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Repeal effort of California’s FAIR Education Act cleared for signatures
SAN FRANCISCO — State officials have given anti-gay activists the go-ahead to gather petition signatures to repeal Senate Bill 48, also known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act. The law requires that California school students be taught about the historical contributions of LGBT people.
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In reversal, same-sex marriage advocates playing offense
The issue of same-sex marriage has returned to the national stage in an unprecedented way as numerous states throughout the country are seeing action on the issue.
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Proposition 8 rehearing: What it Means
Big news in the Prop 8 case — the Proponents have officially challenged our Ninth Circuit victory. So let’s talk about what that means for the Prop 8 case, what comes next, and when we can finally start getting married again…
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Former Playgirl model faces charges in beating death of San Diego gay man
SAN DIEGO – The former Playgirl model accused in the brutal beating death of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins is scheduled to appear in court twice over the next two weeks. Joshua James Larson has been charged with murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He faces 25 years to life if convicted.
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Prop 8 supporters ask for appellate review by entire U.S. 9th Circuit Court
SAN FRANCISCO — Supporters of California’s ban on same-sex marriage are petitioning a review by the entire Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel of the court ruled the marriage ban as unconstitutional.
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Efforts to put Proposition 8 initiative on 2012 ballot have ceased
LOS ANGELES — The efforts to collect signatures to qualify an initiative to repeal California’s Proposition 8 law, which bans same-sex marriage, have ceased, following last week’s victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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SFPD becomes first law enforcement agency to produce ‘It Gets Better’ video
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Police Department has become the first police department in the county to produce an “It Gets Better” video, part of the nationwide campaign to end suicides among LGBT youth, and to bring awareness to bullying of of gay kids.
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You mean same-sex families have children? Alert the Marines!
The entitlement and audacity of some who oppose LGBTQ equality never ceases to amaze me. Of all of the false hysterical claims they make, the one about children has to take the cake. “If marriage equality is accepted, children will be forced to learn about gays.”
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Prop 8 News Analysis: ‘We’re eliminating second-class citizenship’
Not long after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stuck another dagger into California’s discriminatory Proposition 8 law on Tuesday, Olson calmly but firmly spoke about how the court’s decision affirmed that Prop 8 “violated the fundamental human rights” of gay and lesbian Americans.
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Federal appeals court upholds ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, said a divided federal appeals court panel in San Francisco on Tuesday. The highly anticipated ruling also rejected a motion from Proposition 8 proponents to vacate the district court ruling of former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker because he had not disclosed, prior to presiding over Perry v. Schwarzenegger, that he was in a relationship with a man.