Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, who in 2007 changed his mind on same-sex marriage in a tear-filled press conference with his lesbian daughter, will testify in the federal suit to repeal Prop 8 being brought by superstar lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies.
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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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Love Honor Cherish has launched an internet drive to gather one million petition signatures in California to place the repeal of Proposition 8 on the 2010 ballot.
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The speech below is the one that Geoff Kors, the executive director of Equality California, gave at the Equality California Awards Ceremony in San Diego, California, on November 12, 2009.
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Councilmember Marti Emerald nominates Larry Baza to city arts commission
National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendell discussed recent GLBT legislative setbacks and successes at a San Diego Democratic Club (SDDC) reception, last Saturday.
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From Reuters:
California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year’s election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.
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While a small majority of California voters supports the right of gay couples to marry, a larger portion of voters opposes efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, according to a Los Angeles Times/USC poll.
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Poll shows same-sex marriage support in CaliforniaPittsburgh Post GazetteOverall, 51 percent of California voters favored marriage rights for gay couples, and 43 percent were opposed.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES/USC POLLLos Angeles TimesSupporters of gay marriage are also strategizing in other states but on Tuesday received a stiff rebuke when voters in Maine repealed a state measure that .
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Rod Dreher: On gay marriage, empathy is a two-way streetDallas Morning NewsThat's a big part of the gay marriage side's problem: They cannot imagine why, aside from bigotry, anyone would disagree with them.
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From the LA Times:
A majority of California voters opposes putting the issue of gay marriage back on the ballot for another referendum.
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Washington Post
Californians say no more gay marriage votes: Times pollLos Angeles TimesA majority of California voters oppose putting the issue of gay marriage back on the ballot for another referendum.
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Voters oppose putting gay marriage back on the ballot, Times/USC poll findsLos Angeles TimesSupporters of gay marriage are also strategizing in other states but on Tuesday received a stinging rebuke when voters in Maine repealed a state measure .
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(My apologies for not getting this press release out sooner... Louise)
Major fundraising campaign announced for 2010 marriage equality “Million for a Million” will fund signature gathering to put a marriage equality initiative on the California ballot next November
San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2009 – At rallies today in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Fresno marking the somber first anniversary of the passage of Proposition 8 in California, organizers will announce the launch of the first major fundraising campaign to place a marriage equality initiative on the California ballot in November 2010.
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Social conservatives sense a change in the political weather, say shift bodes .
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Columbus Dispatch
Same-sex marriage battle moves to MaineCNNBut in November 2008, California voters approved Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to ban gay marriage.
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Back in October of 2008, the National Organization For Marriage's Maggie Gallagher said the following in order to scare California voters into supporting that divisive misstep known as Prop 8: (If embedded audio doesn't load for you, you can listen.
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The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon said Tuesday.
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Mormon leader: religious freedom at risk By Eric Gorski | Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon said Tuesday.
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From the Associated Press:
The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon says in a speech to be delivered Tuesday.
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