Proposition Hate

LGBT community in CA against Prop 8
There will be a national protest
next Saturday.
in front of many city halls
at 1:30 PM EST and 10:30 am PST.

More info here to see if there is a protest planned near you: http://www.jointheimpact.com/

Group seeks right to defend Prop 8 in state high court
By Julia Cheever

Bay City News

Article Launched: 11/10/2008 11:11:18 PM PST

A group that supported Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban passed by California voters last week, asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to fight three lawsuits challenging the measure.

The Sacramento-based Campaign for California Families asked the court for permission to become a party in the case to join the state in defending the measure against three lawsuits.

The lawsuits were filed with the high court in San Francisco the day after the Nov. 4 election by seven same-sex couples, the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Santa Clara County.

The lawsuits claim Proposition 8 is so far-reaching, by taking away rights of a minority group, that it is a revision rather than an amendment to the state constitution and therefore would need a more extensive ratification procedure.

A constitutional revision requires approval of two-thirds of each house of the Legislature as well as a majority of California voters.

The Campaign for California Families argues in Monday’s filing that its participation in the case is needed to protect the public’s right to amend the state constitution through initiatives.

The group’s attorneys, from Florida-based Liberty Counsel, wrote that the case “is about much more than the validity of Proposition 8.”

The case is more broadly “about the people’s right to amend the constitution by initiative,” the attorneys contended.

The defendants in the three lawsuits

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are state Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is charged with enforcing state laws, and other state officials, including state Registrar of Vital Statistics Mark Horton, who is in charge of preparing marriage certificates.

Brown has said he plans to defend Proposition 8 and will file a brief within a few days.

Court spokeswoman Lynn Holton said the panel’s seven justices have no legal deadline for acting on the lawsuits, but are expected to “as quickly as possible.”

The state high court ruled by a 4-3 vote in May that the equal protection guarantee of the California constitution provides a right to same-sex marriage.

Attorney General Jerry Brown is a democrat…if that means anything…

this explains the arguement a little better

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-liu10-2008nov10,0,3337879.story

Here is a collection of news articles about recent or upcoming protests.

But first – If California voters seen this video before November 4th things would have turned out really really different ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPC8wyTP4Wg

Protests at LDS temples http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10929992?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltr

Fresno CA http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10948377

Upcoming anti-gay anti-abortion parade in San Francisco on 1/24/2009 ” The 5th Annual Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay Marriage Catholic Church hate parade will be in San Francisco on January 24, 2009. We need 10,000 people to surround this fascist rally to put them back on their buses and send them home. The Catholic Church and the Mormon Church were the two primary funders of Proposition 8 which put bigotry into our state constitution while only 1,000 or so of the pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage community has turned out in the past 4 years. WE NEED TENS OF THOUSANDS, AND PREFERABLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people who support women’s right to abortion and support gay marriage to help us stop this fascist movement.” http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/10/18550049.php

Boston upcoming protest Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. at Cambridge City Hall. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158×14610

Canada – http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Protests_against_Prop_8_continue-5842.aspx – “Gay marriage supporters have taken their protests directly to Mormon temples in California and beyond. Roughly 3,000 protested outside the Latter Day Saints headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah on Nov 7. Some protestors have called for a boycott of Utah’s tourism industry and others want the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to strip the Mormon church of its tax status as a religious organization. Mormonsstoleourrights.com argues that IRS policy forbids churches from “carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.”

“Since the elections tens of thousands of people have been pouring into the streets throughout California in dusgust over the passing of Prop 8. This Saturday, November 15 at 12:30 PM, we in Dallas will stand in front of City Hall with those in California in expressing our abhorrence of the passing of this hateful measure. Dallas’ Protest is part of a nationwide day of action against Prop 8. This effort coordinated through the website http://www.jointheimpact.com will take place at exactly the same time this coming Saturday in front of City Halls throughout the country.” http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/11/10/prop-8-protest-update/
Dallas organizing info http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea/2008/11/11/more-info-on-saturdays-prop-8-protest-in-dallas/
San Francisco “We don’t want to take attention away from the Saturday Join the Impact protest, so we’re going to postpone our SF Chronicle protest until after that. We’ll see what kind of coverage we get for Join the Impact.” http://www.protest8.blogspot.com/

Houston Voice: “National Day of Protest against Prop 8 – A National Day of Protest against Proposition 8 has been set for this Saturday, November 15, nationwide. Through this website, you can find your protest place and info on how to organize. You can also find the local contact for your city’s protest. A flier can be downloaded and printed out here. “ http://www.houstonvoice.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=11/10/08&end=11/11/08

Michigan “Gay political blogger John Aravois suggested a boycott of ski resorts in Utah -where millions of dollars was donated by members of the Mormon Church to support passage of Proposition 8 in California–and a Hollywood boycott of the immensely popular Sundance Film Festival which is held in Utah each January.” http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=32906

