Tag Archives: California

Photo Of The Day

A shrine to Elizabeth Taylor has sprung up in the West Hollywood gay bar The Abbey, where Taylor was known to drop in. This weekend the bar will donate proceeds from sales of their Blue Velvet martini to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. (Via – TMZ)

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More On The Crystal Cathedral Flap

Last week California’s Crystal Cathedral demanded that its choir sign an anti-gay statement, leading to turmoil within the family of Pastor Robert Schuller, the church’s relatively gay-friendly founder, who has now denounced the statement. Cue Peter LaBarbera: “If the biblical model for sex in marriage is now too controversial for major pastors like Robert Schuller, we are really in a …

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CALIFORNIA: Ninth Circuit Court Denies Request To Resume Same-Sex Marriages

Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request to vacate their stay on the overturn of Proposition 8 and allow the resumption of same-sex marriages in California. Federal Judge Vaughn Walker ruled last year that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional and ordered that same-sex weddings be allowed to resume. That decision was appealed to the Ninth Circuit, where the …

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Quote of The Day – Karen England

“If you’re born a male or a female, then you should remain a male or a female on your birth certificate. It’s actually quite deceptive — and it shouldn’t be legal to be able to have a birth certificate that has you identified as one sex when you’re really another sex altogether. I don’t know why we need to have …

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Crystal Cathedral To Choir: Sign This Anti-Gay Statement Or Leave The Group

The choir at California’s famed Crystal Cathedral is being asked to sign an anti-gay statement or they’ll be booted from the group. And that has some choir members very unhappy. Former and current choir members say they are particularly offended by a statement in the document that refers to homosexuality. Long-time church members say this is the first time they …

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CALIFORNIA: Teacher Accused Of Writing “S” For Sinner On Gay Student’s Hand

Gay students at a southern California public high school have gone to the ACLU with complaints about a pattern of harassment from their teachers. In one instance, a Paloma Valley High School student alleged a teacher wrote an “S” on her hand and called her “a sinner.” In another, a student group says it was barred from doing an activity …

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LAUNCHED: DJ Neil Lewis Podcasts

My pal Leif Wauters is spearheading an effort to post the sets of the late and legendary DJ Neil Lewis, whose epic work is considered by many to represent a pinnacle of San Francisco nightlife. Welcome to the premier podcast of Neil’s recorded sets from his nights at Pleasuredome. Each release represents both sides of an audio cassette tape recording …

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Morning View – Market Street

Embiggens nicely.

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Morning View – Pine Street

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Afternoon View – Ferry Building

I’m back in San Francisco for a few days.

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CALIFORNIA: Teabaggers Heckle And Protest Muslim Charity Event

The UK Guardian reports: As the video shows, the rhetoric of the protesters became increasingly venomous toward the families and children who came to attend the ICNA Relief fundraising dinner. Protesters shouted invective statements such as “Go home terrorist,” “Muhammad is a pervert, Muhammad is a child molester,” “Go home and beat your wife, she needs a good beating,” at …

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Alzheimer’s Patient Wants To Marry While He Still Recognizes His Partner

Californians Ed Watson and Derence Kernik have been together for 40 years, but Ed has been been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and the couple is desperately hoping to marry while he can still recognize Derence. In a totally fucking related development, today the American Family Association denounced attempts to have the stay on Prop 8 lifted, using the headline, “Patience Is …

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CALIFORNIA: Attorney General Kamala Harris Demands Lift In Prop 8 Stay

California Attorney General Kamala Harris today filed a request with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, demanding that they lift their stay on the overturn of Proposition 8 and immediately allow the resumption of same-sex marriages. Attorney General Harris said it is unlikely that an appeal will succeed in overturning Judge Walker’s ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The appeal’s …

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CALIFORNIA: Imperial County Doesn’t Back Its Own Clerk On Prop 8 Filing

On Friday Imperial County clerk Chuck Storey filed to defend Prop 8 before the Ninth Circuit Court with the help of the anti-gay Christianist legal firm, Advocates for Faith & Freedom. But Storey’s own county Board of Supervisors isn’t behind him. “He is taking up the banner, I guess if you will, on something we couldn’t legally do,” said county …

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CALIFORNIA: Imperial County Clerk Files To Defend Prop 8 To Ninth Circuit Court

Even though the Imperial County idiots were essentially laughed out the courtroom on their last attempt, they are trying again and the newly elected county clerk has filed a request to defend Proposition 8 before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Via Rex Wockner, here’s the just-posted notice. Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:16:32 -0800From: [email protected] United States Court of …

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CALIFORNIA: Prop 8 Plaintiffs Ask Court To Lift Stay On Same-Sex Marriage

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift their stay on the overturn of Proposition 8, saying any delay “can no longer be justified.” Here’s a portion of their request: Today, the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and its legal team — led by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies …

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CALIFORNIA: Tea Party Pol Introduces Bill To Force State To Defend Ballot Measures

Tea Party-backed California GOP state Sen. Tom Harman has introduced a bill that would require the state to go to court to defend all voter-approved ballot measures. The bill reads: The Attorney General shall not refuse to defend a constitutional amendment or an initiative statute on the basis of it being unconstitutional, or in conflict with, or in violation of …

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Prop 8 Reactions

Lambda Legal “Because the federal appeals judges said they need clarification, we look forward to a decision by the California Supreme Court confirming that initiative proponents lack legal standing to continue the Perry case. They are not law enforcers, and have the same limited rights as everyone else to litigate only when their own rights are at stake, not merely …

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CA Supes To Hear Standing Issue

And on we go. Some will say this is a good thing, as it could be the next step to getting Prop 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Stand By….

Excellent breakdown of what today’s any-minute-now decision might mean.

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