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Marriage Equality Post Prop 8 Analysis

Marriage Equality has just released a report detailing the results of their post Prop 8 studies, forums and survey results. Visit the website here: Marriage Equality Media Center  Click HERE for a direct link to the report.

No Defending The Defense Of Marriage Act

Bob Barr, the original author of DOMA, the Defense Of Marriage Act, now states he thinks it should be repealed. Don’t be fooled that it’s out of empathy for LGBT Americans, it’s just more politics…Read the article by clicking on the following link: LA Times: No Defending The Defense Of Marriage Act

New LGBT Laws Go Into Effect

The following is written by Seth Hemmelgarn, from the Bay Area Reporter… Three bills that were signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger go into effect Thursday, January 1 and will give new legal protections to California’s foster youth and the state’s LGBTs. "We begin the new year knowing that all LGBT people, including youth

Attorney General Calls For Rejection Of Prop 8

(San Francisco, California) California Attorney General Jerry Brown told the state Supreme Court Friday that it should invalidate Proposition 8, the voter approved amendment to the state constitution that bans same-sex marriage. In a brief submitted to the court Friday, Brown’s office said the measure should be invalidated because it deprives people of the right

United States Refuses To Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration

United Nations — Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. In all, 66 of the U.N.’s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration _ which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to

Obama Makes A Bad Choice For Equality

President Elect Barack Obama is creating controversy over his choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation on January 20th. Warren, a pastor and friend of Obama’s, stands in direct opposition to such things as gay rights, women’s choice and stem cell research. Personally, my one problem with Obama is  the depth of his "faith"

Prop 8 – Aftermath & Analysis

A lot of discussion is going on concerning the strategies of the No On 8 Campaign, in the wake of the devastating loss on November 4th. As with any other political campaign in the history of the United States, any loss tends to focus on how the campaigns played their cards, and this one is

Local Proposition 8 Supporters List

Fresno businesses and large contributors who supported Proposition 8 Fresno’s Offical Boycott List!  Please print a copy and keep it with you at all times.  Spend your money at businesses that do not use your purchases to discriminate against you. View the list sorted by: Donor, Amount or Business Name

BREAKING NEWS – CA SUPREME COURT AGREES TO REVIEW PROP 8

BREAKING NEWS… (San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2008)—Today the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on November 4. In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied