UPDATE 1.6.10: Per the San Jose Mercury News, “Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker approved court-operated cameras in his courtroom for delayed release on YouTube, but rejected a bid by media organizations to televise the proceedings themselves for live broadcast.” Attempts for live broadcast are on-going.
Later this month the long-awaited trial of Proposition 8...
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I can hear them now; it's a marriage between a man and a woman so it must be OK. But according to this story, a man in Japan has married a female video game avatar.
The bride didn't wear white; she arrived in a red plastic game case. God save their virtual half breed...
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The effort to take the marriage equality battle back to the California ballot in 2010 experienced a major setback Monday when the Courage Campaign announced it was calling for more research and time to change hearts and minds before returning to the ballot to restore marriage for gay and lesbian couples in California. Courage Campaign...
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A new LATimes/USC poll was released Friday regarding voter attitudes about Gay Marriage. A year after Proposition 8 removed the rights of same-gender couples to get married it seems that little has changed.
According to the poll, a narrow 51% majority support marriage equalitywith 43% opposed. In addition, the LATimes reports that despite the majority support for marriage equality, a significant...
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The following was written by a friend, Karen Ocamb. She’s a brilliant journalist and posted this on her blog, LGBT POV, yesterday. It is presented here with her permission.
There’s an old saying:
“The Devil screams the loudest just before leaving the room.”
After last night’s devastating loss of marriage equality in Maine 52.84% – 47.16%...
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We received the following release from the folks behind the ballot initiative effort to Repeal Prop 8 ballot in 2010:
Million for a Million” will fund signature gathering to put a marriage equality initiative on the California ballot next November
San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2009 – At rallies today in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego...
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With the passage of time, some things may change. Political attitudes may evolve and public support may appear on the rise; but in the end most things remain the same.
Today, the election results from Maine’s Question #1 to repeal Marriage Equality for Gay and Lesbian partners appears to have passed, by a similar margin to...
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