All posts tagged "proposition 8"
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HRC’s Incoming President, Chad Griffin: “This is the grandest, most exciting opportunity of my life.”
On his way to the airport to return to Los Angeles from DC, the incoming president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, spoke with...
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BREAKING: Chad Griffin Named HRC’s Next President, Prop 8 Foe to Take on the Nation
The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Chad Griffin, the force behind the challenge to California’s Proposition 8,...
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Prop 8 Proponents: Ninth Circuit Was Wrong, Should Reconsider Case
The proponents of Proposition 8 have filed the necessary paperwork today asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider the three-judge...
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Proposition 8 Proponents to Seek Full Ninth Circuit Review
Charles Cooper, the lead attorney for the proponents of Proposition 8, tells Metro Weekly that the proponents of the California marriage amendment will be asking...
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Chuckles for the Win
Perhaps my main disappointment in the Ninth Circuit decision finding California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional is that they couldn't wait a week to release...
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The Village Voice’s Thrasher and Geidner Talk About Prop 8
Thanks to The Village Voice‘s Steven Thrasher, you have the ability to hear me talk about today’s Proposition 8 decision, in addition to reading about...
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Obama’s Press Secretaries and Romney (and the Others) Talk About Prop 8, With Very Different Takes
Although neither candidate supports marriage equality, today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Perry v. Brown striking down California’s...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Proposition 8 on Narrow Grounds
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed...
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Ninth Circuit Prop 8 Ruling on Tuesday — A Guide to Understanding What’s Happening
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Says Prop 8 Tapes Should Not Be Released, “Assurances” Given at Trial
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled today that the videotape of the trial over the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — Perry...
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News Analysis: Ninth Circuit Expects Prop 8 Trial Videotape Decision on Thursday
An appeals court ruling on whether the public should be able to watch video of the trial challenging Proposition 8 is expected on Thursday, Feb....
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News Analysis: The Nitty-Gritty of Obama’s (Possible) Path to Supporting Marriage Equality
In today’s Metro Weekly, I lay out a path forward in “Absent Update” for President Obama’s stalled evolution on marriage equality. Definitely go read that...
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Absent Update
''I have no updates for you on the president's position on same-sex marriage.'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said the words with exasperation in...
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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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Prop 8 Questions on Trial Tape, Judge’s Alleged Bias Being Heard Before Ninth Circuit Today
As Metro Weekly noted on Dec. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is holding oral arguments this afternoon, at 2:30 Pacific...
