Buena Park –Sixty-six women were honored at an award reception featuring the original play Speaking Up! at the UFCW Local 324 auditorium last night. Top awards were given for Political Courage (Denise Penn, the Anti Human Trafficking Task Force), Community…
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PROP 8: Open Letter to Repeal Marriage Ban
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A community letter supporting a November 2010 ballot initiative to repeal Prop 8 – several OC organizations are signers. Fellow Activists and Supporters – The California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8, which took away the right to marry from…
Prop 8 Decision: HRC Weighs In
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Sandra Hartness of HRC has sent The Liberal OC this moving video and the following statement. Today’s Supreme Court decision hurts deeply, but we finally know the path to restore marriage equality here in California will be at the ballot…
Pre-Decision Day Gathering Tonight at Screening of OUTRAGE
by Misha Houser • • 1 Comment
Santa Ana, CA — ECCO, Harvey Milk Stonewall Democrats of Orange County, HRC, Orange County Equality Coalition, Team Courage and LGBT community allies are joining forces this evening at the screening of OUTRAGE at 7 pm to give a brief…
Friday “OUTRAGE” Premiere Hosted by ECCO, Harvey Milk Stonewall Democrats
by Misha Houser • • 1 Comment
Santa Ana, CA – The Harvey Milk Stonewall Democrats of Orange County and ECCO are hosting a screening OUTRAGE, Friday night at the South Coast Village Regency 3 Theater, Â 1561 W. Sunflower Avenue, Santa Ana, CA. From Academy Award-nominated documentary…
Big Blue Gorilla A Casualty of Auto Dealer Closures
by Misha Houser • • 1 Comment
Garden Grove – Union Chrysler Jeep Dodge, which is widely known for its iconic giant blue gorilla on its roof, is slated for closure only months after the Garden Grove City Council gave the dealership $270,000 in January to try to save the…
Did Bush Directly Authorize Torture? FBI Email Says Yes
by Misha Houser • • 5 Comments
The article below was posted on the Los Angeles based 501c3 group, The Public Record website today. An FBI email claims that “W” signed an executive order approving torture. This explosive bit of information should further heat up the debate over torture.…
