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Source: KTLA TV , KUTV , LA Weekly , Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle LOS ANGELES -- In a second day of protests at the Mormon temple in Los Angeles, 2,000 supporters of same-sex marriage rallied outside the temple in Westwood today. Qnews update: Ex-Mormon hopes at least 1000 will join him...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune , KUTV Salt Lake City -- Forget Joe the Plumber. Never mind Joe 6-pack. This election, says one Provo mom of two gay children, has spawned yet another political icon: "Mother bears who defend their cubs." A trio of Mormon mothers told an unexpectedly large crowd in...

Source: Washington Post In an op-ed column published Wednesday, Joe Mathews of the progressive think tank New America Foundation calls the campaign waged to maintain marriage equality in California a "strategic disaster" that has squandered "the considerable political momentum that same...

Noted philanthropist and gay activist Tim Gill will match all contributions made today to the No on Proposition 8 campaign, but only for one day. Gill, founder of Connexion.org , announced today a $100,000 matching contribution to the campaign.  He will match all contributions dollar for dollar...

Source: San Jose Mercury News , Los Angeles Times CA Prop. 8 Riding a 4-to-1 edge in fundraising this month from donors both small and large, opponents of a ban on same-sex marriage have erased a big fundraising deficit, picking up the support of several Silicon Valley icons this week. As of Friday,...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune , KSL TV , Mormon Times CA Prop. 8 A group of dissident Mormons on Friday presented to LDS Church officials about 300 letters and a petition opposing the church's efforts on behalf of a California amendment to thwart marriage equality there. About 50 people carried 15 stacks...

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , Los Angeles Times , San Francisco Chronicle , Associated Press   CA Prop. 8 Reports differ about exactly how much money has been raised by the campaigns for and against Proposition 8 in California. But one thing is clear: Both sides are raising huge sums for the...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle , Sacramento Bee , Los Angeles Times , Republicans Against 8 press release   CA Prop. 8 The first ads supporting California's anti-gay Proposition 8 campaign began airing today in California while a unique new voice opposed to the ballot measure responded with...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO -- After two courts rejected their complaints about the state's official description of Proposition 8, backers of the measure said they won't appeal to the Supreme Court. The measure on the November ballot will appear with text stating that it would...