Action Steps - Californians boycotting A-1 Self Storage
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
Californians Against Hate has launched a statewide “virtual boycott” of A-1 Self Storage, owned by Terry Caster, who gave nearly $700,000 to support the gay-marriage ban that prevailed at the polls Nov. 4.
Source: Prop 8 Opponents Launch Boycott, SignOnSanDiego.com, Alexa Capeloto.
Action Steps - Watch Dr. Phil on Friday 11/21/2008
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
Dr. Phil is dedicating an entire episode to Proposition 8.
Frank Voci, founder of WhiteKnot.org, was in the audience for today’s taping and says the show was “intense.” When audience members walked in, they had to choose sides — Yes or No on 8. Then, the producers physically divided the audience according to their philosophical/political positions.
Read the rest at Popsquire.com.
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Action Steps - Cinemark theater boycott/picket in Evanston, IL
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
GayLiberation.net is organizing a peaceful picket and rally of a Cinemark-owned theater in Evanston, IL.
It is important that we not let the élan and dynamism of this past Saturday fade away. As part of our continuing campaign to keep the heat on pro-8, pro-hate forces, this Saturday we are picketing the Century Theater in Evanston. The owner of the Century is Cinemark Company, whose CEO, Alan Stock, gave nearly $10000 to support Prop 8.
Please join us at 5 PM this next Saturday, Nov. 22 as we peacefully picket Century Theater located at 1715 Maple Street in Evanston (less than a block northwest of the “Davis” stop on the Purple Line el).
Help us inform Century Theater patrons about just who their money is supporting. Send a message to CEO Alan Stock that LGBT people will not sit idly by as victims, but will instead make haters like him pay a price for promoting discrimination.
Click to read the Facebook page with all the details.
News Briefs 11/20/2008
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
- Prop.8 lawyer: ‘No one would be able to stop’ recall attempt of justices should high court invalidate ballot measure, PolitickerCA.com, Jeff Mitchell
- Black voters reject NAACP endorsement of same-sex marriage, Black Voice News
- Group wants gay marriage legal around New England, Boston.com
- Vermont lawmaker to introduce gay marriage bill, Boston.com
- Task force for marriage equality formed in Palm Springs, MyDesert.com, Denise Goolsby
- Conference examines institution of marriage, AJC.com, Helena Oliviero
- Op-Ed: Change can’t be silenced; same-sex marriage will be legal, The Seattle Times, Jerry Large
- Op-Ed: Votes on gay marriage bans expose vulnerability of progressivism, KansasCity.com, Jonah Goldberg
- Repudiate the franchisee’s gift
- Make a gift in the same amount to an organization fighting for true equality
- Immediately add sexual orientation and gender identity to the corporation’s non-discrimination policy.
Excerpts from each news item follows:
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News - CA Supreme Court will review Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
From The Los Angeles Times:
The California Supreme Court voted 6 to 1 on Wednesday to review legal challenges to Proposition 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a final decision.
The court may hold a hearing on the lawsuits as early as March, a timetable that scholars said was swift considering the complexity and importance of the legal issues.
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Celebrity News - Kevin Spacey on Gay Marriage
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
From The Huffington Post:
Well there’s no doubt that election night was a bittersweet night. But in some ways, these kinds of setbacks allow for a bigger fight, more challenges, and eventually we’re going to get it right. Eventually the American public will figure out that it really isn’t right to deny citizens basic civil human rights. And we can no longer allow that to happen.
Movie Review - Milk (2008)
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
Our sister site EQualityEntertainment.com has posted a review of Milk, a film by Gus Van Sant about the life of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk.
This is the movie I wish Brokeback Mountain had been.
Don’t get me wrong - Brokeback Mountain was a masterpiece of film-making, and it was robbed of its rightful Academy Award. But I have a love-hate relationship with such movies - beautiful, moving, and important stories that are horribly tragic and unhappy. I’m glad that a gay love story finally hit the mainstream with Brokeback Mountain, but it did nothing to dispel myths like gay-love-is-doomed and bad-things-will-happen-to-you-if-you’re-gay.
Milk also brings a tragic story to the big screen: the assassination of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk. Yet Milk is empowering in a way Brokeback Mountain was not. Instead of vaguely feeling bad about being gay, I felt inspired, charged up and ready to fight for my rights. Milk also brings to the big screen the struggle not just for equal rights but also for freedom from the physical and emotional violence that gay people have long endured.
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News 11/19/2008
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
Prop 8 hinges on who decides: judges or voters
SFGate.com
The central issue in the legal battle over Proposition 8 is whether the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is a state constitutional amendment, which can be passed by initiative, or a constitutional revision, which can’t.
