August 12, 2009 – 10:09 am
There is a debate occurring within the marital equality rights community of whether an effort to overturn Proposition 8 should be executed in the November of 2010 or the November of 2012.
A summary of the battle at the San Francisco Chronicle:
Several California ACLU chapters have suggested waiting. So has the Alice B. Toklas Democratic [...]
The political world and blogosphere are abuzz because of Ted Olsen’s and David Boies’ Wall Street Journal Op-Ed in which they lay out, in the simplest and clearest terms possible, the reasons behind the constitutionality of same-sex marriage.
The piece is effective and to-the-point, and clearly explains away the problems people have with gay marriage. It [...]
February 10, 2009 – 1:58 pm
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February 4, 2009 – 5:33 pm
From 365 Gay:
Six weeks into an investigation by California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, the Church of Latter-Day Saints has admitted that it spent nearly $188,000 more on the campaign to approve Proposition 8 that it had initially stated.
The Mormon Church previously insisted that it spent only $2,078 to support the ban on same-sex marriage, something [...]
February 3, 2009 – 7:39 pm
From the San Jose Mercury News:
The California Supreme Court will hear the legal showdown over gay marriage on March 5, ensuring a decision on the future of same-sex nuptials across the state will arrive before summer.
In a statement released Tuesday, the high court set three hours of arguments for its calendar in San Francisco, setting [...]
January 9, 2009 – 7:43 am
According to the California AP:
Supporters of the ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California have filed a lawsuit seeking to block their campaign finance records from public view, saying the reports have led to the harassment of donors.
“No one should have to worry about getting a death threat because of the way he or [...]
January 7, 2009 – 3:04 pm
Cornwall had previously shied away from speaking about gay rights and her own same-sex marriage to until going public last year in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. Recently, in another interview, Cornwall spoke openly about getting older and deciding to take a public stand on Prop 8.
“Maybe it is a function of getting older but I think [...]
January 7, 2009 – 11:46 am
Some highlights:
One in five conservatives voted no while one in five liberals voted yes.
Seventy percent of those who attend religious services weekly voted for the ban.
While more than two-thirds of those 65 or older supported Proposition 8, the majority under 65 opposed it.
Despite the ban’s passage, support for marriage equality increased 9 percent since voters [...]
January 6, 2009 – 7:22 am
The good attorney general in California is taking some heat on behalf of civil marriage equality.
Gay-marriage opponents filed legal briefs Monday accusing California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown of having “invented an entirely new theory,” one that “fails at every level,” in his quest to find a reason to invalidate Proposition 8, which passed with 52% [...]
December 21, 2008 – 8:34 pm
I’m not thrilled about Obama’s choice of Rick Warren as his inaugural pastor, however, I’m inclined to agree with Ryan Davis over at HuffPost:
After the passing of Prop 8, our community could have taken the high ground: candlelight vigils, community organizing by making a passionate, thoughtful case for our rights. We didn’t. We just yelled [...]
