gay marriage

06 Oct 2020

Thomas, Alito Signal Same-Sex Marriage Rights Could Be Undone

Get ready for the undoing. It was February 12, 2004 in San Francisco when then Mayor Gavin Newsom officiated the country’s first same-sex marriage ceremony, helping legally tie the knot for Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, a couple who’d already been together for 50 years. In the month that followed,

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26 Jun 2013

BAS Pride 2013: DOMA/ PROP 8 DEAD; Party in the Streets; Free Toasts at El Río

Well, as we all know by now, this year’s Pride is going to be one for the books. Many of you were up with the dawn waiting patiently at city hall or in the Castro, when the verdicts came over the wires from Washington as the hazy rays of light

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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24 Sep 2010

Milestones You Have Failed to Reach But Shouldn’t Feel Bad About

Moms are great, and in general, my mom holds very progressive views on all subjects with the exception of one: the need for me to get married. Every time it comes up, which in my opinion should be never, she becomes this weird, Pat Buchanan-type conservative telling me that my

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
31 Mar 2010

NYC Couple Vies for Ultimate Wedding – And They Need Your Vote NOW!

Though the title of this post is in third-person, I cannot tell a lie: That’s me and my fiance right up there, and we need your help. Ya see, about six weeks ago – the day we got engaged, in fact – we entered this little contest. We thought it

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