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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• 8 - 10 = Negative 2 everyone

  
  Good As You — Authority: 632
  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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• Prop 8 Leader admits that “traditional marriage” really only means “no gays”

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 658
  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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• Courage Campaign Finally Comes Out Against 2010 Prop 8 Repeal

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 479
  Rumors that had been swirling for weeks about a schism between the only significant organizations that were supporting a 2010 repeal of Proposition 8 were confirmed by the Bay Area Reporter this weekend : The chair of the statewide Courage Campaign told the Bay Area Reporter this week that he doesn’t see ...
  2 days ago

• Prop8 Section of Hate T-shirt

  
  AssaultBLOG — Authority: 128
  This shirt was designed around the same time that Proposition 8 made headlines in the state of California. Proposition 8 was side note to an election ballot that was primarily used to strip away the previously granted rights of gay couples to legally marry... Sound fair to you?
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• CA: Prop 8 Sponsors Appeal Campaign Record Decision to 9th Circuit

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  A federal appeals court has agreed to consider whether the sponsors of Californias gay marriage ban must turn over some internal campaign records as part of a lawsuit against Proposition 8. Protect Marriage, the coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind Prop. 8, wants to safeguard its private ...
  4 days ago

• Cinemark to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits to Employees

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  A year after CEO Alan Stock’s contribution to Yes on 8 prompted gay-rights protests and boycotts, Cinemark Theatres is reportedly set to begin offering domestic partner benefits to employees.  A spokesman for Plano-based Cinemark, the world’s third-largest movie theater chain, didn’t return phone calls seeking ...
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• Is Outing Catholic Priests a Fair Game at Churchouting.org?

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  I recently did a post about a new organization called ChurchOuting .org which seeks to "out" closeted Roman Catholic priests who participate in the Catholic Churchs jihad against LGBT citizens and same sex marriage in particular. The group and its goals have created a great deal of discussion as to whether or not ...
  6 days ago

• Toward A More Colorful Queer Future

  
  Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture — Authority: 624
  by Guest Contributor Alex Niculescu Over the last few years mainstream gay advocacy groups have focused their efforts on one issue, a panacea to seemingly solve all forms of inequality that gays are faced with: marriage rights. With the passage of Proposition 8 this summer in California, many people’s ...
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• Betty Bowers America’s Best Christian Takes On The Mormons – LESS IS MORMON! (Video)

  
  Back2Stonewall.com — Authority: 139
  Americas Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers, calls out Mormons and schools all Americans on the unconstitutional craze of doling out civil rights by popular vote.
  6 days ago

• News: Martha Stewart, Tel Aviv, Hate Crimes, Oaxaca, Joey Arias

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 752
  FBI: Anti-gay hate crimes increase 11% . Joey Arias brings Arias with a Twist to L.A. Dangerous: Martha Stewart has some strong words for Sarah Palin . Should PEPFAR money to Uganda be cut off ? Report: 4,000 Anglican priests to join Catholic Church . "Under the Vatican’s ...
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• CA: Fresnos Robin McGehee Fights for Gay Marriage

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  College of the Sequoias speech instructor Robin McGehee sees herself as a product of the civil rights movement in her native South. So she was shocked and disturbed last year when officials at the Fresno Catholic school her son attends forced her to resign as president of the parent-teacher organization. ...
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• The Kardashian Sisters Stand Up For Gay Rights

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 586
  Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are the latest celebrities to appear with duct tape over their mouths in a new set of photos for the NOH8 Campaign.  What is NOH8?The NOH8 Campaign is a photo project and silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the ...
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• Defenders of Proposition 8 Ignore Court Orders

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  In a demonstration of their contempt for the courts and the civil laws, the proponents of Proposition 8 have ignored the third federal court order compelling them to turn over internal campaign materials and memos in the federal court case wherein the Constitutionality of Proposition 8 under the U.S. Constitution is ...
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• 9th circuit tells neocon homophobes to take a hike.

  
  The Sirens Chronicles — Authority: 134
  From Jurist : A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s denial of a conservative advocacy group’s motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition 8, California’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The appeals court held ...
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• Mercado Murder Suspect Held On Bail, Rally For Mercado, San Diego Mayor To Testify For Gays, Jamie Dornan Nude, Trevor Donavan, Bruce Weber

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 140
  The Associated Press is reporting the suspect in custody for the horrific hate motivated murder of 18 year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado is being held on bail set at four million dollars. Authorities charged 26 year old Juan Martinez Matos Wednesday with murder, but have yet to determine whether the case will be ...
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• News: Oprah, Popcorn, RuPaul, Jeanne-Claude, Coelacanth

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 752
  Prop 8 defenders still havent handed over documents even after third order from judge? Oprah show finished in 2011 . The abs and poetry of hot NJ Guidos . NJ Democrats search for spine on marriage equality as state senator says economy takes precedence . Judge orders OPM to offer ...
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• CA: Court Says Anti Gay Group Cant Intervene in Prop 8 Gay Marriage Case

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 444
  A "traditional-values" group lost a bid to a U.S. appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday to become an official party defending Californias same-sex marriage ban against a federal lawsuit. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal in which the Sacramento-based Campaign for California Families sought ...
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• Hate Crimes Down in L.A. except…

  
  Queer Fresno — Authority: 472
  From the L.A. Times : Los Angeles County saw an overall 4% drop in hate crimes last year, while crimes against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people increased, prompted in part by last November’s highly charged Proposition 8 initiative, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California, ...
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• Carrie Prejean vs. Lesbian Moms and Daughter

  
  Mombian — Authority: 474
  Equality California has a new ad, featuring Mary Kate, the teen daughter of lesbian moms Frances and Cynthia . They will be running it against an ad by Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA, during Sunday’s new Miss California USA pageant. EQCA explains: Remember the uproar when former MISS CALIFORNIA ...
  1 week ago

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