Tag Archives: Protect Marriage

Protect Marriage: WE’RE BROKE

Protect Marriage, the primary backers of Proposition 8, is reportedly so in debt to their lawyers that it may affect their ability to defend their Supreme Court case. ProtectMarriage.com, the advocacy group defending a California gay marriage ban now under review by the high court, showed a $2 million deficit in its legal fund at the end of 2011 – …

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Prop 8 Backers File First SCOTUS Brief

Today the legal team representing Protect Marriage, the backers of Proposition 8, filed their first brief at the Supreme Court. Chris Geidner has the story at Buzzfeed: Arguing that the case brought by same-sex couples seeking to marry was unlike past gay rights cases where the court struck down anti-gay restrictions and also unlike Loving v. Virginia, in which the …

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Protect Marriage Celebrates

“The day we’ve been waiting for is finally here. Today we scored a MAJOR victory for traditional marriage in the Supreme Court of the United States!! Just moments ago, the Supreme Court GRANTED our petition seeking the Court’s review of the Ninth Circuit’s erroneous decision striking down California’s Proposition 8. Thankfully, now we finally have a fighting chance at a …

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SCOTUS Reactions

MA Attorney General Martha Coakley We believe that the First Circuit’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act was correct and we look forward to the time when that discriminatory law is conclusively invalidated. Though the Supreme Court has chosen to take up the issue of DOMA’s constitutionality in another case – Windsor v. United States – my office …

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Protect Marriage Needs Tons Of Money To Fight Supreme Court Prop 8 Case

Saying that they are confident that the Supreme Court will hear their appeal of the overturn of Proposition 8, today Protect Marriage head Andy Pugno sent out a plea for donations. Via email: For our team to perform at the highest level of excellence, we must be able to supply them with the resources needed to go up against the …

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Protect Marriage Washington Calls On Pastors To Get Out The Anti-Gay Vote

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CALIFORNIA: Prop 8 Supporter & Anti-Gay Activist Charged With Molesting Boys

Back To Stonewall reports that a donor to Protect Marriage has been charged with multiple counts of molesting boys during outings with his notoriously anti-gay church. A longtime anti-gay activist, California Prop 8 donor, and elementary school teacher was taken into custody on August 17th after admitting inappropriate contact with young boys. Caleb Douglas Hesse, a teacher for the Morongo …

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AFER To SCOTUS: Pass On Prop 8 Case

The American Foundation for Equal Rights says the Supreme Court should decline to review the overturn of Proposition 8. Today AFER filed a brief in opposition to Protect Marriage’s demand to have their appeal heard. Chris Geidner reports: The case challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 is “an attractive vehicle” for determining “whether the States may discriminate against gay …

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Protect Marriage: We’ll Win At SCOTUS

By the way, those courageous defenders of freedom at Protect Marriage have a locked Twitter account so they don’t have to defend what they say to their evil little inner circle of goons. Locked accounts are useless, of course, if you use one of the many Twitter APIs like Tweetdeck.

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SCOTUS Gets Prop 8 Overturn Appeal

In addition to the DOMA-related cases that landed on the desks of the Supreme Court this month, today they received an appeal on the overturn of Prop 8. Chris Geidner reports: Supporters of California’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying, Proposition 8, have asked the Supreme Court to hear the ongoing challenge to the law in order to reverse …

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Tweet Of The Day – Protect Marriage

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Prop 8 Backers Want En Banc Review

The proponents of Proposition 8 intend to appeal for an en banc ruling from the full Ninth Circuit Court. Earlier this month a three-judge panel of Ninth Circuit members voted to uphold the overturn of Prop 8. Chris Geidner explains at Metro Weekly: Usually, en banc review involves all of the active judges on the court, but the Ninth Circuit …

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Protect Marriage Wants Appeal Money

Just in from today’s big loser: “If every person receiving this email contributed just $63.00, our appeal to the Supreme Court would be fully funded—instantly!” They say they need another $2 million.

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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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NCLR’s Kate Kendell On Prop 8 Hearing

“It would be an unthinkable blow to California’s democratic system of government if the handful of individuals who sponsored Prop 8 could make decisions for the entire state. Today’s arguments raised critical questions affecting the future of all groups who may be targeted by unconstitutional ballot initiatives, and the California Supreme Court’s decision will determine whether our state can be …

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TODAY: Prop 8 Standing Hearing

UPDATE: Things are about to begin. UPDATE II: California Channel is overloaded. Try ABC News’ webcast. Today the California Supreme Court will hear Protect Marriage’s argument that they should have standing to defend Proposition 8. The hearing is scheduled to begin around 10am (San Francisco time) and will be carried live on the California Channel. I’ll hunt around for embeddable …

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Photo Of The Day – Prop 8 Asshats

These Protect Marriage asshats apparently survived their harrowing ordeal at the hands of violent homofascists outside of the California Supreme Court.

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Quote Of The Day – Andy Pugno

“Please join us, and thousands of other supporters, in prayer this evening and tomorrow morning for safety as our Legal Team pushes through the hoards* of homosexual activists into the courthouse in the heart of San Francisco, and for the wisdom and grace needed to prevail in court.” – Protect Marriage head Andy Pugno, in a press release warning that …

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AFER: Prop 8 Proponents Desperately Trying to Hide Trial Tapes from Public

Today a California judge said that he would rule quickly after hearing arguments about the release of Proposition 8 trial videos. Anti-gay groups, whose “expert” witnesses were famously made to look like either fools or fascists or both, are vigorously attempting to thwart the release of the videos.

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Prop 8 Proponents Move To Vacate Judge Vaughn Walker’s Ruling Because He’s Gay

They’ve been talking about it for weeks and today Prop 8’s backers officially filed to vacate Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling overturning the ban of same-sex marriage in California. Because a gay judge cannot possibly be impartial about gay issues. The sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban said Monday that the recent disclosure by the federal judge who struck down Proposition …

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