Cal Prop. 8 and Direct Democracy "Run Amok"
Let Prop. 8 be the impetus by which Californians reestablish some sanity to the initiative process.
Let Prop. 8 be the impetus by which Californians reestablish some sanity to the initiative process.
Michael Seitzman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
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.
Paul Hogarth | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
It pains me to describe it this way, but "No on 8" -- like Michael Dukakis -- blew a seventeen-point lead. Our right to marry just got taken away from us, and we've got to be smart if we're going to get it back.
Max Blumenthal | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The Mormons' donations are well known. But little attention has been focused on two of the proposition's biggest individual donors.
Timothy Naftali | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
If "Yes" should eke out a victory today, it is only a matter of a few years before this blot on the California constitution is repealed.
Craig Newmark | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
Still need some help filling out that ballot? Craig Newmark shows us how it's done.
Judy Patrick | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Everyone should have the choice to marry the person they love. It's a personal and fundamental freedom guaranteed by the California constitution.
Max and the Marginalized | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
We wrote "Proposition Hate" because the effort to deny same-sex couples the right to marry in our home state of California deserves a fast, loud and angry song.
Natasha Chen | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
Statewide polls show that voters are split dead-even on Proposition 8 in California, which attempts to ban gay marriage. The issue has triggered well-...
Paul Hogarth | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
An October 14th story described Mayor Gavin Newsom as "everyone's worst nightmare" because the "Yes on 8" side used his Supreme Court victory speech in one of their ads.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home
Black support for the Calif. anti-gay-marriage proposition is higher than support among any other ethnic group, which is ironic, considering that precedence in the case is the end of the ban on interracial marriage.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics