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The Avoidable Tragedy of California's Prop 8

William Bradley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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William Bradley

The California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 is all the more tragic in that the initiative never should have passed in the first place.

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Yes on 8 Using Elton John's "Very Happy With Civil Union"

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.17.2008 | Entertainment

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Lisa Derrick

OMG! Elton John, you're breaking my heart. And getting used by Yes-on-8 fundraisers. Elton may be happy with his civil union, but that's because the UK version is very different form California's.

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El Coyote Boycott? Mormon Manager's Faith Overrides "Love" For Customers

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Gay Rights, El Coyote Cafe, No on 8, Yes on 8, Mormons, El Coyote, El Coyote Boycott, Gay Marriage, Home News
Lisa Derrick

About 70 people gathered at the legendary El Coyote Cafe in Los Angeles' Fairfax District Wednesday morning for a community sit down/brunch to hear M...

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Nate Silver: Don't Blame Prop 8 On Black And Latino Voters

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Certainly, the No on 8 folks might have done a better job of outreach to California's black and Latino communities. But the notion that Prop 8 passed ...

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Scapegoating and Proposition 8

Paul Katz | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Paul Katz

I acknowledge that I did little or next to nothing to help. The passage of Prop 8 has galvanized me, though, and I won't make the same mistake twice. I plan to participate now.

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WTF? Courtney Love HAPPY Prop 8 passed?

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.08.2008 | Entertainment

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Lisa Derrick

Prop 8 was confusing. Courtney Love is often confused. But this is really insane. From her friends-only blog, CLove seems to be celebrating the passage of the same-sex marriage ban.

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Obama Teaches the Gays

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Rick Jacobs

The Mormon Church and its subsidiary allies brilliantly pumped in money and lies into a cynical campaign to strip rights from people. They ran a much better campaign than the No side.

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"Fagots -- Stay Out"

Tom Gregory | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Tom Gregory

In Barack Obama's silence, he voiced his opinion. Obama quietly let millions of his supporters vote for their political evolution while simultaneously selecting prejudice.

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Mormon Church on Prop 8: We Oppose Civil Rights (But Don't Tell)

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Rick Jacobs

On Daily Kos yesterday, Dante Atkins provided a smoking gun memo showing that the Mormon Church has planned for more than a decade to hide behind others in its attempt to suppress civil rights.

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WeHo's Paucity of Palins Points to Political Drag

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

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Lisa Derrick

The West Hollywood Halloween carnival attracts over a hundred thousand visitors to the tiny city. Known for the participants' outrageous and creative ...

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Black Blindness on Proposition 8

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

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.

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