, and Paul Katami listen at a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attorneys behind the federal court challenge to California's voter-approved gay marriage ban plan to argue during a pretrial hearing Thursday that by stripping gays of the right to wed, Proposition 8 runs afoul of the constitutional requirement that the government should treat its citizens equally absent a compelling reason not to do so. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 30, ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:15:52 GMT

(AP) - In a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Lt. Dan Choi, left, who has publicly announced he's gay, vows to fight a military administrative board's recommendation that he be discharged from the the New York National Guard for violating the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. At right is Maj. Roy Diehl, who represented Choi. The recommendation must be approved by the First Army commander and the chief of the National Guard Bureau before Choi is discharged. (AP Photo/Pool, Gloria Wright)

In a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 30, ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:13:49 GMT

(AP) - In a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, Lt. Dan Choi, who has publicly announced he's gay, vows to fight a military administrative board's recommendation that he be discharged from the the New York National Guard for violating the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. The recommendation must be approved by the First Army commander and the chief of the National Guard Bureau before Choi is discharged. (AP Photo/Pool, Gloria Wright)

In a news conference in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, June 30, ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:13:09 GMT

Men dressed in tuxedo jackets to emulate grooms at a wedding ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:54:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Men dressed in tuxedo jackets to emulate grooms at a wedding wave flags touting their 30 years in a relationship together as a form of support for gay marriage, in the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jacob Silberberg

Stephan Hengst, left, City of Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Carolien ...

(AP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:44:45 GMT

(AP) - Stephan Hengst, left, City of Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Carolien Gehrels, center, and Patrick Decker pose for a portrait in front of a traditional, Dutch Delft Blue porcelain wedding cake during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)

Patrick Decker, left, his partner Stephan Hengst, center, and ...

(AP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:43:27 GMT

(AP) - Patrick Decker, left, his partner Stephan Hengst, center, and deputy mayor of Amsterdam Carolien Gehrels pose for a photograph at the I do. I amsterdam Pride party, Sunday June 28, 2009 in New York. Hengst, originally from Holland, and Decker, from New York, both now living in Highland, New York, are one of five same-sex couples who will be married in Amsterdam by the mayor of Amsterdam during the city's Pride celebration this August. I do. I amsterdam is Amsterdam's campaign to promote same-sex tolerance and civil liberties. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Patrick Decker, left, his partner Stephan Hengst, center, and ...

(AP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:43:11 GMT

(AP) - Patrick Decker, left, his partner Stephan Hengst, center, and deputy mayor of Amsterdam Carolien Gehrels chat as they pose for a photograph at the I do. I amsterdam Pride party, Sunday June 28, 2009 in New York. Hengst, originally from Holland, and Decker, from New York, both now living in Highland, New York, are one of five same-sex couples who will be married in Amsterdam by the mayor of Amsterdam during the city's Pride celebration this August. I do. I amsterdam is Amsterdam's campaign to promote same-sex tolerance and civil liberties. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Stuart Gaffney, left, and partner of 22 years John Lewis walk ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:21:35 GMT

(AP) - Stuart Gaffney, left, and partner of 22 years John Lewis walk hand in hand as a married couple along Market Street during the San Francisco's 39th annual gay pride parade on Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Women ride a motorcycle, with one of them dressed in a bridal ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:53:37 GMT

(Reuters) - Women ride a motorcycle, with one of them dressed in a bridal gown, to protest in favor of gay marriage in the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jacob Silberberg (UNITED STATES SOCIETY)

Two grooms are placed atop a wedding cake to protest in favor ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:51:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Two grooms are placed atop a wedding cake to protest in favor of gay marriage in the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Jacob Silberberg (UNITED STATES SOCIETY)

A float carries a giant wedding cake topped with a same-sex ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:43:17 GMT

(AP) - A float carries a giant wedding cake topped with a same-sex couple during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade, Sunday, June 28, 2009 in New York. Marchers marked the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings, a raid on the gay-friendly Stonewall Inn that was the starting point for riots that lasted several days in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The event became a defining moment for the gay rights movement.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stephan Hengst, left, Patrick Decker, center, and City of Amsterdam ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:08:32 GMT

(AP) - Stephan Hengst, left, Patrick Decker, center, and City of Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Carolien Gehrels pose for a photo in front of a traditional Dutch Delft Blue porcelain wedding cake during New York's annual Gay Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 28, 2009. Hengst and Decker are one of the chosen 5 Trans-continental couples to get married in August's Amsterdam Pride. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)

Steve Cranor of Napa, Calif., fishes from Fort Point as fog ...

