In case you missed it, I had to cross “The Orange Curtain” last weekend to attend two major LGBT civil rights events in LA, Equality Summit and Camp Courage. And even though I hardly got any sleep Saturday night, I’m glad I did both. One helped me understand what went wrong with the No...
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Tags: Camp Courage, Civil Rights, Courage Campaign, equal rights, Equality Summit, LGBT rights, Los Angeles, Marriage Equality, Progressive Leadership, Progressive Values
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“Marriage isn’t a special right. Marriage is a civil right.” – Robin Tyler, one of the plaintiffs in the Prop H8 lawsuit currently before the California Supreme Court
Yesterday, something amazing occurred. On a beautiful and sunny Sunday in Southern California, people came to speak up, speak out, come out, and make a difference. And...
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Tags: Civil Rights, equal rights, Lake Forest, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Progressive Values, Prop H8, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, South County
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Something very special will be happening here in OC on Sunday, January 18. Soulforce, the group of progressive people of faith that travel across the nation & around the world to engage in dialogue with other faith communities on LGBT civil rights, will be coming to Saddleback Church two days before Saddleback Pastor Rick...
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Tags: CALENDAR, Civil Rights, equal rights, events, LGBT rights, Progressive Values, Prop H8, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Soulforce
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(Proudly cross-posted at C4O Democrats)
Last Saturday, about 30 of us local civil rights activists in Orange County went out to see “Milk”. And afterwards, we were all inspired by the story of “The Mayor of Castro Street” to go out & make a difference outside South Coast Plaza.
And guess what? We kept going on...
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Tags: 2010 election, C4O Democrats, California, Civil Rights, Courage Campaign, equal rights, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, MILK + Love, Prop H8, the courts
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Why am I surprised? Why are any of us surprised? Now with infamous bedroom investigator Ken Starr on board, the Yes on H8 campaign argued in its legal brief to the state supreme court that they not only uphold Prop H8, but also invalidate all the same-sex marriages performed between June & Election Day!
Now...
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Tags: California Supreme Court, Civil Rights, equal rights, LGBT rights, Marriage Equality, Prop H8, the courts
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In case you haven’t heard, President-Elect Obama may have OC’s own Pastor Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church, give the opening prayer at the inauguration next month. Supposedly, this is about showing “unity”. But for all of us who’ve seen Warren in action here in OC, we know Warren doesn’t want national unity if it...
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Tags: Civil Rights, equal rights, H8, inauguration, LGBT rights, President Obama, Progressive Values, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
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