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Commentary
Matt Baume’s ‘This Week in Prop 8’ — Prop 8 complaint backfires spectacularly
Leaked footage of the Proposition 8 trial sparked a legal tug of war this week, with anti-gay groups renewing efforts to keep their work out of public view. Delaware’s on track to be the 8th state to offer marriage-ish protections, and activists gear up in New York.
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Commentary
Matt Baume’s ‘This Week in Prop 8’ — Boehner’s blank check to anti-gay lawyers
Why did John Boehner sign up for a protracted legal fight over anti-gay laws without first finding out what it was going to cost taxpayers? Hope is on the way for gay couples facing homelessness due to discriminatory Medicaid policies. Civil unions advance in Delaware but marriage is on the rocks in Rhode Island. And will we see Prop 8 back on the ballot in 2012?
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Commentary
Matt Baume’s ‘This Week in Prop 8’ — Politicians and Gay Bashers
What’s the connection between an anti-gay assault in New York and an anti-gay politician in California? We take a closer look at both this week, and analyze some new ads airing in Oregon. Watch “This Week in Prop 8” here.
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Commentary
This Week in Prop 8: Anti-gays using race as a wedge
This week: Finger-pointing in Maryland, along with some disturbing new racial rhetoric. Meanwhile, pressure to repeal DOMA heats up in Congress and in the courts.
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Commentary
This Week in Prop 8: Gay ads still playing it safe
Anti-gay forces in Maryland set marriage back another year. That setback is softened by advances in New York, Colorado, and Washington, plus a new ad for equality launches in Rhode Island, but is it too soft?
