October 30 2008 12:00 AM ET
No on 8 Reaches Out to Crucial Minority Voters
Minority voters could make or break California's proposed marriage ban on Election Day. As efforts to overturn the state supreme court's May ruling come to a head, the campaign to keep marriage equality is at its peak for a third of the electorate.
October 24 2008 12:00 AM ET
Battle for the Black Vote
Organizers both for and against California's Proposition 8 are working to win over the state's population of black voters. Numbers show that the pulpit may have a heavy hand in helping voters decide, but marriage equality advocates are still going after this influential group.
October 23 2008 12:00 AM ET
No on Prop. 8 Campaign Reaches Out to Black Voters
As marriage equality opponents galvanized in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles to target African-American voters, clergy members and other activists gathered just miles away to fight against California's upcoming ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage.
October 22 2008 12:00 AM ET
New York Governor Repeats Pledge to Sign Marriage Bill
Gov. David Paterson addressed a packed Empire State Pride Agenda fund-raiser Monday night and said fighting for the equal rights of LGBT people was "as American as the signing of the Constitution."
October 22 2008 12:00 AM ET
Radio Flyer
Watch out, Anderson -- NPR’s Ari Shapiro is nipping at your heels
October 15 2008 12:00 AM ET
Patrick Guerriero Lays Out No on 8 "Path to Victory"
The No on 8 campaign’s new director, Patrick Guerriero, laid out a “path to victory” during a weekly phone call with LGBT reporters, calling on every one of the roughly one million LGBT Californians to donate money to defeat Proposition 8, which would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
October 08 2008 12:00 AM ET
Candidates Face Off
Wonder where the presidential hopefuls stand on gay issues? Look no further.
October 08 2008 12:00 AM ET
Back to the Bully Pulpit
After eight years of avoidance by the Bush administration, will Obama or McCain champion gay rights in American foreign policy?
September 26 2008 12:00 AM ET
Newsom, Paterson Headline Prop. 8 Fund-Raiser In New York
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and New York governor David Paterson combined forces for a Manhattan fund-raiser Thursday. Paterson charmed the intimate crowd with his usual candor and Newsom fostered a sense of urgency, saying he had seen polls that put the opposition four points ahead of those who oppose the ban.
September 24 2008 12:00 AM ET
The Money Game: The Race for No on 8
Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg aren’t gay, but their financial support for the effort to defeat California’s Proposition 8 has made them two of the highest-profile donors in the fight to keep same-sex marriage legal in the Golden State. As No on 8 struggles to catch up to the "Yes" campaign in fund-raising, the publicity and awareness generated by the likes of Pitt and Spielberg may well be worth more than any sum of money.
