California

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When a state government refuses to defend its marriage laws

James S. Cole | 20 January 2013 |

tags: California, same-sex marriage, US Supreme Court

A crucial case before the US Supreme Court will determine whether sovereignty lies in the hand of the people or judges.

Another coffin nail for US public education

Kevin Ryan | 11 July 2011 |

tags: California, education, homosexuality

California's new gay-friendly curriculum raises questions about the future of government-run schools.

How can US Federal Courts tell States how to run their prisons?

James S. Cole | 09 June 2011 |

tags: California, prisons, US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court recently ordered California to reduce the numbers in its over-crowded prisons. Has it overstepped its authority?

The dangerous Olsen and Boies precedent

Jennifer Roback Morse | 09 January 2010 |

tags: California, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage

Two high-profile lawyers are challenging California's constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Same sex marriage and its threat to religious liberty

Jennifer Roback Morse | 21 November 2008 |

tags: California, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage

Tactics used by gay marriage campaigners confirm believers’ worst fears.

Lesbian fertility rights

Jennifer Roback Morse | 12 September 2008 |

tags: California, discrimination, same-sex marriage

Two California doctors endure an eight-year legal vendetta for declining to help bring a fatherless child into the world.

Beyond same sex marriage

Jennifer Roback Morse | 20 May 2008 |

tags: California, marriage, same-sex marriage

Civil unions, same sex marriage, then what? The final stop on this train ride is the complete de-gendering of society.

California court may not have the last word on marriage

Maggie Gallagher | 16 May 2008 |

tags: California, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage

America’s most influential state court has given the thumbs-up to same-sex marriage.

Consternation in Barad-dûr

Michael Cook | 04 April 2008 |

tags: California, stem cells

An ethical development could make embryonic stem cell research obsolete and derail plans for California's $3 billion institute.

Mind and soul

Aaron Kheriaty | 29 November 2007 |

tags: California, psychiatry, spirituality

Psychiatry has typically shunned religion, but a unique forum at one university has them talking to each other - for the sake of the patient.