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California Marriage Equality -- How We Will Win

Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, Ballot Initiative, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.

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14th Amendment: R.I.P.

Mike Malloy | Posted 06.26.2009 | Home

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Mike Malloy

The California Supreme Court today upheld a voter-approved ban -- the recent so-called Prop 8 -- on same-sex marriage, but in the same ruling decided ...

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CA Supreme Court Cuts the Marriage Equality Baby in Half - and It Hurts

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, California Prop 8, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court, Politics News
Leah McElrath Renna

What might appear to others to be some kind of even-handed compromise nevertheless cuts like a knife for many of us.

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California Supreme Court Thinks Prop 8 Was No Big Deal

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Amendment, Equality, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Gay, California Prop 8, Eqaul Protection, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, California Supreme Court, Revision, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The court says that because the effect of Proposition 8 is so "minor" we don't need to classify it as a revision and it can stand, as is, after a simple majority vote.

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George Takei Speaks Out On Prop 8 Ruling

E! | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Takei, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Entertainment News

Proposition 8 may have been upheld by the courts today, but George Takei is hopeful it won't be forever. The Star Trek star, who married longtime lov...

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Defenders of Marriage

Roy Zimmerman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: California Prop 8 Ruling, Prop 8 Upheld, Video, Prop 8 Ruling, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Prop Eight, California Prop 8, California Proposition 8 Ruling, Prop 8 Decision, Gay Marriage, Comedy News
Roy Zimmerman

Now that the California State Supreme Court has upheld Prop 8, it's official: San Francisco is moving to Iowa.

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Prop 8 Decision: Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By California Supreme Court

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prop 8, Proposition 8, Prop Eight, California Prop 8, Prop 8 Ruling, California Prop 8 Ruling, California Proposition 8 Ruling, Prop 8 Decision, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the estimated 18,000 same-sex weddings that took...

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The Dallas Principles: The Best Response To Prop 8

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Discrimination, Proposition 8, Working Life, California Supreme Court, Dallas Principles, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

One day, as a society, we will look back at the absurdity of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals as something as abhorrent as racial discrimination.

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'Vote No on Everything' Urges Changes to California Proposition System

Brian Normoyle | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prop 1a-1f, Proposition 8, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, California Propositions, California Special Election, Vote No, California Ballot Proposition, Reed Levine, VoteNoonEverything.Org, Direct Democracy, Ballot Initiative, California Constitution, Votenooneverything, Vnoe, Special Election, California Same Sex Marriage, Prop 13, Same-Sex Marriage, California Supreme Court Gay Marriage, California Supreme Court Decision, California Supreme Court, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News
Brian Normoyle

The voters of California sent another message that they want their leaders and legislators to do their jobs. The problem is the very system used to send this message is at least partially to blame for the state's problems.

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Marriage Equality and the New Faces of the Republican Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Rush Limbaugh, Maine, Iowa, Vermont, Same Sex Marriage, Connecticut, Religious Right, Massachusetts, Socialism, Tea Party, Republican Party, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The collapse of the moderate opposition to gay marriage is both partially caused by the right wing of the Republican Party's increasing isolation on the fringes of American politics.

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Meg Whitman Week -- Thursday: God and Meg at UCLA

Chris Kelly | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Meg Whitman California, Meg Whitman UCLA, Meg Whitman and Ebay, Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman Gay Marriage, Meg Whitman Prop 8, Civil Rights, Meg Whitman Governor, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Meg Whitman isn't a bigot. Because bigotry is almost a political position. Meg Whitman is running for governor because she thinks billionaires have to obey far too many laws. Gay marriage is a sideshow.

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

Barbara J. Nelson | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, California Gay Marriage Ban, Prop 8, California Proposition 8, Politics News
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.

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Cybill Shepherd: Mormons And Catholics To Blame For Prop 8

foxnews.com | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Tennessee-born beauty Cybill Shepherd definitely isn't one to waste words -- and had she no qualms in speaking out about who she thought was to blame ...

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What Do Mother's and Gay Marriage Have In Common?

