Tag Archives: California

The head of Equality California this week predicted that our side will lose, should the attempt to repeal SB 48 make it onto the ballot. The good news is, the other side faces a tough time making the ballot deadline, largely because the Mormon and Catholic groups that backed Prop 8 have stayed out of this one so far. “If …

Newly seated California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, who has expressed support for same-sex marriage, is expected to hear Prop 8 arguments next week when the issue of standing is represented to the Court. Anti-gay groups have loudly called for Goodwin to recuse himself from the case based on his past statements. That, apparently, will not be happening. And as …

A mistrial may be declared in the trial of Brandon McInerney after jurors could not agree on how to convict him for shooting to death openly gay classmate Larry King. [UPDATE: The judge has now declared a mistrial.] Defense attorney Scott Wippert and co-counsel Robyn Bramson didn’t dispute that McInerney killed King. But they argued he was pushed to an …

Scott Lively, the infamous gay death penalty advocate and spokesman for God’s Gentle Love, says homo-terrorists will wreak revenge upon Christian witnesses should the Prop 8 trial tapes be released. “We have seen all across the country that the gay activist movement attempts to intimidate anyone who stands up for family values, and this just seems to be another example,” …

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Via Zack Ford at Think Progress: Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court may have been derailed by Senate Republicans, but his nomination to California’s Supreme Court is right on track. The Commission on Judicial Appointments will consider Liu’s appointment Wednesday, but the State Bar’s Commission on Judicial Nominations has already given him its highest rating: “exceptionally well-qualified.” It’s …

This is the second clip by the FRC on this topic today.

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More anti-gay hate groups are piling on the petition drive to place a repeal of California’s LGBT history bill on the June 2012 ballot. Today, it’s the World Congress of Families. “When people have [voted], and Governor Brown knows that he has an issue that would fail when put to a popular vote, of course, they just go around the …

Anti-gay forces in California have been granted permission to begin gathering the petition signatures to place a repeal of the LGBT history bill on the June 2012 ballot. Via Karen Ocamb: SB 48 is a natural extension of Harvey Milk Day, requiring public schools to stop discriminating against LGBT people by rendering the LGBT minority invisible in public education. The …

For first time in American history, yesterday hundreds of openly gay servicemembers marched in a gay pride parade as the military town of San Diego cheered. The crowd roared as the group waving military flags and holding placards identifying their military branch walked past the thousands. Every branch of service was represented Saturday, including the Coast Guard. Marines and sailors …

Family Research Council spokesdouche Peter Sprigg, who has publicly called for recriminalizing homosexuality and for “exporting” gay Americans to other countries, is given airtime by Fox News in a debate with activist Mitchell Gold about California’s newly approved LGBT history bill.

Catholics For The Common Good Claims that this bill is needed to reduce bullying against children that are experiencing gender confusion or take on ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ identities are absurd. Children must be taught respect for all persons because of their intrinsic value, not because they agree with their behavior or like their characteristics. In fact, reducing people to merely …

California Gov. Jerry Brown today signed openly gay state Sen. Mark Leno’s LGBT education bill. Leno’s legislation requires that California’s history textbooks including notable LGBT figures. “Today we are making history in California by ensuring that our textbooks and instructional materials no longer exclude the contributions of LGBT Americans,” said Senator Leno (D-San Francisco). “Denying LGBT people their rightful place …

Wingnuts are once again working on splitting the state of California. Accusing Sacramento of pillaging local governments to feed its runaway spending and left-wing policies, a Riverside County politician is proposing a solution: He wants 13 mostly inland, conservative counties to break away to form a separate state of “South California.” Supervisor Jeff Stone, a Republican pharmacist from Temecula, called …

“It will prove instructive to see how the state’s lawmakers go about the job of implementing this absurd legislation. Will they, for example, rule that textbooks must describe what the state classifies as acceptable behavior? Or exactly how? Should the state require textbooks used in its schools to provide play-by-play descriptions of the behavior they sanction? Just where does this …