Politics

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I came across this fascinating debate on the website FiveThirtyEight.com. The site breaks election results and exit poll information down for analysis. The following link takes you to a discussion on Prop 8 from a variety of angles, but specifically meant to discuss the theory that black and Hispanic voters provided the tipping point for

The Courage Campaign, dedicated to progressive politics, has a petition available to collect signatures to repeal Prop 8. Click on the following link:  Courage Campaign – Repeal CA Prop 8

To see a verified list of only local businesses and large supporters, please see this article. In late October, Protect Marriage, the umbrella group behind CA Prop 8, issued threats to California businesses who contributed to the No On 8 campaign . The group contacted companies who had donated to the No On 8 campaign

I would not have argued it this way. Not because Olbermann is wrong, but because the issue of Prop 8 is an issue of equal rights and civil liberties, not of love. Regardless, Olbermann moved me enormously with this piece. There’s no doubt this man knows this issue is about the constitution, equality and American

A National Protest against the passage of CA Proposition 8 is happening on Saturday, November 15th. Read the details here:  Join The Impact – Protest On November 15th Check out this article from Huffington Post’s Gay Marriage Page, about the movement to revoke the tax exempt status of the Mormon Church:  Gays Hit Back At

BUS INFO:  We have not met our 47 seat limit, so if you are thinking about doing this – please, help us represent the Valley and help us show the numbers of the marginalized (feel guilty yet 🙂  So, if you want to take the bus…… When:  Show up between 7:30-7:45am tomorrow (Sunday, November 9)

In June it was estimated that legal same sex marriage would add 63 million to the state’s economy. With Prop 8 passed, however, California businesses are already seeing the economic results. The New York Times summarizes in the following article. “Even as opponents of the measure officially conceded defeat on Thursday, California business owners —

The ACLU, Lambda Legal and the National Center For Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court on Wednesday to invalidate Proposition 8, stating, “The California Constitution itself sets out two ways to alter the document that sets the most basic rules about how state government works. Through the initiative process, voters