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The Prop 8 Supreme Court Hearings
Source: http://www.queerty.com/live-from-the-california-supreme-court-hearing-with-handy-viewing-guide-20090305/ Hey hey! It's your special day, gays and lesbians, as the California Supreme Court listens to arguments on whether to overturn Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in the state of California only months after that same court declared marriage "an inalienable right". Crowds are gathered outside the courthouse in San Francisco to watch the hearing, but for the rest of you, stick around as we use this space throughout the day to give you live updates, Twitter feeds, video and interviews about the biggest constitutional case over gay marriage this country has ever seen.More layoffs at Focus on the Family
Ministry spent more than $500,000 to pass California's Prop. 8 gay marriage ban By Cara Degette 11/17/08 11:50 AM Focus on the Family is poised to announce major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire today. The cutbacks come just weeks after the group pumped more than half a million dollars into the successful effort to pass a gay-marriage ban in California."Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more...
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Christina Aguilera is Anti-Proposition 8
MTV Shows Christina Aguilera is the latest celebrity to speak out against California’s Proposition 8, which eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry. The ballot measure overturns a state Supreme Court ruling that briefly gave same-sex couples the right to wed. She told MTV, “Last night, there was a whole rally that I saw for Prop.Texas GOP Ballot Propositions
My friend, Mukesh works in Dallas and alerted me to this so I thought I would share. He had sent a writeup in email, however it wasn't sourced, so I googled to find a source. I am including that source to substantiate what he told me was on the ballots, however, I will note that I am only posting the actual 5 propositions on the ballot, and not the commentary provided by the source since it is written as an opinion piece. If you want to see what the source had to say, feel free to click away. If I find another, less opinionated source that explains the propositions, I will edit and add it in later. The Texas Republican Primary Ballots contains 5 Ballot propositions that are not being included on the Democractic Primary Ballots. They are as follows: Ballot Proposition #1: Photo ID The Texas Legislature should make it a priority to protect the integrity of our election process by enacting legislation that requires voters to provide valid photo identification in order to cast a ballot in any and all elections conducted in the State of Texas. Ballot Proposition #2: Controlling Government Growth Every government body in Texas should be required to limit any annual increase in its budget and spending to the combined increase of population and inflation unless it first gets voter approval to exceed the allowed annual growth or in the case of an official emergency.The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
Why same-sex marriage is an American value.
By Theodore B. Olson | NEWSWEEK
Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's Proposition 8—the voter-approved measure that overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex.
Gay Marriage Ban Goes On Trial In Calif
The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. The proceedings, which are expected to last two to three weeks, involve a challenge to Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban approved by California voters in November 2008.Supremes to Decide if Anti-Gay Rights Petition Will Be Public
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday got involved for the second time this week in a case in which opponents of gay rights fear they will be harassed if their views are made public.
The high court will consider whether Washington state officials can release more than 138,500 names on a petition seeking a vote on overturning the state's domestic partnership rights.
Protect Marriage Washington, which unsuccessfully opposed the law giving gay couples expanded rights, wants to shield from disclosure the signers of the petition for a referendum on that law.
Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.California Anti-Divorce Measure
Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way.
In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California.
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