Via 365Gay.com:

(San Francisco, California) At least three lawsuits are are in the works to challenge Proposition 8, a proposed amendment to the California constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.

One of the suits is planned by City of San Francisco attorney Dennis Herrera’s office. A second is by the three LGBT groups that won the historic California Supreme Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage in the state. The third is by one of the couples who were married after the court ruling went into effect in May.

All three suits would begin if Prop 8 passes.

With 95 percent of the vote in across California the “Yes” votes have a slim lead: 52 - 48 percent. Though some outlets called the ballot measure in favor of the anti-gay ban a few hours ago, as many as 3 million ballots - late absentee and provisional ballots - are left to be counted.

It is those ballots that opponents of the amendment are counting on for the measure’s defeat. But most political watchers in the state say it is unlikely the additional ballots will change the result.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court on Wednesday, a preliminary move to a suit.

The fight ain't over yet. Check out what you can do on the myspace page for No on (H8).

The San Diego Gay Pride Firefighter Harassmant Case ends in mistrial. The AP reports that "the jury deliberated nearly four days before announcing a deadlock on the first of several criteria needed to find the city liable."

This lawsuit appears, and probably is, silly, but I think it's important to keep in mind that the lawsuit was not just about manly firefighters crying because some gay men hooted and hollered at them. The firefighters filed the lawsuit, at least in part, because they felt they had been retaliated against by their employer -- ultimately the City of San Diego. The AP says that the "lawsuit sought unspecified compensation from the city, and alleged that the fire department retaliated after they publicly criticized their employer."

This is an entirely different and more serious animal than the harrassment charges that have been more often talked about. Laws prohibiting retaliation keep us all a little bit safer.