SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a landmark bill adding lessons about gay history to social studies classes in California's public schools.

Brown, a Democrat, signed the bill Thursday, making California the first state in the nation to require public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in social studies curriculum.

The Democratic-majority Legislature passed the bill last week on a largely party-line vote...

A conservative legal defense organization took action to force the California governor and attorney general to back Proposition 8, but an appellate court dismissed the case -- a decision that will be appealed.

Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) president Brad Dacus reports that Attorney General Jerry Brown has so far refused to participate in an appeal of Judge Vaughn Walker's decision that struck down Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage. It was a legal decision that effectively legalized homosexual "marriage" in The Golden State. But PJI is doing all it can to convince Brown he needs to defend state law...

SAN FRANCISCO – California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a motion Friday calling for resumption of same-sex weddings in the state.

Brown filed the motion after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker previously overturned Proposition 8, California's voter-approved gay marriage ban.

Walker ruled the law violates federal equal protections and due process laws...