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Beginning tomorrow San Francisco will keep the marriage license bureau at City Hall open for two extra hours daily as worried gay couples rush to wed in advance of the vote on Prop 8. The number of same-sex weddings at City Hall had been steadily dropping since gay and lesbian marriages first became legal May 15. In recent weeks that …

Eight prominent lesbian bloggers have united to work with Equality California and raise funds to fight Proposition 8. Visit their page on the EQCA site where all donations go directly to the No On 8 effort. 8 Against 8:Grace Chu and Grace Rosen – Grace The SpotLori Hahn – Hahn At HomeKelly Leszczynski – The Lesbian LifestyleDorothy Snarker – Dorothy …

The haters are fighting the likely strong showing for marriage equality among young voters with this latest clip featuring Generation Y. This one is from some outfit claiming they are “preserving the divine institute of marriage.”

Sarah Palin appeared on the Christian Broadcast Network yesterday to tell host David Brody that she supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, something her running mate has opposed. It’s the first time Palin has publicly offered an opinion on the FMA. Brody: On Constitutional marriage amendment , are, are you for something like that? Palin: I am, in my own, state, …

Ellen DeGeneres has purchased $100,000 of media time to air her No On 8 PSA. Via press release: NO on Prop 8 campaign, Equality for All, is pleased to announce today that Ellen DeGeneres has made a media buy to urge Californians to vote NO on Proposition 8. The effort was partially revealed Tuesday when Ellen released a special video …

Cover your ears when you listen to these tots screech an anti-gay marriage song to the tune of Barney the Dinosaur’s I Love You. I guess the Chinese Christianists at Clay Music Ministry are terrified over the recent poll showing a majority of California’s Asians oppose Prop 8.

Via Towleroad: Joe Biden taped an episode with Ellen yesterday to air on Monday during which he reportedly expresses opposition to Proposition 8, the measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California. He repeated his opposition at a campaign fundraiser later in West Hollywood: “At the event, Biden told IN Los Angeles magazine journalist Karen Ocamb that he opposes Proposition …

Wow. Somebody at Florida’s Stonewall Legal Alliance is sharp. After the backers of Amendment 2 declined to appear at an FIU debate on the issue, the gay side invited the Westboro Baptist Church. And they are coming, over the objections of some marriage equality supporters. A church known for spewing anti-gay rhetoric and picketing military funerals is slated to debate …

Last week’s startling news that Proposition 8 appears poised for approval in California has brought an avalanche of donations to No On 8. After sounding the alarm last week about its $10 million fundraising deficit, Equality California, the lead organization for the No on 8 campaign, has raised more than $3 million within California since Oct. 6, including a $1 …

Using a portion of New York law that forbids recognizing out-of-state marriages that are “absolutely abhorrent” to state policy, such as polygamous marriages or those between blood relatives, the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund is taking another run at New York’s recognition of gay couples legally married in other jurisdictions. New York’s recent policy change granting health benefits to spouses of …

Encouraging: Asian-Americans in California overwhelmingly oppose a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage in the state, according to a groundbreaking survey released Wednesday. The poll found that 57 percent of Asian-Americans likely to vote in the Nov. 4 election oppose Proposition 8, which would reverse May’s California Supreme Court ruling that gave gay and lesbian couples the right to …

The Family Policy Council’s West Virginia klavern is threatening the “wrath of the voters” if the legislature doesn’t hold a special hate session to ban gay marriage. As the general election approaches, a Christian evangelical group has issued an ultimatum to Gov. Joe Manchin: call a special session to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, or face the …

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Michael Schiavo, whose battle to allow his brain-damaged wife to die with dignity created a national furor, has come out against Florida’s Amendment 2.

Some folks are becoming increasing shrill in their demand that Ellen DeGeneres step forward with huge donation to Prop 8. But to my mind, what she does every day on her show and in this PSA is immeasurably more valuable than a few more airings of the lame ads we’ve seen so far.

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Andy Towle picked up on this “absolutely fake and unofficial endorsement for the No on Prop 8 campaign cooked up by celebrity parodist David Gilmore at Pretty on the Outside.” That’s Robert Buckley from Lipstick Jungle and Hugh Jackman. Donate to No On 8 here.