All Entries Tagged With: "California"
Providence mayor makes bid for Congress
The mayor of Providence, R.I., last weekend announced he is running for Congress, making him one of several openly gay candidates slated to be on ballots this fall.
David Cicilline, who’s served as mayor since 2003 and was the first openly gay mayor of a state capital, formally declared Feb. 13 that he [...]
Should gay judge in Prop 8 case be removed?
A gay federal judge in San Francisco presiding over the Proposition 8 trial on same-sex marriage should be evaluated on whether he is impartial and fair and should not be forced to step away from the case because of his sexual orientation.
That’s the assessment of many legal observers as well as supporters [...]
Rewind: Week of Feb. 12
Snowmageddon may have kept our nation’s lawmakers from work this week — and effectively delayed same-sex marriage in D.C. — but state legislators have been keeping themselves busy.
On Tuesday, Iowa state representatives and senators blocked efforts by their GOP colleagues to amend the Iowa Constitution to ban gay marriage. Pro-LGBT Democrats, who hold majorities [...]
Importing hate
Immigrant congregations are indispensable to the integration of newcomers. However, they can also import prejudice and breed hatred.
While studying community-based organizations founded by and for immigrant groups, I learned how crucial these non-profits are to incorporating newcomers into the American mainstream. Congregations such as churches and mosques are especially helpful for individuals and families that [...]
Plaintiff attorneys say Prop 8 ‘stigmatizes gays and lesbians’
SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys working to eradicate California’s Proposition 8 played up the adverse effects it’s had on same-sex couples during the first week of the landmark federal trial.
Attorney Ted Olson, who’s helping represent plaintiffs seeking to strike down the law that bars same-sex couples from marrying, encapsulated the case during his opening arguments.
“There is [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 7
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I wonder if the opening minutes of Tuesday’s federal Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco will be business as usual — or if the participants and observers will acknowledge the profound irony of having a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. the day [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 6
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It’s interesting to see what came out of the first week of the federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8 in San Francisco.
There has been so much interest in the trial, LA Weekly reports that freelance journalist and filmmaker John Ireland intends to produce a [...]
Rewind: Week of Jan. 15
The big LGBT story this week was the Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Elsewhere, from Bozeman, Mont., to Beijing, China, our community and allies also fought discrimination, persecution and marginalization, winning some and losing a few.
On Monday, just before the Prop 8 trial was about to commence, the [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 5
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After the second day of the federal trial challenging California’s Proposition 8, attorney Ted Boutrous, representing the plaintiffs, and San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart, representing the city, met with reporters and bloggers to discuss the day’s testimony.
American Foundation for Equal Rights [...]
Rachel Maddow interviews Prop 8 attorneys
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We’ve already seen Proposition 8 plaintiff attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson make a splash this week in court as the long awaited trail got underway. In the video above, the dynamic duo take their case to “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
There’s some great background [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 3
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There are far fewer people in the courtroom this morning. A couple of die-hard journalists: Associated Press reporter Lisa Leff, plus reporters from Newsweek and a local PBS station.
Also, there seem to be far fewer lawyers for the defense and more lawyers for the [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 2
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It seemed that everyone’s nerves were on edge on the first day of the historic federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8 in the San Francisco district courthouse, just a block or so away from where all those thousands of jubilant couples married illegally in [...]
Watching the Prop 8 trial, part 1
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The court is on a one hour lunch break — back into court at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time. Here’s a quick note about what’s happened so far with big story tonight:
Everyone was surprised about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on posting the proceedings onto [...]
Taking responsibility
The landmark civil rights trial, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which challenges the constitutional validity of California’s Proposition 8, begins today.
It will not decide once and for all whether same-sex couples can wed; experts are anticipating that the verdict will be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nonetheless, the next few weeks will be [...]
Rewind: The week’s LGBT news
The first week of 2010 gave us an idea how the year will shape up.
Out lesbian and gay elected officials were sworn in. A lot of attention was paid to Annise Parker, the new mayor of Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city. Her ascendance proved once more that out politicians can win on their own [...]
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