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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Deb Price: Setback for gay rights in Maine, but hope elsewhereCapital TimesMaine will go down in the history books as the gay heartbreaker of Election Day 2009: Voters vetoed gay marriage even though it had won the approval of .
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Maine will go down in the history books as the gay heartbreaker of Election Day 2009: Voters vetoed gay marriage even though it had won the approval of their state legislature and governor.
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ALBANY, NY -- Having faced stinging losses on Election Day, supporters of " gay marriage " in New .
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NY, NJ, groups race to pass 'gay marriage' by year's endBP NewsALBANY, NY (BP)--Having faced stinging losses on Election Day, supporters of "gay marriage" in New York and New Jersey are looking to regain momentum and .
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The National Organization for Marriage today posted this warning to NY state senators in advance of tomorrow's possible vote on marriage equality:
Following up on its successful campaign to defeat Dede Scozzafava in NY-23, The National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Executive Director Brian Brown announced plans to build a $500,000 war chest to fund a primary challenge to any Republican senator who votes for gay marriage – regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s vote in the State Senate.
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From The New York Times Editorial Board: Last Tuesday’s Election Day results showed how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
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Well, here's one of our personal story diaries we usually save for the weekend.
I went to the San Diego VA Medical Center this past election day (November 3, 2009), and did some snooping to find the exact date my genetic test was taken, and find out what the clinical name of the test is.
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Political scorecard: Traditional Marriage 31, Gay Marriage 0Examiner.comAfter Maine voters rejected a law that allowed gay marriage in the state, supporters of traditional marriage have won public votes in 31 attempts to .
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. . . and Rahm Emanuel and Anita Dunn and David Axelrod.
Fox News pulls huge election day ratings. Mr.
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The DNC and the White House are already in hot water with the gay community for a growing list of slights and grievances.
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Gay marriage, GLBT rights fall victim to the votersSouth Florida Blade"The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," declared Frank Schubert, chief organizer for the anti-gay marriage side.
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Lawrence O'Donnell was filling in Kieth Olbermann on Countdown the day after election day. He had author Dan Savage on to discuss the results from the election.
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In terms of looking at election day 2009 as a mixed bag, with the highs of Kalamazoo's anti-discrimination proposition and Washington State's affirmation of R71, the small but significant gains in local races by openly gal/open ally pols, and the awful empty feeling of watching mob rule win again, this time in Maine, it's always the first inclination to place the blame at someone's door.
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Gay issues and candidates were on tickets throughout the U.S.
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Though the wounds from Maine are still fresh, it's important to remember that it wasn't all bad news on Election Day.
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Election Day Round-Up: Gay Marriage in Maine, nyc's Mayor, Etc.LAist (blog)One year after Prop 8, which banned gay marriage in California, Maine faced a similar fate.
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It was a mixed election day for gay rights coast to coast. Here's what happened, from Maine to Washington, and Kalamazoo to Houston.
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At 7:30 yesterday morning, we walked to our local polling place in the elementary school, past the "Vote Aqui" signs, past the bake sale moms, the cellophaned chocolate chip Frisbees and into the voting area.
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Well this is a terrible way to wake up the day after Election Day. Did that really happen last night? Yes, yes it did.
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