Where the Gay Marriage Debate Should End

CitizenLink Where the Gay Marriage Debate Should EndPolitics Daily (blog)By "best," I do not mean the quickest or easiest way to make gay marriage legal; in that respect, ballot initiatives currently have an abysmal track record.
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D.C. Board Refuses Same-Sex Marriage Voter Initiative.

This is what every state needs to do, and should have done, when faced with those hateful, bigoted, ballot initiatives seeking to eradicate civil rights for LGBT individuals.
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New contributors!

As we prepare for our grand re-launch (current estimate for the Big Day is January 1st), we're working hard to increase our stable of contributors.
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CA: Petition Drive Launched To Repeal Prop 8

Just in to the Blend:

*** 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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Roundtable on Kalamazoo, Washington, and Maine's ballot initiatives

Below is a roundtable I just recorded on the ballot initiatives in Maine, Washington, and Kalamazoo.
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DNC Explains What Happened In Maine (But Not Why It Bailed on Question 1)

INSUFFICIENT – Hoping to clarify what those emails to supporters were about, DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan explains: "In Maine there were over a half dozen ballot initiatives and referendums, and local municipal elections at stake and OFA sent an e-mail to thousands of activists encouraging them to vote in support of progressive causes and candidates.
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Election Post-mortem

Straits Times Election Post-mortemFree LiberalFive years ago, when citizen votes against gay marriage were more common and were largely a reaction to actions by the Mayor of San Francisco when he took .
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Mixner: Obama 'No Help' with Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives

Washington Post Mixner: Obama 'No Help' with Anti-Gay Ballot InitiativesTowleroad (blog)Obama signed the hate crimes bill, the HIV travel ban is being lifted, etc.
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E-Day Phone Banking in California

Equality California to Host Phone Banks for Maine and Washington Ballot Initiatives WHAT: Equality California (EQCA) will host phone banks across the state for California volunteers, encouraging voters in Maine and Washington to vote to protect the rights of same-sex couples.
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Mixner: Obama 'No Help' with Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives

And we won't forget it should initiatives in Maine and Washingtonnot go our way: "So you fully understand the consequences of this administrations actions in the last week, just look at the statistics for Maine voters.
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Traditional Values Coalition distorts marketing statistics to attack ENDA

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

In the midst of the hoopla about ballot initiatives that we have to put up with today, it's "touching" that religious right groups take time out of their busy schedule of trying to deny us marriage equality and non-discrimination rights to make the case that we are so rich that we don't deserve any employment protection at all.
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Maine: NOM Loses, Must Disclose Funding

Good news from Maine: A federal judge has turned down a request by the National Organization for Marriage to suspend Maine's campaign reporting requirements for ballot initiatives.
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Breaking Gay News :: All Topics Open for Forum Discussion

Gay-marriage supporters, opponents square off By Clarke Canfield | Thursday Oct 29, 2009A supporter and an opponent of same-sex marriage made their respective cases on live television Wednesday, less than a week before a statewide referendum on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.
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AG Eric Holder Refuses to Take Stand on Maine Question 1

Ten days ago, after prodding from The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld, the Obama administration released a statement clarifying its position on anti-gay ballot initiatives, such as Question 1 in Maine and Referendum 71 in Washington state.
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Attorney General Holder speaks at U of Maine, wouldn't weigh in on Question 1

How about this for fierce advocacy support from the Obama admin? I thought the official stance is that it opposes such all anti-gay ballot initiatives.
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Gay Marriage Opponents Target Pingree for Fundraising Work

Gay Marriage Opponents Target Pingree for Fundraising WorkMPBN NewsMaine House Speaker Hannah Pingree is also the target of allegations from the campaign to repeal Maine's gay marriage law.
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The Other Ballot Battles

by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on October 16, 2009

I’ve spent the last week traveling through rural Wisconsin for a series of diversity lectures at small technical colleges.
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Small Favors (Cont.)

by David Link

I stick by my limited gratitude to the White House for its oblique but helpful statement about state referenda on gay equality, and specifically (kind of) marriage.
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Harry Potter and Support for Gay Marriage in Maine

A group of Harry Potter fans want to make sure that if Dumbledore were a real, living character, he would have the right to marry in Maine.
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Harry Reid to LDS: stop wasting church resources to fund anti-equality measures

While the Senate Majority Leader personally believes in one-man, one-woman marriage, the firmly believes it's a waste of LDS church resources to interfere with a state on ballot initiatives.
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