"John McCain doesn't believe judges should be making these decisions," says the GOP nominee's campaign; "the people of California" should do so. Full story...
After his spokesman snipes that GOP running mate Sarah Palin has "zero foreign policy experience," Obama, who's fielded similar criticism, backtracks.
New Orleans' Southern Decadence gay Pride festival, which drew 120,000 people last year, is expected to go on as planned.
California correction officials bring the state's 33 adult prisons into compliance with the May 15 ruling that same-sex couples must be treated equally.
McCain's running mate is an independent figure who opposes gay marriage but granted Alaska workers partner benefits and, at 44, is three years Obama's junior.
Tropical Storm Gustav has New Orleans looking at evacuation plans almost three years to the day after Katrina, but the "gay Mardi Gras" goes on.
The race is closely watched nationally as Republicans try to take back from a rookie Democrat the Florida congressional seat Mark Foley left in shame.
The race is closely watched nationally as Republicans try to take back from a rookie Democrat the Florida congressional seat Mark Foley left in shame.
In many ways, their platforms are similar, like ending the ban on federal money for embryonic stem cell research, and only inches apart on gay marriage.
Seventy-two of every 100,000 New Yorkers were HIV-positive in 2006, compared with 23 of every 100,000 Americans, city health officials say.
Her last public political act was to marry Phyllis Lyon, her partner of 55 years, on June 16, after a court decision in a case she and Lyon helped bring.
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