News articles part deux

Upcoming anti-gay anti-abortion parade in San Francisco on 1/24/2009 ” The 5th Annual Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay Marriage Catholic Church hate parade will be in San Francisco on January 24, 2009. We need 10,000 people to surround this fascist rally to put them back on their buses and send them home. The Catholic Church and the Mormon Church were the two primary funders of Proposition 8 which put bigotry into our state constitution while only 1,000 or so of the pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage community has turned out in the past 4 years. WE NEED TENS OF THOUSANDS, AND PREFERABLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people who support women’s right to abortion and support gay marriage to help us stop this fascist movement.” http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/10/18550049.php

Boston upcoming protest Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. at Cambridge City Hall. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158×14610

Canada – http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Protests_against_Prop_8_continue-5842.aspx – “Gay marriage supporters have taken their protests directly to Mormon temples in California and beyond. Roughly 3,000 protested outside the Latter Day Saints headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah on Nov 7. Some protestors have called for a boycott of Utah’s tourism industry and others want the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to strip the Mormon church of its tax status as a religious organization. Mormonsstoleourrights.com argues that IRS policy forbids churches from “carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.”

News articles part 4

Houston Voice: “National Day of Protest against Prop 8 – A National Day of Protest against Proposition 8 has been set for this Saturday, November 15, nationwide. Through this website, you can find your protest place and info on how to organize. You can also find the local contact for your city’s protest. A flier can be downloaded and printed out here. “ http://www.houstonvoice.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=11/10/08&end=11/11/08

GREAT WORK MKfromLA …Keep it up!!!

Thanks invalid! Thanks Dances!

“There is an incredible outpouring of energy, of people wanting to do something,” said Trent Thornley, a San Francisco lawyer who created his Facebook site, Californians Ready to Repeal Prop. 8, the day after the election. Thornley said his roommate told him to expect a few hundred people to join. Instead, a week later, the group has more than 200,000 members. Another Facebook group, Repeal the California Ban on Marriage Equality 2010, also has attracted more than 200,000 members. . . . The boycotts are having some effect. Scott Eckern, a Sacramento theater director, announced Wednesday that he was resigning from his position at the California Musical Theatre, in response to controversy over his $1,000 donation to the Yes on 8 campaign.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-prop813-2008nov13,0,7887437.story?page=2

Another Prop Hate protest site is http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

It has a very easy to use scroll bar to pick your state, and voila you can find all protest places near you as well as contacts. The state protest also includes other protests in addition to the Nov. 15th ones.

CALIFORNIANS AGAINST HATE: BOYCOTT
http://www.californiansagainsthate.com/

*****Important to know this*****

“He Was For It Before He Was Agin’ It”

“And other news on the ever-changing Barack Obama.
Perhaps you have now heard that a 1996 questionnaire for Barack Obama has mysteriously reappeared AFTER he was elected (which of course he could not have done without the DNC’s new take on voting, i.e., it doesn’t really matter for whom you cast your vote – they will give it to whomever they damn well please). Yes, it is a questionnaire that Obama filled out, and signed himself (though he’ll probably blame it on some staffer pretty soon here) in which he says he SUPPORTS same-sex marriage!”
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/01/14/he-was-for-it-before-he-was-agin-it/#more-11086

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q

Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan

Tom Hanks’ comments about the Mormon church and Prop hate —

http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/hanks-bashes-mormons-prop-8-advocates/309219

“At Wednesday night’s ‘Big Love’ premiere party, Tom Hanks made his feelings about the Mormon Church’s involvement in the passage of California’s Prop 8 very clear, calling those against gay marriage “un-American.”
Ironically, Hanks serves as the executive producer of HBO’s controversial show, which focuses on a modern-day polygamist living in Utah with his three wives.

“The truth is this takes place in Utah, the truth is these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen,” he told FOX.
“There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them. … “

Thank you for signing our letter to the state Supreme Court.

Please help us spread the word about Ken Starr’s shameful legal proceedings — and the 18,000 couples facing forcible divorce by the state — by forwarding the email below to your friends and family.

Please also consider making a contribution of whatever amount you can afford to help Courage Campaign Issues in our efforts to repeal Prop 8:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/PowerTheRepeal

Thank you for your time and your generosity.
Rick Jacobs
Chair
Courage Campaign
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MESSAGE FOR YOUR FRIENDS:

Hi,

Have you heard that Ken Starr — and the Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund — filed legal briefs defending the constitutionality of Prop 8 and attempting to forcibly divorce 18,000 same-sex couples that were married in California last year? The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this case on March 5, 2009, with a decision expected within the next 90 days.

The Courage Campaign has created a video called “Fidelity,” with the permission of musician Regina Spektor, that puts a face to those 18,000 couples and all loving, committed couples seeking full equality under the law.

Please watch this heartbreaking video:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/Divorce

After you watch the video, please consider joining me in signing the letter to the state Supreme Court and passing this video on to your friends. The more people who see this video, the more people will understand the pain caused by Prop 8 and Ken Starr’s shameful legal proceeding.

Thanks.

Gay Community Protest — San Diego.
The following is a field report from your on the ground Village Cub Reporter

http://www.hillarysvillage.net/showthread.php?t=8679

PROP H8 UPDATE: Over 1 million people have now watched “Fidelity,” making it the most-watched online video in the history of California politics. And 362,609 people have signed our letter telling the California Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8, reject Ken Starr’s case, and let loving, committed couples marry.

