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Guadalupe Benitez claims that after being treated with fertility drugs for nearly a year, her Christian doctors refused to inseminate her because she is a lesbian. She sued, and a San Diego County trial judge sided with her. But an appeals court reversed the ruling, and her lawsuit is scheduled to be heard by the California supreme court this week. The case is closely being watched by civil rights and physician groups who think it could have consequences for other medical procedures, including abortion and end-of-life decisions.

During an unpublicized speech to gay rights group Human Rights Campaign on Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said she wants a partnership with gays if elected and that she opposes the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy instituted by her husband when he was president.