(AP) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:11:00 GMT

(AP) - Steve Cranor of Napa, Calif., fishes from Fort Point as fog begins to cover the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Cranor came to the city to fish as part of his 36th wedding anniversary. After over a week of sunny clear conditions fog made its return along the coast.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Keegan O'Brien of Worcester, Mass., leads chants as members ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:25:54 GMT

(AP) - Keegan O'Brien of Worcester, Mass., leads chants as members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community protest the Defense of Marriage Act outside a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at which Vice President Joe Biden was expected to attend at Fenway Park in Boston Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Participants march with a 900-foot-long rainbow flag during ...

(AP) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:19:22 GMT

(AP) - Participants march with a 900-foot-long rainbow flag during the Southern Maine Pride parade, Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Portland, Maine. Maine became the fifth state to allow gay marriage last month. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Keith Toney, and Al Toney III, are photographed in Cambridge, ...

(AP) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:48 GMT

(AP) - Keith Toney, and Al Toney III, are photographed in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, June 19, 2009. Gay couples traveling overseas can now show passports that feature their married names, letting them take advantage of a little-noticed revision to State Department regulations that critics had feared would undermine the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Keith and Al Toney, of Holden, learned of the change this week and expressed relief at the end of an effort that began in 2007, when Keith applied for a passport under his married name but was denied. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Keith Toney, and Al Toney III, are photographed in Cambridge, ...

(AP) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:12 GMT

Keith Toney, and Al Toney III, are photographed in Cambridge, ...

(AP) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:34:52 GMT

Chad Griffin (C), board president for the American Foundation ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:13:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Chad Griffin (C), board president for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, speaks at a news conference announcing the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of two gay couples claiming that California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution in Los Angeles in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The suit, which has its first hearing in a San Francisco federal district court on July 2, 2009, could make gay marriage a national right in a few years -- or cripple the movement. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Attorney Arnold Pamplona, president of the Philippine American ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:26:49 GMT

(Reuters) - Attorney Arnold Pamplona, president of the Philippine American Bar Association, works in his office in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California June 5, 2009. Pamplona said his group was goaded into supporting gay marriage even though it did not seem like a Filipino issue. Picture taken June 5, 2009. To match feature GAYMARRIAGE/ASIANS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

Attorney Arnold Pamplona, president of the Philippine American ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:25:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Attorney Arnold Pamplona, president of the Philippine American Bar Association, poses for Reuters in his office in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California June 5, 2009. Pamplona said his group was goaded into supporting gay marriage even though it did not seem like a Filipino issue. Picture taken June 5, 2009. To match feature GAYMARRIAGE/ASIANS REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

Attorney Arnold Pamplona, president of the Philippine American ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:23:26 GMT

Marshall Wong, co-chair of Asia Pacific Islander group API Equality, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:15:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Marshall Wong, co-chair of Asia Pacific Islander group API Equality, poses for a portrait in Chinatown in Los Angeles June 16, 2009. The path to gay marriage in California may start in Chinatown. Lost in the 2009 election wreckage for gays was the marriage campaign's relative success in Asian communities, which have swung toward support of same-sex marriage at a faster rate than the rest of California and have become a model for other groups. Picture taken June 16, 2009. To match feature GAYMARRIAGE/ASIANS REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

Marshall Wong, co-chair of Asia Pacific Islander group API Equality, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:13:33 GMT

Marshall Wong, co-chair of Asia Pacific Islander group API Equality, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:12:24 GMT

Attorney David Boies (2nd L) addresses a news conference announcing ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:57:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Attorney David Boies (2nd L) addresses a news conference announcing a federal lawsuit to halt California's same-sex marriage ban, in Los Angeles May 27, 2009. Ted Olson and Boies, who squared off in the legal case that determined the 2000 U.S. presidential election, teamed up to challenge California's gay marriage ban in a move that if successful would allow same-sex couples to wed anywhere in the United States. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two same-sex California couples barred from marrying under the voter-approved measure, Proposition 8 (Prop 8), puts them at odds with gay rights advocates who see a federal court challenge as risky. Also present were Chad Griffin (L), board president of American Foundation for Equal Rights, plaintiffs Jeffrey Zarrillo (2nd R) and Paul Katami (R). REUTERS/ Fred Prouser

Gay couple Ethan Collings (L), 32, and his spouse Stephen Abate, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:36:55 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple Ethan Collings (L), 32, and his spouse Stephen Abate, 36, hug as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A gay man holds a sign as he celebrates the one-year wedding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:48:44 GMT

