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Sunday, September 07

Many gay couples not taking chances, marrying before Prop. 8 showdown

Link: San Jose Mercury News Excerpt: Longtime Santa Cruz resident Larry Friedman married in June, first and foremost to cement his 16-year relationship, but also out of concern that he might lose the opportunity. The state's most talked-about ballot measure this year, Proposition 8, proposes a constitutional...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-07-2008
Saturday, September 06

CA: ACLU puts in $1.2 million for No on 8

Link: Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert Excerpt: The American Civil Liberties Union reported donating $1.2 million to defeat Proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage, on the November ballot. The $1.2 million donation is the single largest check written to the campaign, though Equality California, a gay-rights...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-06-2008
Saturday, September 06

BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

Link: BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE by Nancy Polikoff Nancy Polikoff is a professor of law, signatory of the "Beyond Marriage" statement, and author of Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage. She is a principled critic of marriage equality as a "stand-alone" political goal, seeking...

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Saturday, September 06

Opinion: Extra help for California's Prop. 8

Link: Los Angeles Times by Tim Rutten Excerpt: The McCain-Palin ticket's decision to renew hostilities in the culture wars seems likely to increase the already considerable national profile of a hotly contested California proposition dealing with same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 on November's...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-06-2008
Saturday, September 06

Newt Gingrich Falsely Claims Calif. Gay Marriage Judges Appointees

Link: On Top Magazine Excerpt: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has released a video on YouTube urging Californians to vote for Proposition 8 – the constitutional amendment that would make gay marriage in the State illegal once more – where he falsely claims that California Supreme Court judges...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-06-2008
Saturday, September 06

CA: Six Big Lies the Freedom-Haters Are Spreading About Proposition 8

Link: Gay Wiredby Joyce A. Rogers Excerpt: Chino Blanco suggested Googling 'Six Consequences If Proposition 8 Fails'—'the six totally false talking points that the 'Yes on 8' campaign is trying to use to fire up their target voters.'I found it, and, after I stopped laughing, grabbed...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-06-2008
Friday, September 05

Arizona's Catholic bishops urge voters to ban gay marriage

Link: East Valley Tribune Excerpt: Arizona's two Catholic bishops are urging the faithful to vote to constitutionally ban gays from marrying in the state. In a pastoral letter, Thomas Olmstead of Phoenix and Gerald Kincanas of Tucson said Proposition 102 "is in alignment with our deeply held...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-05-2008
Wednesday, September 03

The eye of the beholder: A Personal Attack on Myself and My Family

Link: Box Turtle Bulletinby Timothy Kincaid Excerpt: The San Diego Union-Tribune has received a copy of an e-mail exchange between Doug Manchester, a large contributor to anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, and Paul Wilkins, his chief financial officer. In it Wilkins expresses concern about the financial...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-03-2008
Wednesday, September 03

CA: Bakersfield school board rejects resolution on same-sex marriage

Link: Bakersfield Californian Excerpt:Mona Twocats lives in Bakersfield with her wife, who she has been with for 20 years, and they have sent three children through the Kern High School District. So when she found out a resolution to support Proposition 8, which is a constitutional amendment banning...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 09-03-2008
Wednesday, September 03

Jeremy Hooper: Wherein iProtectMarriage makes us iNtensely iRate

Link: Good As You Jeremy Hooper ventures into pro-Prop 8 territory to take a "video quiz." Excerpt: We always hate to see young people led to believe that anti-gay sentiment is an non-debatably faith-based standpoint. But at least when the arguments are based on one's personal theological...

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