Proposition 8

Proposition 8 was a legislative initiative on the election ballot in California in 2008. The Proposition changed the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman and eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry. Proposition 8 was highly controversial with supporters and opponents raising more than $70 million to make their cases. While the court decides, the debate continues.

Proposition 8 has been challenged in several law suits now before the California Supreme Court. The state’s Attorney General Jerry Brown has also filed suit to overturn the Proposition, writing that the courts have already said that the right to marry is protected as an “inalienable right.”

In defense of the Proposition, Kenneth Starr has written, "Proposition 8's brevity is matched by its clarity." Starr also wrote, “There are no conditional clauses, exceptions, exemptions or exclusions." He is one of the Proposition’s authors and dean of Pepperdine University's law school.

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• Top 10 Most Significant LGBT Events of the Decade

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 137
  Following up on my recent post detailing the most significant LGBT-related events of 2009 , I have decided to try and compile a list for the entire decade of the "aughts," from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2009. By most significant, I mean the events that either had the most impact on the lives of the most ...
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• CA: Federal Proposition 8 Trial Begins on January 11th

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  The trial in the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s Proposition 8 starts Jan. 11 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. It could last a month. Representing the gay side are famed attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies, who, in 2000, argued opposite sides of the Bush/Gore "hanging chad" election mess ...
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• I Am Stage Right

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  It has been almost one year since I began writing here at the Big Blogs of Breitbart.com .  When it all began, I was motivated by the events that brought down Sacramento Music Theatre executive Scott Eckern .  Ironically, his story, which inspired this new avocation also served as a real-life lesson in the ...
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• I Am Stage Right

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 752
  It has been almost one year since I began writing here at the Big Blogs of Breitbart.com .  When it all began, I was motivated by the events that brought down Sacramento Music Theatre executive Scott Eckern .  Ironically, his story, which inspired this new avocation also served as a real-life lesson in the ...
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• Weekly Political Roundup

  
  Mombian — Authority: 130
  U.S. National News The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee marked up and passed the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act , which would provide benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. While the above churns through the system, the Office of Personnel Management ...
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• Base8: Arts, Entertainment, News & Media Section is Now Up!

  
  The Gaytheist Agenda — Authority: 130
  Still doing your holiday shopping and taking the family out for some fun? Want to do it without giving your money to bigots who will only turn around and use it to fund anti-gay legislation? Want to find pro-equality alternatives? Base8 can help. The current section includes:~ Actors, Comedians, & Stunt [...]
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• Ninth Circuit Approves Limited TV Coverage of Federal Trials

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 484
  The 9th Circuit has approved limited television coverage of some federal trials within the circuit.  Criminal trials and jury trials will not be covered and individual judges will have to approve cameras in other other trials.  Judge Vaughn Walker, who is presiding over the Prop 8 case in California ...
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• Proposition 8 Federal Trail To Be Televised, Mayor Fenty Signs D.C. Gay Marriage Measure, Ash Stymest’s Gay Moment, Jon Kortajarena

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 138
  From Law.com , a report that the Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit Thursday, gave authorization to allow for a new experimental program that would permit certain, civil non-jury trials to be televised. According to the report, “Cases to be considered for the pilot program, and the distribution details, will be ...
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• The Revolution Won’t be Televised, But the Prop. 8 Trial Might Be

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 711
  The Ninth Circuit on Thursday approved an experimental program that could lead to TV coverage of a lawsuit challenging Californias same-sex marriage ban.
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• The Revolution Won’t be Televised, But the Prop. 8 Trial Might Be

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 711
  The Ninth Circuit on Thursday approved an experimental program that could lead to TV coverage of a lawsuit challenging Californias same-sex marriage ban.
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• CA: Alliance Defense Fund Behind Surprise Imperial County Move in Prop 8 Lawsuit

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  While I live and work in San Diego, I hail from the Imperial Valley. ... Very upset over the actions of my home county, I picked up the phone and eventually was able to have an hour long conversation with the Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, Wally Leimgruber, and the County Executive ...
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• CA: Prop 8 Trial May Be Televised

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  The must-see TV of David Boies, Ted Olson & The Gay Marriage Debate could soon be hitting your flatscreen. The Recorder: The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit authorized television cameras in certain district court proceedings Thursday, reviving a national controversy just weeks before a groundbreaking trial ...
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• Prop 8 Trial May Be Televised

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 710
  The Ninth Circuit Court has authorized televised trials in some cases, leading to the expectation that the Olson/Boies attempt to repeal Proposition 8 will be be viewed nationwide. Guess who doesnt like that? The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit authorized television cameras in certain district court ...
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• Signature Gathering to Repeal Prop 8 This Weekend

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Help Us Get Signatures Before the Holidays! Go to SignForEquality.com , where you can download a petition form and learn how to get signatures. If youre in the Los Angeles area, join us for signature gathering on these dates: Friday, Dec 18 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Venice Farmers Market 501 Venice Boulevard Meet at front ...
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• CA: Appeals Court Asked to Reconsider Prop 8 Campaign Document Decision

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will vote soon on whether to reconsider their decision last week denying gay rights advocates access to internal communications of Proposition 8 supporters who succeeded in getting voters to ban same-sex marriage last year. In a terse announcement filed this ...
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• Todays Pre-Trial Evidentiary Hearing in Olsen-Boies Proposition 8 Challenge

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 448
  As I have said numerous times before, I believe that under a fair and proper application of the U.S. Constitution (i.e., one that is free from religious based prejudice), Californias Proposition 8 is unconstitutional for a number of reasons - as are the anti-gay marriage amendments passed in other states. In a hearing ...
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• Pre-Trial Hearings In Olson/Boies Prop 8 Challenge Begin Today

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 710
  The Olson/Boies challenge to Proposition 8 gets its official start today in a pre-trial hearing in a San Francisco federal court. Karen Ocamb at LGBT POV reports: Today may mark the beginning of the end of the ugly Prop 8 as attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies lay out their federal case for why the California ...
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• CA: County Wants to Join Prop 8 Defenders in Lawsuit

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Imperial County officials want to join the sponsors of Californias gay marriage ban in defending Proposition 8 during an upcoming trial. The Imperial County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of an emergency motion Tuesday to intervene in the case. Supervisors say the countys participation is needed because Attorney ...
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• Milk hating, Prop 8 loving Imperial County joins gay marriage case

  
  Inside, Looking Out — Authority: 120
  Officials from Imperial County  California filed an emergency motion yesterday to join with ProtectMarriage.com to defend Proposition 8 in the upcoming court case led by Ted Olson and David Boies. Located at the southeastern tip of the state, the largely conservative county supported Proposition 8 by an overwhelming ...
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• D.C. Passes Marriage Equality; D.C. Parent Claims Child’s Innocence Destroyed by Gay Guinea Pigs

  
  Mombian — Authority: 130
  It’s a joyous day in our nation’s capitol as the D.C. City Council voted for the second and final time in favor of legal marriage for same-sex couples in the District of Columbia. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has promised to sign it soon, after which it will go to Capitol Hill for Congressional review before becoming ...
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