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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “proposition 8”

• CA: Hearing Held Tuesday on Prop 8 Disclosure Order

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  Lawyers for two gay couples told a federal appeals court Tuesday that they need access to internal communications from last years Proposition 8 campaign to show that the measure banning same-sex marriage was designed to sow "discriminatory animus" toward gays and lesbians. Supporters of the measure that ...
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• ACLU Sides With Prop 8 Proponents Over Internal Campaign Documents

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 707
  David Boies and Ted Olson want the backers of Proposition 8 to turn over their internal campaign strategy documents and emails in order to prove that the battle against same-sex marriage is rooted in bigotry. Yesterday the ACLU filed a motion opposing the demand, saying that forcing political strategists to reveal ...
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• New York Gay Marriage Update, Prop 8 Plaintiffs Seek Full Disclosure, ACLU Sides With Prop 8 Proponents, China, Alaska U, Arthur Sales, Most Wanted

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 140
  According to the Albany Times-Union , New York State “Senate sources say a debate and vote on gay marriage is still likely to follow close upon the heels of passage of the 2.8 billion deficit package currently being hammered into vote-ready form. Another sign … Ruben Diaz is praying (and calling around).” ...
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• Movement Under Way in Cali to Ban Divorce

  
  Strange Fruit — Authority: 135
  This is ingenious! It reminds me of a Facebook group I once joined Ban Gay Marriage, Ban Straight Marriage. lol The inconsistency is jarring. Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy ...
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• What If California Outlawed Divorce?

  
  YourTango | The Latest Smart Talk About Love — Authority: 609
  There may not always be a right and wrong to an issue (though there usually is), but the side with the better sense of humor generally laughs last and first (or something). A gentleman from California seems to have a chip on his funny bone regarding a certain controversial proposition that eked by the Golden States ...
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• Video: Till Prop 8 do we part

  
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• The Little Engines that Wouldn’t – Courage Campaign and Lambda Legal Refuse to Fight.

  
  jaysays.com | — Authority: 421
  Rick Jacobs, founder of the Courage Campaign (Los Angeles), has announced that polling indicates that overturning Proposition 8 via a ballot measure in 2010 looks bad. According to the Courage Campaign sponsored polling, providing equal rights to all Americans is not supported financially, with strong leadership or ...
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• California Man Tries To Ban Divorce As Comment On Prop. 8 [Til Death Do Us Part]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 812
  Californian John Marcotte is working to ban divorce . He says, "Since California has decided to protect traditional marriage, [...] it would be hypocritical of us not to sacrifice some of our own rights to protect traditional marriage even more." [ CBS ]
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• Banning Divorce

  
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• New Report on Gay Marriage Fights in Maine, California

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  Should the November 2009 result in Maine – a 53/47 victory by the forces seeking to overturn marriage equality – have come as a surprise? After all, No on 1 raised much more money than Yes on 1 did. They out- organized their opponents. They ran a positive, upbeat campaign. And still the result, just like ...
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• CA: Courage Campaign Says No Clear Path to Victory in 2010 for Gay Marriage

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  The effort to get same sex marriage on the California ballot in 2010 took a hit Monday. Rick Jacobs, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign sent out an email announcing that after spending more than $200,000 on “qualitative research” into the issue in California that “We do not see a path to ...
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• Courage Campaign and Lambda Legal Redirect Prop 8 Repeal Efforts to 2012

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 752
  The Courage Campaign and Lambda Legal both released statements yesterday afternoon announcing that they were redirecting efforts toward 2012 as a target date for the repeal of Proposition 8 rather than 2010. The move leaves Love Honor Cherish, which two weeks ago launched a massive signature campaign , as the ...
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• Movement under way in California to ban divorce

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  By JUDY LIN The Associated Press (John Marcotte discusses his proposed ballot initiative to ban divorce as Cynthia Keagy, left, signs his petition to get measure on the ballot, in Sacramento, CA.) SACRAMENTO, CA – Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web ...
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• Argentine Gay Marriage Halted, California Gay Marriage Activists Debate The Date, World AIDS Day, AIDS Denialists

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 140
  An Argentine judge Monday ordered what was to be the country’s first same sex marriage be blocked until the Supreme Court considers the issue. Judge Marta Gomez Alsina made the decision, but the couple, Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello, apparently intend to proceed with the marriage scheduled to occur Tuesday, ...
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• 8 - 10 = Negative 2 everyone

  
  Good As You — Authority: 631
  Its been a year and change since California voters ushered in the Prop 8 error. It looks ever-more-likely that these same state voters are going to have wait an even longer period of time before they get the chance to fix it: The effort to get same sex marriage on the California ballot in 2010 took a hit Monday. ...
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• Lambda Legal Joins "Repeal Prop 8 in 2012" Chorus

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 479
  Lambda Legal has issued a statement calling "for more education and time" in order to restore marriage equality in California, says that bring the measure to a vote in 2012 would be "the strongest strategy." From the press release Lambda Legal Calls for More Education and Time to Restore Marriage Equality in ...
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• Courage Campaign Pulls Out Of 2010 Proposition 8 Repeal Effort

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 707
  The Courage Campaign today announced their withdrawal from the campaign to place a repeal of Californias Proposition 8 on the 2010 ballot. Most major LGBT and progressive groups have opposed a 2010 effort, preferring to wait until 2012. Via press release: "For months, we have laid out the criteria for moving ...
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• Prop 8 Leader admits that “traditional marriage” really only means “no gays”

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 664
  In an article about John Marcotte’s tongue-in-cheek effort to ban divorce, AP writer Judy Lin got the leader of Prop 8 to make a telling admission: As much as everyone would like to see fewer divorces, making it illegal would be “impractical,” said Ron Prentice, the executive director of the California Family ...
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• Pastor Rick Warren Responds to Proposed Anti-Gay Ugandan Legislation

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 580
  By Lisa Miller Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life , drew fire last year when he was invited to give the invocation at President Barack Obamas inauguration. His support for Proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as ... Politics on ...
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• When the days were warm and long, and tomatoes were at their very best…

  
  somewhere between a handshake and two kisses — Authority: 126
  … Jennifer and Ramsey got married. Their love-filled event took place at the Banta Residence, in Lucas Valley, with the help of the fantastic planning duo, Green Girl Events . Their wedding was significant to me, not just because it took place on a long summer day, with a ridiculous amount of fresh heirloom ...
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