Governor Deval Patrick Honors Marriage Equality Groups
EDGE Boston
On the Fifth anniversary of the state Supreme Court decision which led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, the five groups that made marriage equality a reality were honored by Gov. Deval Patrick in a November 18 ceremony honoring innovators throughout the Bay State.
Nepal (Yes, Nepal) Legalizes Marriage Equality
EDGE Boston
Mere weeks after the most populous state in America saw voters approve a ballot initiative to rescind family parity for gays and lesbians, a tiny nation halfway across the world has cleared the way for its gay and lesbian citizens to enjoy fully equal family rights.
Santa Cruz County joins San Francisco suit against gay-marriage ban
The Mercury News
Dozens of county residents, both straight and gay, turned out Tuesday to watch the Board of Supervisors weigh in on what is likely to become a defining front in the gay rights movement. By unanimous vote, county supervisors chose to join the San Francisco lawsuit that seeks to undo Proposition 8, the recently passed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
San Mateo County joins suit against Proposition 8
Palo Alto Daily News
San Mateo County on Tuesday added its name to the lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 ballot measure that eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Gay Is the New Black
The Advocate
In the wake of California’s passage of Proposition 8, protests are popping up around the country — and so are comparisons between gays’ and African-Americans’ fights for equality. Is gay the new black? Michael Joseph Gross examines two struggles for civil rights.
Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize in Illinois
Gay Wired
Reignited by voter rejection of same-sex marriage in California, Arizona and Florida on Nov. 4, supporters of a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a women are marshalling up forces to get a similar ban on the ballot in Illinois in 2010.
Op-Ed: As We See It: Proposition 8 reaction risks backlash
Central Coast
As reaction to the vote on Proposition 8 continues, reasonable people have a right to ask whether some of the tactics of same-sex marriage supporters will provoke another backlash. People are free to protest, but at best, or worst depending on how you see this volatile issue, gay-rights supporters who are engaging in some questionable tactics risk alienating people in the middle who may have been considering changing their positions.
Op-Ed: Same-sex marriage is not a human right
Barry’s Bay This Week
What is a basic human right? I ask that because it doesn’t seem we’re all on the same page as to what that term should mean. For example, is the issue of same-sex marriage a human rights issue? Watching the American protestors on the news, or reading our own secular news media, you would certainly see it presented as one. But frankly, it isn’t.
Op-Ed: Gay marriage won’t destroy religion in U.S.
The Lantern
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, suspended in a permanent ego-trip, believes that there is a “gay and secular fascism” trying to impose its will on the United States. Calling this dire threat “very dangerous,” Gingrich warns that it is threatening so-called “traditional marriage” and “historic Christianity.” Not surprisingly, these comments were aired on “The O’Reilly Factor,” further mocking the notion that O’Reilly’s show is the “no spin zone.”
Op-Ed: Gay Marriage: Not Now! (Against marriage equality)
iReport.com
Introduction. Here, in spite of the fact that my personal belief is that gay marriage is not a very important issue to the country, compared with many others that are of crisis proportions, I will give my opinion, because the issue is evidently important to gays. Perhaps after I say what I have to say, I will feel justified in ignoring the issue for awhile, and I’m sure gays will be happy to hear less from me for awhile. So here goes: a semi-historical account of the reasons for my current opposition to gay marriage.
Op-Ed: Six by ‘12
Hartford Courant
The advocacy group Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders has set a goal that by 2012, all six New England states will legalize same-sex marriage. So far, just two states — Massachusetts and Connecticut — do so.
News - A franchisee of Subway Restaurants contributed to Yes on Prop 8
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
But the corporate office makes good!
In brief, a franchisee of Subway donated $2,500 to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign. After the donation was discovered, activists contacted the corporate office and asked for three things:
Subway did all three and also sent out a letter to all its franchisees letting them know it was not appropriate for the franchise to make a donation to a political cause.
Read the whole story, and see the actual documents, at BlogActive.com. Thanks to Michael Rogers for his action on this!
News - California AG Jerry Brown Asks Supreme Court To Rule On Prop 8
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the state Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
“There is significant public interest in prompt resolution of the legality of Proposition 8,” Mr. Brown wrote. “This court can provide certainty and finality in this matter.”
In court, Mr. Brown will defend the measure; however, proponents of Prop 8 have asked for permission to participate in the defense because they do not believe the Attorney General will be sufficiently vigorous in its defense.
Source: New York Times
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