Tag Archives: marriage equality

Barricade Your Houses!
The Homos Are Coming!

Photo caption from the Orange County Register: Peggy and Terence Carey adjust wind-blown signs after placing 54 ‘Yes on 8’ signs on their front lawns. The Fullerton couple were motivated after vandals first began stealing the 2 signs they put up initially. They now take them all in at night. They are now more than ever determined to exercise their …

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Prop 8: The Final Poll

Here’s a graphic of the Field Poll results I posted early this morning.

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Tomorrow: 70,000 Wingnuts To Descend On San Diego To Battle Gay Marriage

Man, that is one scary voice. From the Mercury-News: For Proposition 8 supporters who feel the ballot measure is a line in the sand defending “traditional marriage” as being only between a man and a woman, the stakes are just as high. “This vote on whether we stop the gay-marriage juggernaut in California is Armageddon,” Charles Colson, the former Nixon …

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Latest Poll: Yes On 8 Down By 5

The latest Field Poll, released last night: Over the past six weeks, a proposed constitutional amendment that would end same-sex marriage in California has gained substantial ground but still trails by a five-point margin heading into Tuesday’s election. A new Field Poll shows Proposition 8, one of the most closely watched state ballot measures in years, is supported by 44 …

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Shhhh! Governator Says No On 8

Without any accompanying commentary or fanfare, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has released a position paper on all of that state’s referenda. He’s for high-speed rail. He’s for for children’s health care. Oh, and by the way, he’s against Prop 8.

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Gay Marriage = Hitler

“There was another time in history when people, when the bell tolled. And the question was whether or not they were going to hear it. The time was during Nazi Germany with Adolf Hitler. You see he brought crowds of clergy together to assure them that he was going to look after the church. “And one of the members, bold …

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Hackers Attack Gay Marriage Sites

The No On 8 and Say No 2 sites were the apparent victims of a cyber attack last night. Via press release: Today the NO on Prop 8 campaign’s Web site was the victim of what appears to be a coordinated attack designed to bring the system down. According to http://www.responsetrack.net/lnk/calitics/1855212/?14LGF0093D5/ , the denial-of-service attack (DoS) on the NO on …

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It’s Make Or Break Time On Prop 8

Reportedly, internal polling at Equality California shows Prop 8 at a dead heat right now. But this just in from executive director Geoff Kors: On Tuesday, the other side reported donations of $2.2 million, dwarfing the $255,650 we reported, and called on their donors to contribute another $3 million. With this enormous sum of money they are buying every available …

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No On 8 To Air YouTube Clips

Via press release: In a first for an American political campaign, the NO on Prop 8 campaign will pay to air two spots that were originally produced and uploaded to YouTube by supporters completely independent of the campaign. “We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of talent and creativity that has just exploded on the Internet,” said Patrick Guerriero, NO …

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Conn. Marriage Equality Begins Nov.10th

Same-sex marriage begins in Connecticut on November 10th. Same-sex couples will be able to pick up marriage licence applications in the US state of Connecticut from November 10th. The Supreme Court of Connecticut overturned a ban on gay marriage earlier this month, ruling that by stopping same sex partners from marrying was a violation of their constitutional rights. The court …

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Hollywood Says No On 8

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Sen. Diane Feinstein Says No On 8

No On 8 notes: The ad’s placement on statewide television happens to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk. Feinstein, who was President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors 30 years ago, immediately became the city’s mayor at a time of great unrest and anguish. Re-elected twice, …

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NY Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith Won’t Talk About Marriage Equality

You may recall that in September I worried about NY Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith’s tepid enthusiasm for marriage equality. If the Democrats seize the majority next week, it will incumbent upon Smith as the new Majority Leader to finally put the issue before the Senate, potentially the final step for approval as the Democrat-dominated Assembly has already approved the …

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Chinese Yes On 8 Ad Brings Up Incest, Pedophilia, Polygamy

This Chinese-language Yes On 8 ad goes right to the wingnuts’ tired argument that gay marriage will be followed by incestuous, polygamous, and man-on-child marriages. What? No man-on-dog marriage? At least the haters don’t try this in their English ads. So far.

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Don’t Be A Douche

The funniest No On 8 ads are from YouTubers Don’t Be A Douche On 8.

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Yes On 8 Leader Assaults Protester, Lies About It To Police, Press

The leader of the local Yes On 8 campaign in Bakersfield assaulted a No On 8 protester when he saw that Yes On 8 signs had been altered. Ken Mettler, a politically conservative activist and member of the Kern High School District is caught on video kicking and punching a protester at a demonstration against Proposition 8. But Mettler claims …

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Maria Shriver Says “No On 8” But The Governator Remains Silent

California’s First Lady Maria Shriver has come out against Prop 8. “I believe in people’s right to choose a partner that they love, and that’s a decision that I have come to, and I have felt that way for a long time,” said Ms Shriver, a niece of former President John F Kennedy. However Shriver’s husband has had nothing to …

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Wedding Field Trip Parents Speak Out

The parents of the first graders who attended their teacher’s wedding in San Francisco are demanding that Yes On 8 stop lying and stop using images of their children. The parents of the two children most prominently featured in the latest multi-million dollar Prop 8 political spot today termed those ads “distasteful and exploitative” and demanded that the ads be …

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Ugly Betty Cast Says No On 8

New from No On 8 – the Hispanic cast members of Ugly Betty deliver a marriage equality message in Spanish.

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More Fear Mongering From Yes On 8

The Christianists at Yes On 8 continue their “Think! About! The! Children!” theme, this time using the example of the class of San Francisco first-graders that attended their teacher’s wedding. Of course, they fail to mention that all the parents of those kids gave permission for that field trip.

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