(Reuters) - A gay man holds a sign as he celebrates the one-year wedding anniversary of the first same-sex weddings in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The California Supreme Court on November 4, 2008 upheld Proposition 8 and reversed the ruling allowing same-sex marriages. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple Helen Alland, 62, (L) and her spouse Linda Laisure, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:46:35 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple Helen Alland, 62, (L) and her spouse Linda Laisure, 86, celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couples, who were married when same-sex marriages were first ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:44:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couples, who were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed, pose for a photo to celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple James Reifsnyder-Smith (2nd L) and Frank Reifsnyder ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:28:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple James Reifsnyder-Smith (2nd L) and Frank Reifsnyder (R) sit with their twin children Milo (L) and Kaylee as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple Robin Tyler (L) and her spouse Diane Olson celebrate ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:26:28 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple Robin Tyler (L) and her spouse Diane Olson celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary with a cake in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple James Reifsnyder-Smith (2nd L) and Frank Reifsnyder ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:22:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple James Reifsnyder-Smith (2nd L) and Frank Reifsnyder (2nd R) pose for a photo with their two-year-old twin children Milo (L) and Kaylee as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple Adrian Genesi, 50, (L) and James Davis, 44, kiss ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:11:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple Adrian Genesi, 50, (L) and James Davis, 44, kiss after feeding each other wedding cake as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Adrian Genesi, 50, (L) feeds his spouse James Davis, 44, wedding ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:11:33 GMT

(Reuters) - Adrian Genesi, 50, (L) feeds his spouse James Davis, 44, wedding cake as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)

Gay couple Ethan Collings (L), 32, and his spouse Stephen Abate, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:04:05 GMT

Gay couple Fernando Christopher, 40, (L) and his spouse Michael ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:01:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Gay couple Fernando Christopher, 40, (L) and his spouse Michael Domino Christopher, 35, hold hands as they celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary in West Hollywood, California, June 16, 2009. The couple were married when same-sex marriages were first allowed last year. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Gay rights activist Cleve Jones poses for a portrait at his ...

(AP) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:17:51 GMT

(AP) - Gay rights activist Cleve Jones poses for a portrait at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jones, whose character in last year's award-winning movie 'Milk' is helping to lead a march on Washington, scheduled for October, to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay and transgender community. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)

Gay rights activist Cleve Jones talks to Associated Press reporter ...

(AP) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:14:12 GMT

(AP) - Gay rights activist Cleve Jones talks to Associated Press reporter Lisa Leff at his home in Palm Springs Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jones, whose character in last year's award-winning movie 'Milk' is helping to lead a march on Washington, scheduled for October, to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay and transgender community. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)

Gay rights activist Cleve Jones talks to Associated Press reporter ...

(AP) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:12:13 GMT

(AP) - Gay rights activist Cleve Jones talks to Associated Press reporter Lisa Leff at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Jones, whose character in last year's award-winning movie 'Milk' is helping to lead a march on Washington, scheduled for October, to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay and transgender community. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)

Jerry Johnson, left, looks at his wedding photo taken last year ...

(AP) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:31:11 GMT

(AP) - Jerry Johnson, left, looks at his wedding photo taken last year as he joins other same-sex couples to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the first same-sex weddings in West Hollywood, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Two gay couples exchange rings, as part of an unofficial marriage ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:44:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Two gay couples exchange rings, as part of an unofficial marriage ceremony, during celebrations for mainland China's first Gay Pride week at a bar in Shanghai June 13, 2009. The Gay Pride week celebrations continued in Shanghai despite cancellations of some of the festival's events by city authorities earlier in the week, according to media reports. A fair mix of local and foreign participants took part in the festival. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Two gay couples kiss, as part of an unofficial marriage ceremony, ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:04:53 GMT

(Reuters) - Two gay couples kiss, as part of an unofficial marriage ceremony, during celebrations for mainland China's first Gay Pride week at a bar in Shanghai June 13, 2009. The Gay Pride week celebrations continued in Shanghai despite cancellations of some of the festival's events by city authorities earlier in the week, according to media reports. A fair mix of local and foreign participants took part in the festival. REUTERS/ Nir Elias

Gay couples from left to right: Roni and Dana,Gustavo and Fabian, ...

(AP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:13:41 GMT

(AP) - Gay couples from left to right: Roni and Dana,Gustavo and Fabian, Hadar and Keren, Itai and Tal , and Orna and Yael break glasses during their wedding ceremony following the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv,Israel, Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Same-sex couples take part in a group wedding ceremony after ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:29:29 GMT

(Reuters) - Same-sex couples take part in a group wedding ceremony after the annual Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv June 12, 2009. The symbolic marriage of the couples was part of the city's centennial celebrations, as gay marriages are not legal in Israel. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL SOCIETY)

Same-sex couples take part in a group wedding ceremony after ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:28:21 GMT

Gay couples from left to right: Gustavo and Fabian, Hadar and ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:31:30 GMT

(AP) - Gay couples from left to right: Gustavo and Fabian, Hadar and Keren, Itai and Tal , Roni and Dana and Orna and Yael pose for photographers a day before their planned wedding in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 11, 2009. The yearly Gay Pride march in Tel Aviv is scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, attends a press conference ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:05:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, attends a press conference at Trump Tower in May 2009 in New York City. Prejean has been stripped of her title, officials said Wednesday, ending a turbulent reign marked by racy photos and controversy over her stance on gay marriage.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Loccisano)