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FAIR Education Act protesters approved to collect signatures

logointern3 — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:11:57 +0000

A little more than a week after the FAIR Education Act passed, contesters have gained approval from California to start petitions to undo the landmark legislation.

SB 48 – The Fair, Accurate,(...)

Withers: Slate writer drops the ball in Obama article

James Withers — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:19:48 +0000

Jacob Weisberg has an article over at Slate where he takes President Barack Obama to task for offering no moral leadership. From gay marriage, DADT, Proposition 8, immigration, to religious(...)

Calif. gays must wait to wed during Prop 8 appeal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:34:58 +0000

(San Francisco) Gay couples who had been gearing up to get married in California this week had to put their wedding plans on hold once again after a federal appeals court said it first wanted to(...)

CA gay couples prepare for marriage

logointern1 — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:00:03 +0000

Gay couples in California will be able to marry on Aug. 18, unless the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals issues an emergency stay.

Same-sex couples in California are already planning. In San Diego(...)

Prop. 8 backers argue more to stop gay weddings

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:11:34 +0000

(San Francisco) The lawyers defending California’s gay marriage ban are making one last argument on why an appeals court should block same-sex weddings while it decides the case.

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Weekend Watercooler: Is Glenn Beck a gay rights supporter?

rayhunt — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:00:03 +0000

• Unlikely Supporter. During a conversation with Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck offered that he doesn’t believe that social issues (i.e. abortion and gay marriage) should be political(...)

Gay marriage foes file Prop 8 appeal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:00:22 +0000

Supporters of California’s gay marriage ban filed an appeal Thursday of a federal judge’s ruling striking down the voter-approved law.

The appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was(...)

Judge doubts gay marriage ban’s backers can appeal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:05:07 +0000

(San Francisco) The federal judge who overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban has more bad news for the measure’s sponsors: he not only is unwilling to keep gay couples from marrying(...)

Quotes & Notes: What happened with Prop 8 today

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:21:12 +0000

What a big day for California! [Also - apologies for earlier outages. We were swamped with traffic after Prop 8 and our servers kept crashing] A wrapup:

*Judge Vaughn Walker denied the stay of(...)

Culhane: Prop 8 stay analysis

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:19:50 +0000

Earlier this afternoon, Judge Vaughn Walker issued another explosive ruling in the Prop 8 case: There will be no stay of his decision declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional while the case works its(...)