Dale Carpenter

A look back at the 1984–85 referendum by Dale Carpenter.

In the span of a human life, 15 years is a long time. I've decided it's more than long enough…

On March 5, the California Supreme Court heard arguments about whether Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state,…

With a switch of just two percent of the votes, the leaders of the “No on 8” campaign would today…

Reactions to Barack Obama's choice of a prominent pro-Prop 8 preacher to deliver the invocation at his inauguration have fallen…

The 2008 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States is cause to reflect on what his papacy has…

On election night, I stood in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro district. Around me were thousands of people cheering…

Not long ago columnist Wayne Besen wrote that gay Republicans have “no place” in the “GLBT movement.” Because they support…

We have just two months to go before California voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution to prohibit…

The conventional view about John McCain is that, on many domestic issues, he tries to appeal both to religious conservatives…