San Francisco Gay Wedding Video in association with Mental-Rev Productions have a new video “Spouse and Spouse” from outside the March 5, CA Supreme Court hearing.

While the son of a Lesbian couple high fives an African American man raising signatures for the Repeal Prop 8 campaign, 7 California Supreme Court Justices sit in judgment on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and ultimately the futures of California’s same-sex couples.

By Straight Talk

It’s great that the California courts will hear arguments about the recent law taking away the rights of all people in California to allow gay marriage, lesbian marriage and queer marriage. As a business owner if I want to recognize one of my employees as a married couple, so I can give them the benefits they deserve, I can not. I offer this benefit package to keep valuable employees with the company however, I am prevented from doing this with the one of employee my employees who just had a gay wedding.

However, the real fight for gay marriage is in the federal courts. in February, the federal 9th circuit held that you can not deny federal insurance to gay spouses just because you don’t like gay marriage. This is the main goal we should now all focus on. First, because the federal taxes are much higher then state taxes, and gay married couples can file jointly. Second, if you have had a gay marriage and you file taxes you have to file as a couple with the state and then start over and file as an individual with the federal government. This is crazy.

It took a federal law to end discrimination against women and racial minorities. John F. Kennedy wrote the legislation for the Civil Rights Act that Lyndon B. Johnson signed into legislation in 1964. Now it’s time for the federal government to do the same with equal rights with regard to gay marriage.

So, the good news is that as we keep exposing the current oppressive laws to the light of day they are crumbling away. Bit by bit the courts are proving that the current laws are unjust and unfair. I am hopeful that by the time Obama finishes his second term in office gay weddings will be common place, gay wedding cake topers will be sold in Walmart, school children will be taught the fact that they can love who they want is the law of the land. And that gay weddings and gay marriages will occur in Alabama and California on an equal basis.

Thursday, February 12th is National Freedom to Marry Day. Same-sex couples in cities all over the country will request marriage licences at their local County Clerk’s Offices to raise awareness of the harms and impact the inability to marry causes on their families. Everyone who supports marriage equality is welcome to attend and support this event.

Since 2001, Marriage Equality USA® chapters have engaged in these annual marriage counter actions to render visible the discrimination that is enforced every day. It is an affront to our basic dignity as fellow human beings when same-sex couples are turned away from the marriage counter, but it gives us the opportunity to tell our stories and show that we live in every community and want to honor and protect our families like everyone else.

Visit www.marriageequality.org for more information about National Freedom to Marry Day Activities, including a calendar of events.

Now more than ever, MyQueerWedding.com continues to be committed to providing resources to same-sex couples for their wedding celebration as the fight continues, to achieve marriage equality for all in the state of California and beyond!

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which takes away the right to marry for same-sex couples in our state. California has come a long way since 2000, when Proposition 22 passed with a 23% majority. Eight years later the gap has closed tremendously with Prop 8 passing with only a 5% majority.

The number of Californians who support same-sex marriage continues to grow and if Prop 8 is not overturned by the courts we expect it will be overturned by popular vote in the next 2 to 4 years. Same-sex couples we have spoken to have been having weddings to celebrate their loving and committed relationships for more than 25 years, regardless of marriage being legal for them. Love cannot be stopped by passing a law against it!

In a Special Comment on MSNBC, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann disagrees with the passing of Proposition 8 in California and urges people to accept love between people of the same sex.

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Virtually every major newspaper in California is against Prop 8. The L.A. Times says it is “a drastic step to strip people of rights.” La Opinión called Prop 8 “an unnecessary initiative”. The San Diego Union Tribune wrote that Prop 8 “offends many Californians’ sense of fairness.”

Watch this video to find out why voting NO on Prop. 8 is so important:

The Equality Campaign gathered a bunch of celebrities to star in this video, bringing much needed visibility to voting NO on Proposition 8.

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Two months after her marriage to Portia de Rossi on August 16, Ellen DeGeneres speaks out in this public service announcement against Proposition 8.

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As the No on Prop 8 campaigning continues, celebrities and comedians come out to spread the word about the importance of voting NO on Prop 8.

Watch this video featuring Margaret Cho & Selene Luna:

After the excitement of a queer summer of wedded bliss, Proposition 8 arrives, trying to break up the party. Proposition 8 is the California ballot measure that would eliminate the right to marry for same-sex couples.

Watch this video to find out more about Prop 8: