Tag Archives: marriage equality

Ellen DeGeneres Buys $100K Of Airtime
For Her No On 8 Message

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 …

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You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

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.

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Joe Biden Expresses Opposition To Prop 8 On Ellen DeGeneres Show

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 …

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Brilliant Strategy: Westboro To Appear At Florida Gay Marriage Debate

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 …

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Money Pouring In For No On 8

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 …

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“Absolutely Abhorrent”

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 …

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57% Of Asian-Americans Oppose Prop 8

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 …

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West Virginia Wingnuts Demand Special Legislative Session To Ban Gay Marriage

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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Best Ad Yet From No On 8

Finally!

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Tonight In San Francisco

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Tonight In South Beach

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Michael Schiavo Comes Out Against Florida’s Anti-Gay Amendment 2

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.

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LDS Vs Gays

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Ellen’s No On 8 PSA

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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Homotracker: Three Great No On 8 Ads From The Entertainment Biz

From Homotracker’s “About Us” page: The original and primary function of this dynamic group of future entertainment biz leaders is the sharing of information among members, via an online tracking board, as well as assisting and supporting each other’s promotion in the industry. HOMOtracker began as the brainchild of a small group of lesbian & gay professionals, seeking to find …

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Abs-olute Equality

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.

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SF Mayor Gavin Newsom:
No On 8’s Worst Nightmare

According to the SF Chronicle, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has become the greatest liability for the No On 8 campaign. Gavin Newsom has always played a starring role in the same-sex marriage debate, but in recent weeks that role has turned decidedly unheroic. The mayor has become the reluctant face of the campaign opposing same-sex unions with the help …

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Yes On 8 Worker Attacked

The Yes On 8 campaign is reporting that one of their supporters was attacked while he attempted to distribute lawn signs in Modesto. From their site: In a violent display of intolerance, an opponent of Proposition 8 attacked and seriously injured a man who was volunteering on Sunday for the initiative to define marriage as between and a man and …

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Yes On 102: The Remix

In Phoenix: More than 100 campaign signs that support Proposition 102 have been vandalized or stolen, according to a campaign spokesperson. The signs promote a yes vote, which would define marriage in Arizona as between one man and one woman. A spokesperson for the campaign said the damage has totaled nearly $6,000. A spokesperson for the group that opposes Proposition …

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Connecticut Marriage Repeal Effort Begins

Every 20 years voters in Connecticut decide on whether to hold a constitutional convention to rewrite or add amendments. By coincidence, that vote comes next month and gay marriage foes are already gearing up a drive to approve the convention with the aim of repealing last week’s approval of same-sex marriage via constitutional amendment. “This is our one opportunity for …

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