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Source: Los Angeles Times , Independent (London) , San Jose Mercury News , Los Angeles Daily News CA Prop. 8 Supporters of Proposition 8 have in recent weeks rolled out a major campaign with millions in donations to spread a frightening message that schools would be affected if the ballot measure fails...

:: Following recognition in Connecticut of full marriage rights for lesbian and gay couples, the city council in Southbury, Conn. decided against extending municipal health insurance to domestic partners of town employees. Selectmen on the council rejected the proposal because the new ruling gives married...

Source: Advocate , Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News , Slate CA Prop. 8 "I think you're going to see some breakthrough gifts in the next few days," Patrick Guerriero, campaign director for No-on-8 campaign, said in a Tuesday conference call with reporters. Eight days after the...

      ::    Ads that will soon appear on New York City subways and buses aim to give a face to New York's aging gay and lesbian population. The $350,000 campaign sponsored by SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) features portraits of seniors along with the...

Source: Los Angeles Times , San Jose Mercury News , KPIX CBS5 CA Prop. 8 Following a recent spate of television and radio ads on behalf of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, a public poll conducted last week suggests a rise in support for Proposition 8, the ballot measure that would block gay...

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...

  ::    The American Civil Liberties Union reported donating $1.2 million to defeat Proposition 8 , the California ban on marriage equality , on the November ballot. Sacramento Bee reports that it's the single largest check written to the campaign, though Equality California, a gay...

Source: E! Online , Yahoo News , PageOneQ King shooting "If you think gay teens like Lawrence King are safe in our schools," says Grey's Anatomy's T. R. Knight, "you're wrong." In partnership with GLSEN, LGBT-oriented television network Logo , is airing a public service...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle A San Francisco motorcycle club gained long-sought legal approval Monday for its trademark of the name "Dykes on Bikes" when the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge from a lawyer who said the term denigrated men. Without comment, the justices denied review...

Source: Bay Area Reporter San Francisco -- At bus stops around town commuters will find ads plugging a mobile phone service that are a ringing endorsement for marriage equality. Using mashed-up text on different color grids the ads read "yo wassupport gay marriage." The campaign is to promote...