To see this special video and sign the letter to the state Supreme Court, click here now:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/Divorce

On Wednesday, March 4 – the night before the state Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the validity of Prop 8 — Californians will stand together in at least 27 vigils across the state to send a unified message that the inalienable right to marry cannot be stripped away at the ballot box.

Led by Marriage Equality USA, these powerful and poignant “Eve of Justice” statewide vigils are being supported by several national, state and local organizations, including the Courage Campaign, Human Rights Campaign, Join The Impact, Equality California, Amnesty International, GLAAD, PFLAG, California Faith for Equality and the Progressive Jewish Alliance.

Please join us on Wednesday as we stand strong together — gay, straight, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender — in community vigils across California, from San Diego to Stockton. To find location information about your community vigil, click here:
http://www.eveofjustice.com

On the morning of Thursday, March 5 in San Francisco, as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., marriage equality supporters will be gathering outside the
California Supreme Court building at
350 McAllister Street
in United Nations Plaza.

With financial support from the Courage Campaign and many others, our friends at Marriage Equality USA are setting up a JumboTron so thousands of people can watch the proceedings together. If you can make it to San Francisco on Thursday morning, please join us outside the California Supreme Court starting at 8 a.m.

Meanwhile, on the morning of Thursday, March 5 in Los Angeles, marriage equality supporters will also be gathering at City Hall (Rm. 340 at 200 N. Spring Street) and at the West Hollywood Auditorium (647 N. San Vicente Boulevard) to watch the oral arguments broadcast from the state Supreme Court in San Francisco.

Remember: No matter what the Supreme Court decides following the March 5 oral arguments, the fight for equality will continue across California and the country.

Thank you for supporting the marriage equality movement and pushing for progressive change in California.

Puma-SF 03.05.09 at 1:33 am
I’m doing the prowl and here’s what happened in SF tonight about Prop 8:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/04/BAR916986Q.DTL

CALL TO ACTION (if your so inclined)

Although the gay marriage bill will pass both houses in Vermont ..the Governor has now promised to veto it…He even has a way to save face and allow it to go through with out actually signing it.. in Vermont he could do nothing and let it sit on his desk for 5 days and it would become law….please contact him and ask him to let the bill just sit on his desk..and leave his veto pen in the drawer…

Governor Jim Douglas
109 State Street, Pavilion
Montpelier, VT 05609-0101
Phone: 802 828-3333
(toll-free in VT only: 800 649-6825)
TTY: 800 649-6825
Fax: 802 828-3339

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/vermont.samesex.marriage/

We are a gentle and loving people…
and we’re singing,
singing for our lives….

more news: (for those in California, to repeal prop 8 )
For anyone willing to collect 20 or more signatures here is where to go to sign up to volunteer
http://www.eqca.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=kuLRJ9MRKrH&b=4742747&en=9qIPLVMsEcIKIONsE9IOLVOrFeKNK0OEIhKSIWNAKkKYL9MQF

694,354 signatures from registered voters will be required for the measure to make the ballot. Aug 17th is the deadline… 150 days / 694,354 signatures …totally doable with enough help.

Just FYI, and to avoid confusion, there is two petitions going around….one (this one) would reinstate marriage for same-sex couples in California) the other one replaces the term “marriage” with “domestic partnership” throughout California law for str8 and gay both… it would end all marriage as a state-sanctioned institution and instead make couples — gay or straight — eligible only for domestic partnerships

One more bit of news … New Hampshire Gay marriage bill passed the House 186-179, next goes to the Senate, where its future is uncertain..

“Iowa Court Says Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
By MONICA DAVEY and LIZ ROBBINS 1 minute ago
The unanimous ruling on Friday makes Iowa the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage”

continued at: http://www.nytimes.com

cross posted at PumaPAC’s main blog

Cinie 05.25.09 at 12:21 am
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/19475925/detail.html
Third grader in Denver organizes marriage equality rally.
“Everybody’s different in a good way.”

Hundreds March for Gay Marriage in Central Calif.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 30, 2009
Filed at 1:48 p.m. ET

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples are marching through dusty California farm towns in the state’s conservative center to kick off the latest front in the battle over gay marriage.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/30/us/AP-Gay-Marriage.html

invalidresponse 06.07.09 at 11:38 am

After 10 years of having to choose to give up my country… now they are going to “look” into perhaps doing something about it…. wow, guess I was wayyyyy before my time…. Hope this one gets through….

Hey Pumas, can you do me a favor and send a quick email to your congress person in support of this… Please!!

NCLR Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Uniting American Families Act

http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_UAFAstatement060209

Petition seeks apology for Enigma code-breaker Turing

LONDON, England (CNN) — An online petition demanding a formal apology from the British government for its treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing is gaining momentum.

Turing was subjected to chemical castration in 1952 after being found guilty of the charge of gross indecency for having a homosexual relationship, an illegal act at the time. He committed suicide two years later.

More than 19,000 people have added their names to the petition on the UK Government Web site since it opened three weeks ago, urging the government to “recognize the tragic consequences of prejudice that ended this man’s life and career.”

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1

cross posted on main blog