Tag Archives: Proposition 8

VIDEO: Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Hears Final Arguments In Proposition 8

Below is the full hearing from Thursday. The first clip covers the argument against releasing the trial tapes. The second clip covers the argument that Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself for being gay. Both clips are highly instructive as to the vitriolic lengths our enemies are willing to go in their campaign of oppression.

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Quote Of The Day – Kate Kendell

“If you missed the hearing, count yourself lucky, for hardly ever in one courtroom have we been treated to the level of insult, bigotry, and stigmatizing trash that was presented by those defending Prop 8. [snip] It’s no wonder that the Prop 8 proponents are doing everything they can to distract attention from the real issues in the case and …

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LOS ANGELES: Elderly Marriage Activist Dies Waiting For Prop 8 To Be Overturned

Ed Watson, above left, has died at the age of 78. Watson made national news this year when he expressed his hope that he would be allowed to marry before Alzheimer’s Disease robbed him of the ability to recognize Derence, his partner of 40 years. Gay rights activists lamented Watson’s death as a reminder of the harm inflicted on same-sex …

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Prop 8 Hearing Reactions

Lambda Legal “The Court raked the lawyer for Prop 8’s proponents over the coals for their argument that gay judges alone have special obligations to prove their impartiality that no other judge must bear. From the start, this motion was an offensive ploy by the proponents of Prop 8 to distract attention from the unconstitutionality of Prop 8 and the …

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Live Prop 8 Audio Begins Shortly

The final (probably) Prop 8 hearing before the Ninth Circuit Court begins at 2:30pm PST. It appears that there will be no streaming video from the court house, but San Francisco’s KQED will be providing live audio. I’m told the stream will be internet only, so if you regularly listen to KQED broadcasts online, you’ll need a different link. Supporters …

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AFER Recaps Prop 8 Battle

The final arguments begin at 2:30PM San Francisco time.

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TODAY: Final Prop 8 Hearing

The Ninth Circuit Court will today hear final arguments on why the Prop 8 trial tapes should be made public. More importantly, they will hear arguments regarding the motion to vacate Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling because he is gay. I’ll be live-tweeting the proceedings and will (hopefully) have live video here on JMG.

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Hate Group Expects To Lose Prop 8

Save California head Randy Thomasson says he expects the Ninth Circuit Court to uphold the overturn of Proposition 8. “It doesn’t look very good there,” he warns. “Stephen Reinhardt, he’s heading up this three-judge panel, he’s the ultimate judicial activist.” And Thomasson is not sure about how Justices Michael Daly Hawkins and Norman Randy Smith will vote on the merits …

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Happy T-Day From The Prop 8 Plaintiffs

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9th Circuit Consolidates Prop 8 Appeal With Complaint On Judge’s Gayness

Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announced that it would simultaneously consider the appeal of the overturn of Prop 8 alongside a separate complaint that Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself for being gay. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: With today’s order, all of the questions relating to the validity and merits of the constitutionality of Proposition …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Updates on Prop 8 and more.

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Tony Perkins On Prop 8 Opinion

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Hate Group Leader On Prop 8 Opinion

“This is a measure of sanity that has overcome last year’s nonsensical and biased ruling of the homosexual Judge Vaughn Walker, who viciously attacked the sacred institution of marriage between a man and a woman. He arrogantly struck down the people’s vote. He even denied the people of California the basic right to be represented in court. The constitution, the …

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“Marriage Defender” Doug Manchester Buys San Diego’s Daily Newspaper

Hotel kingpin and Prop 8 backer Doug Manchester has purchased San Diego’s Union-Tribune for $110 million. And locals can expect some big changes. What happens when that brash, bold, confrontational man steps into the newsroom of the region’s largest newspaper? John Lynch, the former local radio executive who will become the newspaper’s new president and CEO, offered a preview Thursday …

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Brian Brownshirt Cheers Prop 8 Opinion

“It has been nothing short of shameful to see Governor Jerry Brown, his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Kamala Harris abdicate their constitutional responsibility to defend Proposition 8 in Court. Although today’s ruling from the California Supreme Court confirms that the proponents of Prop 8 have the right to defend their initiative when the state officials refuse to fulfill …

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Prop 8 Standing Reactions

Human Rights Campaign “With today’s decision, the case challenging Prop 8 returns to federal court and we are one step closer to ending discrimination against loving California couples. Thousands of California families remain in legal limbo and we urge the Ninth Circuit to quickly issue its decision. We thank the courageous plaintiffs, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and the …

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CA Supreme Court Issues Opinion: Haters Have Standing To Defend Proposition 8

As many insiders predicted, today the California Supreme Court issued its opinion that the backers of Proposition 8 should have standing to defend the measure. The question had been punted to the California court by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, who will now take the opinion into consideration while formulating their own decision on the issue. And the …

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Prop 8 Standing Ruling Comes Tomorrow

It looks like standing will be granted.

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Recapping the DOMA battle in the Senate and the continuing fight over Proposition 8.

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Judge Slams NOM’s Oppression Meme

The judge who last month ruled that NOM must comply with California’s financial disclosure laws has filed his opinion. A delicious excerpt: Plaintiffs do not, indeed cannot, allege that the movement to recognize marriage in California as existing only between a man and a woman is vulnerable to the same threats as were socialist and communist groups, or, for that …

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