Karen Ocamb: URGENT! Gays could lose Domestic Partnerships in Washington state Nov 3
Pams House blend Oct 23 09Karen Ocamb at LGBT POV hypothesizes that a failure to preserve the domestic partnership law in Washington state will embolden the radical-right to attack Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships elsewhere. Scary stuff. -- LurleenWhile the eyes of the LGBT nation are now focused on President Obama signing the federal hate crimes bill and on beating back the Religious Right Prop 8 sequel in Maine - same sex couples in Washington state are sweating bullets that in just over a week they might lose the simplest of family relationship protections - Domestic Partnerships. At a Hollywood fundraiser for Maine Tuesday night thrown by Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen and political consultant Chad Griffin - the team behind the Ted Olson-David Boies federal challenge to Prop 8 - Cohen said the two challenges are important part of the national movement towards full equal rights: "When [the federal challenge to Prop 8] makes it up to the highest court that it ends at - how many states have marriage is going to be a huge part of that victory. Full story...
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Pams House blend less than a day agoDean Barker, a managing editor at Blue Hampshire, has kindly given me permission to post a copy of his latest diary here at Pam's House Blend.
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