Gay-marriage opponents sue to force referendum

SheWired Gay-marriage opponents sue to force referendumWashington PostThe decision by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics to block a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage reverberated .
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But, but, but, but, but --- what about the right to mob rule?!

If you follow the so-called "culture war," it should come as no surprise that the reliable homo-hostile Alliance Defense Fund is challenging the D.
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Utah congressman presses DC gay marriage vote

MyFox Washington DC Utah congressman presses DC gay marriage voteLocalNews8.comDC's city council is preparing to legalize same-sex marriage in the city, and Chaffetz has been 1 of the loudest congressional opponents of the legislation.
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DC Board of Elections rejects marriage ballot initiative... a model for America?

HRC's blog reports that there won't be a ballot initiative on marriage in DC:

Today, the D.
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A Tale of 2 Jurisdictions: California Voters Can Decide Marriage Law, But D.C. Cannot

While the District of Columbia just decided that allowing the people to vote, via ballot initiative, on same-sex marriage would violate the city's Human Rights Act — because popular vote should not decide civil rights — the State of California finds itself fielding five just-approved ballot measures to reverse Proposition 8, the ballot measure that [.
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National Briefing | Washington No Measure to Ban Gay Marriage

MyFox Washington DC National Briefing | Washington No Measure to Ban Gay MarriageNew York TimesOpponents of same-sex marriage wanted to ask voters whether “only marriage between a man and woman” should be recognized.
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Public vote on DC same-sex marriage would violate rights law, says board

A proposed ballot initiative for the District of Columbia that would have restricted civil marriage to a union of a man and a woman cannot cannot appear on the ballot, the DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday.
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DC Board Rejects Ballot Initiative on Gay Marriage

Advocate.com DC Board Rejects Ballot Initiative on Gay MarriageChristian PostThe DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday not to take same-sex marriage to the ballot for a vote by the .
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DC board turns away ballot initiative

Advocate.com DC board turns away ballot initiativeWashington PostThe ruling, which comes less than two weeks after voters in Maine overturned that state's same-sex marriage law, sets the District apart from many other .
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CA: Petition Drive Launched To Repeal Prop 8

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*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** SIGNFOREQUALITY.COM LAUNCHES PETITION DRIVE TO REPEAL PROP 8

Activists Unveil Unique Social-Networking Tool to Support Signature Gathering Effort

(SACRAMENTO - November 16, 2009)

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Attacking Tax-Exemptions for Churches a Lose-Lose Proposition

Editors' Note: Guest blogger Sam Ritchie is a writer and activist who lives with his husband of twelve years in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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The Top 10 Best Ballot Questions Ever

If "Let the people vote!" is now the dominant, deeply-considered political philosophy, I don't see why we can't all dream about what we want to see on the ballot.
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DNC's OFA emails Mainers about tomorrow's election, conveniently forgets to mention the anti-gay ballot initiative

I'm sure it's just an oversight that the Democratic National Committee's organization, "Organizing for America," sent a "get out and vote message" to Mainers a short while ago, and forgot to mention the number one issue in the state right now, the effort to repeal the right of gay couples to marry in the state.
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Porno Pete LaBarbera Too Hateful Even For Maine's Anti-Gay Haters

Peter LaBarbera held a press conference yesterday in Maine's state house yesterday, which was not only virtually unattended except by the press, but was denounced by Stand For Marriage themselves.
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Federal judge spanks Reject 71 but can't stop wave of Colorado cash

Good news and bad news from Washington State.  The good news is that a federal judge in Tacoma denied the attempt of the local Focus on the Family affiliate Family Policy Institute of Washington (via its Family PAC) to gut Washington state's campaign finance laws a week before the election.
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Colorado: 2010 ballot initiative proposes to classify 'eggs as people'

Will this result in investigation by speculum? What is the problem with these pre-fetus worshippers?

In any practical application of this initiative, if it passed and was signed into law, would be impossible to consistently enforce.
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Colbert's The WORD Mocks Washington Push To End 'All But Marriage' (Video)

Last night's The WORD was about the ballot initiative 71 in Washington State. Colbert goes on to skewer the whole thing including pointing out how there is no country called Scandinavia.
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Colbert Wades into Referendum 71

Stephen Colbert delivers satire on Referendum 71, the domestic partnership ballot initiative in Washington.
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Same-sex union foes seek ballot initiative to define marriage

Washington Post Same-sex union foes seek ballot initiative to define marriageWashington ExaminerJanet Boynes, a self-proclaimed converted lesbian, blasted gay marriage proponents for riding "on the coattails of the civil rights movement.
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Harry Jackson and Walter Fauntroy tag team bigotry at anti-marriage equality rally in DC

The tools of the religious right continue to stoke anti-gay sentiments. (Wash Blade): Chanting "let the people vote," Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of a church in Beltsville, Md.
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