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Category Archives: Proposition 8
Poll: 59 Percent of Californians Support Marriage Equality
A new poll shows that 59 percent of Californians now support marriage for same-sex couples. The Field poll specifically shows that 64 percent of white, 53 percent of Latino and 50 percent of black and Asian Californians support nuptials for … Continue reading
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Federal Appeals Court Finds California’s Proposition 8 Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Tuesday ruled California’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 vote, the three judge panel upheld now retired Chief U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker ruling that the voter-approved ballot … Continue reading
Phelps clan hijacks NOH8 campaign
Leave it to the Phelps clan to use Adam Bouska’s NOH8 campaign to further propagate their particular brand of religious-based lunacy. The New Civil Rights Movement reported earlier this morning that the Topeka-based bigots posted a 25-minute video to their … Continue reading
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Boy in Bushwick appears on Same Sex Sunday
Boy in Bushwick was among the guests who appeared on “Same Sex Sunday” on Sunday, Dec. 19, to discuss the LGBT-specific issues that garnered headlines in 2010. http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerlightsmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://samesexsunday.podbean.com/mf/play/7uv9ms/Same_Sex_Sunday_the_Day_DADT_was_repealed.mp3&autoStart=no Powered by Podbean.com
Boy in Bushwick appears on Same Sex Sunday
It’s a stormy night here in Bushwick, but here’s a link to the Same Sex Sunday segment on which I appeared alongside Tobias Barrington Wolfe of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, MetroWeekly reporter Chris Geidner, former U.S. Marine Corps … Continue reading
"Constitutionally protected activity" cannot justify Proposition 8
Those who continue to defend California’s Proposition 8 apparently failed to read the Constitution before they delivered their oral arguments to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday in San Francisco, but former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olsen provided … Continue reading
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Judge to issue Prop 8 ruling today
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is scheduled to post his decision on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 later today, and activists around the country plan to hold demonstrations, rallies and other events to react to the ruling. A … Continue reading
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Conservative California lawmakers resigns amid sex scandal
Add former California Assemblymember Michael Duvall [R-Yorba Linda] to the ever-growing list of socially conservative lawmakers who amount to nothing more than self-righteous hypocrites! Duvall resigned earlier today after a Los Angeles television station broadcast audio tapes of comments he … Continue reading
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Michael Jackson and Proposition 8
I am listening to the Michael Jackson memorial service as I write this blog, but an interesting tweet this morning that compared the massive amount of people expected to descend upon downtown Los Angeles and those who turned out to … Continue reading
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Thousands protest Prop 8 in Manhattan
As activists around the country continue to react to the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8, more than 2,000 people took to the streets of lower Manhattan to protest. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined Manhattan Borough President … Continue reading
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