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Ezra Klein at WonkBlog has the written transcripts and audio for today’s US Supreme Court hearing on marriage equality. Listen for yourself.
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With everything that has been written about the oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Supreme Court case challenging California’s Proposition 8 (spoiler alert: Prop 8 will most likely be a thing of the past), I’d like to take a different approach and address the haters…….of the LGBT community, specifically those who frequently bring religion
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It’s still waaaay too early to tell, to be sure, but the tenor of Chief Justice Roberts’ questions on Prop 8 is encouraging. Towleroad.com reports: Reuters breaking: Tweet: “Developing: Roberts says California #prop8 case may not reach central issue of right to marry for gays…” Tweet: “U.S. Chief Justice Roberts, midway into gay marriage arguments,
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After more than an hour of oral arguments this morning in Hollingsworth v. Perry,the challenge to the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage, it came down to this: attorney Charles Cooper, representing the proponents of that ban, Proposition 8, returned to the lectern for his ten minutes of rebuttal time. He immediately confronted a question
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Argument audio is now online: here.
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On March 26th and 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases, respectively, which are fundamentally about whether same-sex couples, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans should have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will make rulings by June, on whether or not it is
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Lots more to report on the Prop 8 / Defense of Marriage Act front this morning. We’ll start with congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out this week on DOMA, On Top Magazine reports: “Around 2005, the Republicans, who were in the majority, passed legislation specifically related to DOMA, which had, as you know,
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There’s lots being written out there today about and by the GOP on marriage equality. Let’s start with this charming quote from Rush Limbaugh, as reported in Gay Star News: Limbaugh asked his caller, ‘What do you say to people who say – “you know what … you’re old fashioned, you’re stuck in the past.
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The other day, we reported on Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reaffirming his company’s support for marriaiage equality. A video of his comments just surfaced. Towleroad.com reports: What Strobhar said as reported by KPLU: “In the first fill quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales and our earrings — shall we say politely — were
