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Wednesday, July 23
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We reported last month about the egregious and blatant breach of Senate rules which led to the Arizona Senate’s vote to place an anti-marriage amendment on the ballot. On Monday, State Sen. Ken Cheuvront (D-Phoenix) filed an ethics complaint...
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Wednesday, July 23
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The original title was “Limit on Marriage. Constitutional Amendment”. Now it’s been changed for the better (PDF: 2 pages):
ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Changes California Constitution...
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Wednesday, July 23
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Former New York and current Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton has endorsed gay marriage and given a donation to the efforts to fight against Proposition 8.
“The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,”...
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Wednesday, July 23
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Per the LA Times
The majority Republican City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose Proposition 8, intended to define marriage in California as between a man and a woman.
“Laguna has a live-and-let-live attitude,” said Councilwoman...
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Tuesday, July 22
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There’s been no such thing as the summer doldrums this election season, what with fevered speculation over running mates and overseas trips with dueling photo ops set up to appear more “presidential.” Far more consequential, if much less made-for...
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Friday, July 18
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Confronted with the latest Field Poll showing that Proposition 8 is not favored by California voters, the supporters of the anti-gay marriage amendment are scrambling to find positive ways to spin the results. Unfortunately, they relying on false...
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Friday, July 18
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We told you earlier about the support that marriage equality is receiving from United Methodists in California. An anecdote shared by the Los Angeles Times may shed some light on at least one reason why these ministers are willing to face punishment...
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Friday, July 18
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The first California statewide poll to directly measure public opinion about Proposition 8 - the so-called California Marriage Protection (CaMP) Act, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriage equality - suggests the ballot measure...
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Friday, July 18
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In May , shortly after the State Supreme Court found in favor of marriage equality in California, the Field Poll reported that Californians did not favor amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage, by a margin of 51-43. A new Field Poll...
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Wednesday, July 16
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As we’ve shown you before, Randy Thomasson and the Campaign for Children and Families are not likely to go down in history as great thinkers of our generation. I’d go so far as to say that they’re downright loony.
Now it seems...
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Wednesday, July 16
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The California Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal brought by civil rights groups to keep the anti-gay marriage ban off the ballot. Their argument was that
1. Those signing were told that the initiative would not change the law, just keep...
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Tuesday, July 15
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The AP is reporting
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state.
The law prohibits couples from obtaining marriage licenses if they couldn’t legally wed in their home...
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Thursday, July 10
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This is just nuts. Arizona Sen. Tim Bee (R-Tucson), who cast the crucial sixteenth vote to place the anti-marriage amendment on the ballot, just can’t make up his mind about where he stands on the issue. First, he signed on as a co-sponsor...
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Thursday, July 10
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Highland Boulevard is a major street running through Hollywood. And due to a bend in the road between the Kodak Theater and the Hollywood Bowl, those drivers heading north have centered in their windshield the tower of the Hollywood United Methodist...
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Thursday, July 10
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We earlier described how the Arizona State Senate broke its own rules to cram a last-minute vote on the anti-marriage amendment in the session’s final hours. That was when State Senate President Tim Bee finally crumpled under the pressure...
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Thursday, July 10
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Arizona State Sen. Tim Bee knows that his crucial sixteenth vote to place the anti-marriage amendment on the ballot was a terrible mistake that he wishes would just go away. Especially now that Kolbe has withdrawn his support. The Tucson Citizen’s...
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Thursday, July 10
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Former US Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) still isn’t directly saying why he has withdrawn his support for Arizona State Senate President Tim Bee’s run for Kolbe’s old Congressional seat. But what he’s not saying is leaving little...
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Wednesday, July 09
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Ward Connerly is a conservative black Republican. He opposes affirmative action and has led successful initiative drives in California, Michigan and Washington to remove race from being considered as part of college acceptance or hiring practices...
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Wednesday, July 09
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With presidential primary season is behind us, now is the time when the presumptive nominees take aim at independent voters by tacking their way to the political center. For gay issues, that typically means we see the Republican nominee rediscovering...
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Tuesday, July 08
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We told you in June about the lunatic idea that Randy Thomasson and the Campaign for Children and Families came up with to try and have Kern County Supervisors put an ordinance in place restricting marriage to the opposite sex.
Not surprisingly...
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Saturday, July 05
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Last week, after Arizona Senate President Tim Bee (right) buckled under the threats and pressure from Cathi Herrod’s Center for Arizona Policy and cast the cowardly deciding vote to place the anti-marriage amendment on the ballot, we asked...
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Saturday, July 05
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The message below, by public relations leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, a.k.a “the Mormons”), was sent to Orange County LDS Public Affairs personnel and other church leaders in California. A brief introduction...
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Thursday, July 03
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...think again. And the fact that just by someone being a gay Republican makes you froth at the mouth and hurl obscenities makes you closer to being a right-wing evangelical Christian yahoo than it makes me. No matter what happens... Read more....
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Wednesday, July 02
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New Jersey Democratic congressman Steve Rothman who previously did not support same-sex marriage has made an about face and now supports equal marriage rights. He has made this decision in light of his lesbian step-daughter. Mr. Rothman has also...
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Tuesday, July 01
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The Tucson Observer has published a first person account of the final hours of the Arizona Senate’s passage of the anti-marriage amendment. In this Legislative Update by Representative Steve Farley (D-Tucson) you really get a sense of the...
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Saturday, June 28
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Jason Cianciotto, Wingspan’s Executive Director, reacted to yesterday’s shameful Senate vote with this statement:
In 2006, Arizona voters became the first in the nation to defeat an anti-marriage ballot measure. Today, our State Senate...
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Saturday, June 28
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The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate late yesterday broke its own rules to shut down debate and force a vote to place a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on the ballot.
According to Equality Arizona and the Arizona Daily...
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Friday, June 27
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“Tim Bee has demonstrated his toughness and his compassion, his ability to lead while at the same time listening to others. These are skills few people in public life have. We need Tim Bee working for us in Congress.” — Jim Kolbe...
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Friday, June 27
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We just received word that late this evening that the Arizona Senate was able to scare up the sixteen votes needed to put a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage onto the ballot.
Tucson’s District 30 Senator and Senate...
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Friday, June 27
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The Republic of Iceland has recognized same-sex civil unions since 1996. Now the Iceland Review reports that churches will now be able to offer services recognizing these unions.
Árni Thór Arnthórsson and his American fiancé Paris Prince will be...
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