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News (USA)
Republican gay rights activist targets Mormon church’s tax-exempt status
Fred Karger, the first openly gay candidate for a major U.S. political party, wants whistleblowers to come forward with damning evidence against the LDS Church.
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Commentary
Hate groups are reaching out to minorities more than LGBT orgs
LGBT groups assume minority communities will climb on board and fight for our equality. That lack of outreach has become our Achilles’ heel.
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News (USA)
Supreme Court rejects appeal by Prop 8 donors to keep their identities secret
The justices let stand a lower court ruling against ProtectMarriage.com, the National Organization for Marriage and other supporters of a 2008 ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriages in California until the ban was overturned five years later.
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News (USA)
Marriage News Watch: Calif. anniversary, waiting on Va. ruling, Colo. ban falls
This week’s Marriage News Watch report from Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) marks the one year anniversary of the return of marriage equality in California. It was in late June 2013 that the AFER’s case to overturn Proposition 8 finally concluded and equality was restored. Now, we’re awaiting a ruling in AFER’s Virginia case…
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News (USA)
Looking back at the most historic date in LGBT history…
June 26 is the most historic date on the LGBT civil rights movement’s calendar. It is the day in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not enforce laws prohibiting same-sex adults from having intimate relations. It is the day in 2013 when a Supreme Court procedural ruling enabled same-sex couples to marry in California. And it is the day in 2013 …
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News (USA)
Appeals court: Gay marriage opponents can’t keep campaign donors secret
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Same-sex marriage opponents can’t keep the identities of their campaign donors secret, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in upholding a lower court decision.
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Life
TRAILER: ‘The Case Against 8’
“The Case Against 8” takes an inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Book ignites media slugfest over history of marriage equality movement
To say there’s been a flurry of discussion around the release of a new book Tuesday on the legal case that challenged California’s Proposition 8 would be an understatement. The book, “Forcing the Spring,” by The New York Times writer Jo Becker, has been thoroughly pilloried by many plugged-in LGBT activists and journalists this week, both publicly and privately.
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Life
Lawyer who argued in favor of Prop 8 now planning gay daughter’s wedding
WASHINGTON — The lawyer who argued before the Supreme Court in favor of upholding California’s ban on same-sex marriage learned while he was handling the case that one of his children is gay and now is helping her plan her wedding with another woman.
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Life
Mozilla CEO resigns amid controversy surrounding anti-gay marriage donation
Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich is stepping down as CEO after protests of his support of a same-sex marriage ban in California. The Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit maker of the Firefox browser had promoted him last week.
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Life
Three Mozilla board members resign over CEO who opposes same-sex marriage
Three Mozilla board members have resigned over the selection of Brendan Eich, a Mozilla co-founder, as the company’s new chief executive. The resignations are the latest fallout since the announcement last week that Eich — who in 2008 donated to fight against marriage equality in California — would lead Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox web browser.
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Life
‘Case Against 8’ documents five-year effort to overturn Calif. gay marriage ban
PARK CITY, Utah — Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies once argued the Bush v. Gore case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they say fighting California’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage is the most significant thing they’ve done.
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Life
HBO holds reception for gay couples at ‘The Case Against 8’ Sundance premiere
PARK CITY, Utah — Though they are not considered legally married in Utah, several gay and lesbian couples were feted with a wedding celebration as part of HBO’s promotion of its upcoming documentary on gay marriage, “The Case Against 8.”
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Commentary
Halloween horrors: The ghost of Proposition 8 returns…
The majority of California’s “innocent children” are under attack from a vile, twisted bunch hoping to ogle the opposite sex in the bathroom. Just as in Prop 8, the LGBT community is being equated with pedophiles. That tired old “abnormal” and “sick” paint brush is being used collectively on the trans community, as if simply being different makes one unworthy of equal treatment under the law. … Given all the similarities to Prop 8 messaging, it’s no surprise that the National Organization for Marriage is behind this petition drive, or that Prop 8′s chief strategist, Frank Schubert, works on this campaign as well.
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News (USA)
Prop 8 attorneys join in challenge to overturn Va. same-sex marriage ban
RICHMOND, Va. — The high-profile legal tandem that brought down California’s prohibition on same-sex marriage has joined a challenge of Virginia’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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News (USA)
NOM, Prop. 8 players join bid to repeal Calif. transgender student rights law
SAN FRANCISCO — An effort to overturn a new law allowing transgender students to choose which school restrooms they use and whether to play boys or girls sports got a boost Friday when a major player in the passage of California’s now-defunct same-sex marriage ban threw its support behind the campaign.
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News (USA)
BREAKING: Calif. Supreme Court refuses to revive Prop 8 challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex weddings few – if any – legal options to stop the unions.
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News (USA)
San Diego county clerk withdraws bid to revive Proposition 8
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s county clerk, the man charged with issuing marriage licenses there and the most prominent public figure to move against gay marriage in California since its recent resumption, has withdrawn a legal bid to stop the practice, saying he was ceding the fight to a group that already has a similar challenge pending.
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News (USA)
Calif. AG says San Diego clerk’s petition to block gay marriage is ‘improper’
SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Kamala Harris says the elected clerk of San Diego County is improperly using the state’s legal system to try to prevent same-sex couples from getting married.
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Life
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz: Pray to stop the ‘assault on marriage’
The Christian Broadcasting Network has released more footage from the recent Religious Right summit in Iowa organized by David Lane and featuring speakers like U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.).