All posts by Chris Geidner
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A Mile Away, a World Apart
The crowd gathered at the National Organization for Marriage’s rally on the lawn near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Aug. 15, grew to about 200...
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Walker: Denies Stay Pending Appeal, Grants Temporary Stay
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 are not likely to succeed on appeal and do not meet the...
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This Evening In LGBT News
This evening, two important developments happened of interest to the LGBT community. First, The New York Times reports: On Wednesday, Colonel Fehrenbach’s lawyers filed...
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ABA Supports Ending All “Legal Barriers” to Marriage Equality
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the American Bar Association has passed the following resolution at its annual meeting: “RESOLVED, That the American Bar...
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McCollum’s (Self Inflicted, Anti-LGBT) Travails
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (R), running for governor, has had a rough year. Most of it is all of his own creation, but, seriously,...
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On Your TVs …
If you aren’t a “watch the Sunday shows” type, then you probably missed these two remarkable exchanges about the Proposition 8 trial ruling. First, conservative...
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Why Challenge the Prop 8 Proponents’ Appeal?
Since U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued his decision on Wednesday, August 4, striking down Proposition 8, many folks have become fixated on an element...
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Process Stories
On Wednesday, August 4, most LGBT people hoped that U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision striking down Proposition 8 would be put in effect...
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Kagan Confirmed
Elena Kagan, who had served as the solicitor general in the Obama Justice Department was confirmed on Thursday afternoon, August 5, as an associate justice...
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The White House on the Proposition 8 Ruling
In response to an inquiry from Metro Weekly about whether there would be a presidential response to today’s ruling striking down Proposition 8, White House...
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Judge Walker: Prop 8 Unconstitutional
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today issued its decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8....
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The Waiting
Some housekeeping updates on the pending Perry v. Schwarzenegger decision. The decision is expected to come any time between 30 minutes from now and 2...
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Prop 8 Decision Day FAQ
It’s deja vu all over again for California and across...
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Court: Perry Prop 8 Decision Wednesday
The decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal court case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, is set to be announced on Wednesday, according to...
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Same Sex Sunday — With Now-Out CA GOP Sen. Roy Ashburn
Each Sunday, Joe Mirabella and Phil Reese of The Bilerico Project co-host the Same Sex Sunday podcast, for which I am one of the regulars...
