SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two gay men and two lesbians challenging a California ban on same-sex marriage on Monday said their relationships had lasted for years but they felt like third-class citizens, leading them to launch the federal case that could set a national precedent. The couples unable to marry in California hope to take their case against the state's ...

Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has attacked conservative lawyer Ted Olson's reasons for defending gay marriage. NOM, the nation's most vociferous opponent of gay marriage, is a major backer of the campaign to repeal gay marriage in Maine.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California gay marriage case that backers hope will reach the U.S. Supreme Court cleared a hurdle on Wednesday in a federal court hearing where the judge repeatedly asked the lawyer defending "traditional marriage" how gay unions harm those between men and women. California, a cultural trendsetter for the United States, banned same-sex marriages in a ...