Jason Mannino | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Prop 8, Mother's Day, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Relationships, Living News
Jason Mannino

I want you to know that I think my family is great, so why don't you people just stop all this hate? I know that love comes right from the heart. My p...

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Regarding Miss California, At Least Anita Bryant Could Sing

Michael Rowe | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Miss USA, Proposition 8, Perez Hilton, Carrie Prejean, Miles McPherson, The Rock Church, Anita Bryant, Nom, Joy Behar, Maggie Gallagher, Susan Boyle, Miss California, Stephen Baldwin, Rev. Nicole Lamarche, Shanna Moakler, Gay Marriage, Rex Wockner, Living, Entertainment News, Media News, Politics News
Michael Rowe

Carrie Prejean has become a sort of anti-Susan Boyle. It isn't just that she's a bigot, per se. There is no shortage of bigots. They just usually don't wear tiaras.

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Queeries: Going to Get Married in Iowa?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Lesbian, Same Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, California Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Iowa Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Des Moines-Iowa, Style News
Steven Petrow

Who pops the question? Among straights, traditionally it's been the guy who asks the girl, but even that's evolved in recent years. For same-sex couples, we're not burdened by any such traditions.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News
William Bradley

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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The Mormons are Coming, the Mormons are Coming

Fred Karger | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paul Revere, Mormongate, Proposition 8, Californians Against Hate, National Organization for Marriage, A Gathering Storm, Mormons, Fred Karger, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Maggie Gallagher, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Fred Karger

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Vermont and Iowa Take Different Paths to Gay Marriage

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Vermont Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Vermont, Iowa Gay Marriage, Iowa Supreme Court, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Bruce Ledewitz

For now, gay marriage belongs to ordinary politics and its eventual acceptance will only be enhanced by avoiding courts and allowing the legislative process to work.

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The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 2 of 2: The Law is Gay

Steven Shehori | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Humor and Satire, Prop 8, Rachel Maddow, Gay Marriage, Politics, Gay Rights, No on Prop 8, Breaking Politics News, California Gay Marriage, 2008 Election, California, Madonna, Golden State, Politics News
Steven Shehori

The truth however, is that despite Prop 8, gay marriage has been embraced in California since that first studio exec flew business class out of the Earth's primordial goo four billion years ago.

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Gay 'Justice' in a Perfect World?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Proposition 8, Newt Gingrich, News, Gay Marriage, Politics, California, Iowa, Vermont, Politics News
Andrew Belonsky

Justices may not always read the law correctly, but they're meant to be more objective than someone who has to worry about campaign funds.

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What Changed in Five Days: Gay Marriage in Iowa, Vermont and the Rest of the Country

Edward Stein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Edward Stein

Who would have thought that in the aftermath of Prop. 8 in California, one of the most liberal states in the union, so much would happen so quickly for gay marriage?

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What if Political Consultants Said No More Gay-Bashing?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dustin Lance Black, Mormon Church, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Prop 8, Yes on 8, California Supreme Court, No on Prop 8, American Association of Political Consultants, Scott Schmidt, Morris Thurston, Patrick Sammon, Frank Schubert, Gay Marriage, Wirthlins, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

One might even argue that Schubert's selective use of religion as a weapon against a minority may itself be considered a violation of the AAPC Code of Ethic regarding religious intolerance.

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Gay Iowans: We Never Were Ironic

Johnathan Wilber | Posted 05.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Iowa, Yes on Prop 8, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, The L Word, No on Prop 8, Will and Grace, New York, New York City, Gay Marriage, Yes on Prop 8 Mormons, Des Moines-Iowa, Living News
Johnathan Wilber

It's certainly a funny day to be a gay Iowan. When you leave the Midwest, you'd better be prepared to renounce your allegiance to your home state.

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An Interview with the Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers

Marissa Moss | Posted 05.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Emily Sailers, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Katy Perry, Protest, Political Activism, Obama Gay Rights, Green Tours, Amy Ray, Indigo Girls, Music, Gay Marriage, Biodiesel, Barack Obama, Honor the Earth, Entertainment News
Marissa Moss

As open lesbians, gay rights have been major for the Indigo Girls -- along with environmental concerns They are artists who believe that activism goes part and parcel with the power of song.

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