Tag Archives: Proposition 8

One of the most virulently anti-gay Catholic officials in the United States, Salvatore Cordileone, who is considered the father of Proposition 8, has been named the new Archbishop of San Francisco. Highly-regarded Whispers In The Loggia blogger Rocco Palmo is stunned. Depending on how one looks at things, this Friday morning brings either the most courageously bold — or stunningly …

San Diego activists have launched a Facebook group calling on locals to “turn your back” on homocon mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio during this weekend’s gay pride parade. Carl DeMaio has turned his back on the LGBT community, accepting plenty of Yes on 8 money and making promises to “…not push the gay agenda issues…” in exchange for campaign aid from …

“No same-sex couple, married or not, can ever under any circumstances combine biological, social and legal parenthood into one bond. For this and other reasons, gay marriage has become a significant contributor to marriage’s continuing deinstitutionalization, by which I mean marriage’s steady transformation in both law and custom from a structured institution with clear public purposes to the state’s licensing …

The New York Times has published a Father’s Day essay by Dominick Zarrillo, the dad of one the men challenging Prop 8 in Perry v Brown. None of us could believe something like that would pass in California. When it did, I wondered if Jeff and Paul would move from the place they loved and had called home for so …

San Diego hotel magnate and Proposition 8 backer Doug Manchester bought the local daily newspaper last year. And since then the paper has become a relentless shill for anti-gay and anti-progressive causes. The New York Times observes: Mr. Manchester is anti-big government, anti-tax and anti-gay marriage. And he’s in favor of a remade San Diego centered around a new downtown …

Thank to a persistent campaign of complaints by GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger, the California Fair Political Practices Commission will investigate NOM for campaign finance violations. Via press release from Fred Karger: In his sworn complaint of May 17th, Karger alleged that NOM did not report over $340,000 that it raised to pass Proposition 8 four years ago. California joins …

“The ProtectMarriage.com legal team looks forward to standing before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the people’s right to preserve the fundamental building block of civilization — especially since the dissents accompanying today’s decision strongly support our arguments. The democratic process and the most important human institution — marriage — shouldn’t be overthrown based on the demands of …

American Foundation for Equal Rights Today’s order is yet another federal court victory for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples in California and around the nation,” said AFER co-founder Chad Griffin. “The final chapter of the Proposition 8 case has now begun. Should the United States Supreme Court decide to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in our case, I am …

Here’s the ruling: The full court was advised of the petition for rehearing en banc. A judge requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. The matter failed to receive a majority of the votes of the non-recused active judges in favor of en banc consideration. Fed. R. App. P. 35. The petition for rehearing en banc …

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an alert that a ruling will come tomorrow on whether to rehear Prop 8 with a larger panel of judges. Insiders speculate: KQED’s Scott Shafer said this is almost surely the decision on whether to rehear the case en banc. An en banc panel is made up of 11 judges, chosen at …

We first heard this from Lou Engle back in 2008, but today on The 700 Club the crackpot televangelist repeated his claim that God caused Prop 8 to pass because he’d prayed and fasted for it to happen. Engle was apparently too hungry to fast against Prop 8’s eventual overturn.

Earlier this week the author of the most infamous “ex-gay” study recanted his conclusions and apologized to gay people for the harm his wrong research caused. Last night Rachel Maddow and an expert looked at what this development might mean for Prop 8 and other LGBT rights causes.

Proposition 8 backer David Blankenhorn, one of the few Protect Marriage witnesses to actually testify in Perry Vs Schwarzenegger, has come out against North Carolina’s Amendment One. Blankenhorn today published an editorial in the News & Observer. As marriage advocates, we oppose the state marriage amendment now being debated in North Carolina. We hope that when North Carolinians go to …

Sam Stein reports at Huffington Post: When Romney eventually made his donation, he did so quietly, and through an unusual channel. Records filed by Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC with the Federal Election Commission did not include details of that $10,000 donation. Nor did NOM’s public 990 form. In fact, record of the payment was only uncovered Friday when …

Just posted by AFER. Three minutes of gay history.

Via press release from AFER: On Saturday night, the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact presented the West Coast premiere reading of the play “8” before a sold-out crowd in Los Angeles and a worldwide audience watching on YouTube. “8” is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. …

“Justified or not, fear spread in conservative circles that getting on the wrong side of gay marriage could cost you your job. ‘People tell us that their livelihoods have been threatened solely because of their public advocacy opposing same-sex marriage,’ said Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage. ‘Fine,’ say some gay rights activists. “’If they’re going to …

From last night: Featuring an all-star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Lynch, Kevin Bacon and others, “8” is a play written by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and directed by acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner. It is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Federation for Equal …