California Proposition 8

Tegan And Sara Interview: Gay Rights, Public Service And The Music Industry

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact


Identical twin Indie duo Tegan and Sara have been busy winning awards and producing work across genres since they first burst onto the scene in Canada...

National Equality March: DC Prepares For LGBT Community

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact


People from across the U.S. are converging on Washington D.C. this weekend for the National Equality March, a movement from the LGBT community to dema...

Why the California Court's Decision Is Good for Gay Marriage

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Aaron Zelinsky

We should view the California court not as opposing gay marriage, but rather as promoting public deliberation and democratic action on the subject of equal rights.

I Am Like a Free Person of Color in a Slave State

Barbara J. Nelson | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Barbara J. Nelson

I have rights and responsibilities no longer available to other lesbian and gay Californians. I am marginally privileged, and perpetually anxious that my legal status will be taken away.

Gay Marriage in Vermont: Three Progressive Lessons

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics


Aaron Zelinsky

For too long, federalism, the Madisonian concept of shared power between state and federal government, has been an idea monopolized by conservatives.

Prop 8 Donors: Find Out Who Backed California's Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: Here is the complete list of "Yes On Prop 8" donors. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A federal judge has denied a request to keep the names of donor...

Rick Warren Did Not Make Me a Believer

Disgrasian | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


Disgrasian

Why the pronoun-switch midstream from "me" to "us"? Who is this "us"? You and other Christians? It sounded like you meant all of us, Rick Warren.

Jerry Brown's Supreme Court Gambit Only Undermines Challenge to Prop 8

Peter Scheer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Peter Scheer

By switching sides in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General ripped up his job description -- a political gambit that pleases his supporters but, ironically, only makes it harder for the Court to overturn Prop 8.

Black Support For Prop. 8 Called Exaggeration

San Fransico Chronicle | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Reports of overwhelming African American support for Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage were exaggerated in exit polls, a new look at the Novemb...

My Congratulation Letter To Those Against Gay Marriage

Lee Stranahan | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics


Lee Stranahan

People who voted against marriage equality didn't think, "what's the stupidest most hateful thing I can vote for today?" Some of their criteria is wrong in my opinion, but it's better to look for agreement.

Gay is not the New Black

Irene Monroe | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Irene Monroe

The Prop 8 debate has caused polarization between white gay community and African Americans. Saying "Gay is the new black" poses the problems for many African Americans

Charles Blow Gets it Wrong on Blacks and Prop. 8

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


Leonce Gaiter

In his New York Times column on the overwhelming black vote in favor of Prop 8, Charles Blow paints a picture of hypocrisy, irrationality, resentment and plain ignorance.

Huckabee: Bleatin' Good in the Neighborhood

Ellis Weiner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


Ellis Weiner

Mike Huckabee, universally lauded as "America's Relatively Sane Religious Nut," claimed last week that California's Proposition 8 "did not ban gay marriage."

Twilight Star Speaks Out on Equal Marriage Rights

Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.01.2009 | Home


Lisa Derrick

It made perfect sense to ask Michael Welch, star of the anguished tale of teen vampiric love Twilight what he thought about Prop 8

Gay Marriage Supporter: It's Not Too Late For Civil Rights

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Brooke-Sidney Gavins

I caught up with No on Proposition 8 supporter Carlos Cabrera, 26, of San Francisco. Cabrera is a single gay man who is openly concerned about the future of gay marriage across the nation.

By Way of Clarification

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Ultimately, no one wins when ideology, whether progressive or reactionary, is allowed to prevail over diversity of ideas, and human will.

Blaming the African American Community Oversimplifies Prop 8 Results

Byron Williams | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

The real culprit responsible for Prop 8 passing is the quirky California political process that allows for a mulligan after the state Supreme Court already ruled in support of same-gender marriage.

The Fight Goes On

Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


Gavin Newsom

On the same ballot that we were granting more "rights" to chickens, a slim majority of voters were stripping rights away from our fellow Californians. This cannot stand. This will not stand.

Prop 8 Makes Wrong Kind of History

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Brian Normoyle

True or False: 1) We should eliminate civil rights through popular vote, as long as a very narrow majority of voters agree. 2) Special interests and ...

Hope Won...Now What?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Tabby Biddle

Can we also stay hopeful in the midst of market meltdown and the calamity of being amidst two economically and emotionally draining wars?

Mormon and Catholic Churches Complain About Being the Target of Prop 8 Protests

Pam Spaulding | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Pam Spaulding

Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation, should be moved to name the behavior of these institutions for what it is -- and question their tax-exempt status.

Obama Wins. And So Does Fear, Hate and Prop 8

John Ridley | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

In the new age of Barack Obama there is perhaps no greater lingering vestige of systemic bigotry than the barring of same sex marriages.

Election Reflection: Good News and Bad News for Women and Families

Judy Patrick | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Judy Patrick

Sadly, many voters did not see past their fears to understand how denying LGBT people rights is cut from the same cloth of discrimination that made Obama's election such a poignant event.

Cal Prop. 8 and Direct Democracy "Run Amok"

Bennet Kelley | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Bennet Kelley

Let Prop. 8 be the impetus by which Californians reestablish some sanity to the initiative process.

Prop Hate

Michael Seitzman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Michael Seitzman

Amidst all of the excitement at the election of Barack Obama and all that it says about our progress as a nation, some things happened on Tuesday that should remind us of how far we still have to go.