Tag Archives: California

San Diego Is Taking Appointments

“The ARCC has started taking appointments for issuing licenses and performing ceremonies for same-sex couples starting August 19, 2010. Demand for marriage license services may increase as a result of the ruling. We encourage couples to plan ahead in order to obtain an appointment on their desired day and time. To schedule an appointment for a marriage license and/or ceremony …

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Might Mean Something, Might Not

If Protect Marriage’s emergency motion to stay the overturn of Prop 8 is denied by the Ninth Circuit Court, they are expected to immediately appeal to the Supreme Court. The justice assigned to hear cases from the Ninth is swing voter Anthony Kennedy. Interestingly, as the clock ticks down on Judge Walker’s stay extension, Justice Kennedy will be in Hawaii …

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Protect Marriage’s Prop 8 Appeal Quotes Homocon Writer Jonathan Rauch

The work of homocon writer Jonathan Rauch, co-founder of the Quisling site Independent Gay Forum, is cited in Protect Marriage’s emergency motion to maintain the stay on Judge Walker’s overturn of Proposition 8. Because even “same-sex marriage advocate Rauch recognizes the wisdom” in holding some states back from full equality. From page 58 of their petition.

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George Takei On Prop 8 Overturn

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Protect Marriage Files 95-Page Emergency Motion For Stay Pending Appeal

Note that the first citation is an article from San Diego’s Gay & Lesbian Times.Protect Marriage Appeal

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Here’s The Ruling Lifting The Stay

Final Stay Order

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Wedding Bells To Ring! Proposition 8 Stay LIFTED By Judge Vaughn Walker!!! Marriages To Resume On August 18th

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The stay does NOT expire until August 18th. The stay is LIFTED. California’s same-sex couples may begin marrying on August 18th. Stand by for the ruling, photos, videos and reactions!

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BREAKING: Prop 8 Stay Ruling Tomorrow

The announcement will come between noon and 3pm EST. U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker will issue a Thursday morning ruling on whether to stay a decision in the Proposition 8 federal case pending appeal, according to a late Wednesday e-mail from the court. The ruling will be issued between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. Pacific Time. If Walker rules …

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California County Appeals Prop 8 Ruling With Backing Of Christianist Group

Imperial County, in far southern California, has filed an appeal of Judge Vaughn Walker’s overturn of Proposition 8, thanks the help of an anti-gay Christianist legal group. But do they have standing to do so? The County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 earlier in the day to approve the appeal, according to the Imperial Valley Press. Close to 70% of …

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West Hollywood: We Are Ready To Resume Gay Marriages If We Get The Word

As we all wait on Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling about a stay, West Hollywood City Hall is putting the word out that they are ready to resume officiating same-sex marriages at a moment’s notice. Via Karen Ocamb: West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tem John Duran says he is ready to start officiating again. “As soon as the federal judge lifts the …

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Cartoon Of The Day

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Where Do Things Stand On Prop 8?

After Friday’s late afternoon filings by Gov. Schwarzenegger and California Attorney General Jerry Brown, many are unsure of what could happen next. Karen Ocamb asks Jon Davidson, legal director for Lambda Legal: While many legal analysts thought that Judge Walker was likely to grant the stay pending appeal, Friday’s filings have dramatically changed the likelihood of that. The standards for …

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BREAKING: Schwarzenegger Files Motion To Immediately Resume Gay Marriages

WOW. The governator has totally done the unexpected. In an extraordinary court filing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Friday that gay marriages be allowed to resume immediately in California after a federal ruling that the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. The Republican governor filed his brief with U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker before a Friday deadline …

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“The Moment” In San Francisco

JMG reader Sean Chapin sends us the below thrilling moment of the decision being announced in San Francisco. In the second clip, a couple attempts to get their marriage license in the brief period before the stay was issued.

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Thousands Celebrate In San Diego

More great videos from Rex Wockner’s coverage in San Diego are here. The chant in the bottom clip got me a little teary.

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Speaker Pelosi Reacts

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Obama Reacts

Well, sort of. Here’s what an unnamed flack just said on the president’s behalf: “The President has spoken out in opposition to Proposition 8 because it is divisive and discriminatory. He will continue to promote equality for LGBT Americans.” MEH.

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LGBT & Progressive Orgs React

Ted Olson & David Boies (AFER): “We came to court to seek for Kris, Sandy, Paul and Jeff the same right to marry that all other Americans enjoy, and to ensure that they receive equal protection under the law as guaranteed to every American by the Constitution. Through its decision today, the court has acted in the best traditions of …

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Schwarzenegger Reacts

“Judge Walker had the great responsibility of deciding whether Proposition 8 violates the Constitution of the United States. He heard in-depth arguments from both sides on fundamental questions of due process, equal protection and freedom from discrimination. There are strong feelings on both sides of this issue, and I am glad that all viewpoints were respected throughout the proceedings. We …

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Prop 8 Overturn Stayed

CNN and other outlets have retracted their earlier claims that there was no stay on Walker’s ruling. It appears that this stay is good for two days, I don’t know yet what happens after that. The stay ruling is here.

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