December 21, 2008 – 3:48 pm
According to Jonathan Turley:
In a surprising reversal, California Attorney General Jerry Brown asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to overturn Proposition 8 on the grounds that it violates basic rights guaranteed in the state Constitution. Brown had said that he would be duty bound to support the initiative in the courts. Traditional marriage advocates [...]
December 19, 2008 – 8:04 pm
Andrew thinks we should take a deep breath.
I think Obama is different. I think the earnestness and sincerity of his campaign, and its generational force, have given us a chance for something new, and I fear that in responding too viscerally to the Warren choice, we may be throwing something very valuable away far [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:53 pm
ABC News has an interesting report on young evengelicals and their evolving feelings on homosexuality and civil unions:
But LaTondresse, 26, favors civil unions for gay couples and takes a “pro-life” stance, worrying more about what happens to the child “after the womb” and how to help pregnant women in trouble.
He applauded a recent National Public [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:28 pm
Ken Starr of the Monika Lewinsky scandal fame is defending the gay marriage ban in front of the state supreme court says the LA Times:
Kenneth W. Starr, the former U.S. Solicitor General who led the inquiry into President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica L. Lewinsky, will argue the case in favor of upholding a ban [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:23 pm
but now you want to invalidate the marriages that took place during the time it was legal in California? From the AP:
The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:15 pm
According to Reuters:
The U.N. General Assembly split over the issue of gay rights on Thursday after a European-drafted statement calling for decriminalization of homosexuality prompted an Arab-backed one opposing it.
The declaration urges states “to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no [...]
December 19, 2008 – 6:15 pm
The L.A. Times is reporting:
The legal battle over gay marriage will heat up again today, when the first briefs in the lawsuit over the validity of Proposition 8 are due to the California Supreme Court.
Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, was approved by 52% of California voters last month, [...]
