ACLU sends list of demands to city officials The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is asking Rapid City to pay a lesbian Air Force sergeant as much as $800,000 to compensate for financial losses it said she will suffer because she was discharged after police informed the military she is married to a [...]

‘From Disgust to Humanity’ From Disgust to Humanity Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law By Martha C. Nussbaum (Oxford University Press; 217 pages; $21.95) Pity the enemies of gay equality who find themselves at intellectual odds with America’s most prominent, and most prolific,… Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Judge orders advocacy groups to turn over campaign material in Prop. 8 trial With appeal possible, order could result in delay in finishing the trial, a historic challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage Read more on Contra Costa Times

Same-sex marriage issue heading back to N.J. Supreme Court Six same-sex couples today will ask the New Jersey Supreme Court to allow gays to marry, their attorney said. “Second-class status isn’t marriage. Read more on The Montclair Times

Same-sex marriage fight back in court Gay couples who unsuccessfully sued New Jersey four years ago for the right to marry returned to court Thursday, claiming the state has not fulfilled a court order to treat them the same as married heterosexual couples. Read more on Courier-Post