Tag Archives: Courage Campaign

Photo Of The Day – NOM Fail Wisconsin

Hundreds of happy and proud LGBT folks jammed NOM’s Hate Tour stop in Madison, Wisconsin today. On the bigots side, a meager 54, according to a head count by the Courage Campaign’s NOM Tour Tracker. Lots more photos at the link, with more to come.

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Maryland Cop To Courage Campaign:
“Don’t Make Me Lock You Up”

As we learned yesterday, NOM had the Courage Campaign’s cameraman thrown out of the rally in Maryland, but not before its laughable attendance was recorded.

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Stars Reenact Prop 8 Trial Testimony

The Courage Campaign has launched Equality On Trial, in which stars reenact the testimony given by the plaintiffs in California’s Prop 8 trial. Below are reenactments from Marisa Tomei, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Urie, Patricia Clarkson, Alan Cumming, and Ellen Greene. The Courage Campaign invites you to download trial scripts and upload your own reenactments to the Equality On Trial site.

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Prop 8’s “Smoking Gun” Revealed

According to the Courage Campaign, internal documents and emails revealed this morning at Perry vs. Schwarzenegger reveal how Protect Marriage attempted to link same-sex marriage rights to pedophilia, incest, bestiality, and polygamy. From the Courage Campaign’s Rick Jacobs, via press release: “Ron Prentice, Andrew Pugno and their Prop 8 team — with the highly capable and apparently deeply cynical leadership …

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Protect Marriage Sues Courage Campaign Over Lesbified Logo

On their Prop 8 Trial Tracker blog, the Courage Campaign has been using a parody version of Protect Marriage’s infamous stick-figure logo, replacing the male adult with another female. After screaming about it last week, Protect Marriage is now suing. Following on the cease-and-desist letter ProtectMarriage.com sent us last week, the Prop 8 attorneys filed late yesterday in U.S. District …

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Prop 8 Trial Tracker, Day Two

I realize that it’ll be tough to keep everybody’s interest up over two or three weeks, but you should really drop in on Rick Jacobs’ live-blogging of Perry vs. Schwarzenegger today. Just now the anti-gay side is presenting witnesses who are arguing that marriage is “from the Bible.”

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Prop 8 Trial Tracker

Follow the Courage Campaign’s Rick Jacobs live blogging from the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial. He’s typing as people speak and it can be a bit confusing, but Jacobs is doing a great job getting the gist of what everybody is saying. You’ll need to refresh to see the updates. Bookmark the site for the remainder of the trial.

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Get The Truth Out

The Courage Campaign announced today that they will launch a website to track and counter the lies presented by the other side during Perry v. Schwarzenegger. As the trial Prop 8 unfolds, we can expect right-wing organizations like the National Organization for Marriage and their allies to continue their misinformation campaign to undermine the proceedings and reframe the debate about …

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Courage Campaign Pulls Out Of 2010 Proposition 8 Repeal Effort

The Courage Campaign today announced their withdrawal from the campaign to place a repeal of California’s Proposition 8 on the 2010 ballot. Most major LGBT and progressive groups have opposed a 2010 effort, preferring to wait until 2012. Via press release: “For months, we have laid out the criteria for moving forward. Like the Obama Campaign, we understand that we …

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LA Times: Wait Until 2012 On Prop 8

Last week Equality California announced their decision to wait until 2012 to pursue a repeal of Proposition 8. Other groups such as the Courage Campaign have not signed on, saying they are still studying the issue, having raised $135K to “invest in research, polling and focus groups.” Yesterday the Los Angeles Times published an editorial advising the Courage Campaign to …

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Courage Campaign: Join The Prop 8 Repeal

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Mr. President, Don’t Fire Dan

The Courage Campaign has nearly 120,000 signatures on its “Don’t Fire Dan Choi” petition. Lt. Dan Choi, from Orange County, California, is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an Iraq War veteran. Last March he went on Rachel Maddow’s show and spoke three truthful words: “I am gay.” As a result Lt. Choi received a …

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Courage Campaign Asks:
President Obama, Keep Your Promise

The Courage Campaign wants you to sign on to their letter asking President Obama to keep his promise and grant health benefits to the partners of LGBT federal employees. Dear President Barack Obama, Your historic election to the presidency shows that any barrier to equality in America can be overcome. We were especially pleased that you demonstrated a clear commitment …

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Please Don’t Divorce Us – The Video

Six weeks ago I told you about the Courage Campaign’s request for photo submissions to their “Please Don’t Divorce Us” project. Here’s the lovely video they’ve created from the photos.

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Please Don’t Divorce Us

The Courage Campaign is soliciting submissions for their “Please Don’t Divorce Us” photo essay. Infamous prosecutor Ken Starr has filed a legal brief — on behalf of the “Yes on 8” campaign — to nullify the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed in California between May and November of 2008. It’s time to put a face to Ken Starr’s shameful legal proceedings. …

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Mormon Home Invasion

The latest from the Courage Campaign.

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Courage Campaign Asks Mormon Church To Stop Lying About Proposition 8

LGBT activists in California are collecting petition signatures asking the Mormon Church to stop meddling in the gay marriage issue. The Courage Campaign contends church leaders have “intimidated” members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints into giving millions of dollars to the Yes on 8 campaign. On Nov. 4, California voters will decide whether to approve Proposition …

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Gender Auditors!

LOVE this ad. “Keep the government out of your pants!” From the Courage Campaign.

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