We tried folks. We really did. But we just can’t get it up anymore about the ongoing and monotonous legal entanglement called the Prop 8 Trial. Yea, it started up again this week. And we just plain ignored it. We did so because after two long drawn out years of nothingness we just don’t [...]
Courtesy of the National Center For Lesbian Rights By Shannon Minter, Esq. National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Today brings a new development in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Prop 8, which amended the California Constitution to strip same-sex couples of the freedom to marry. Perry is currently on appeal [...]
Topping their “Hall of Shame 2010,” conservative legal group Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) crowned San Francisco federal judge Vaughn Walker as the number one offender for his ruling of Prop 8 as unconstitutional. The Sacramento, CA-based non-profit published their list of equality offenses which include denounced judges, elected officials, and a school district over decisions [...]
We don’t know why we find this such a progressive thing on Time Mag’s behalf. They’ve been publishing articles on gay culture for years. This one for some reason just seems so..so…ahead of itself. Maybe we’re just trippin. We don’t read much on travel or vacation stuff. Which means we’re probably long overdue for one:) [...]
From SF Gate: The federal appeals court in the Proposition 8 case hinted Monday at a ruling that would allow gays and lesbians to marry in California while leaving other states’ laws intact – a restrained approach seemingly designed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lawyers challenging the 2008 initiative urged the Ninth U.S. [...]
More info as the Prop 8 trial gets underway in just a few hours. Here’s our post from this weekend about viewing locations, times and social media updates: Prop 8 Opponents Lay Out What To Expect Monday The following is some last minute items (live blogging/more viewing locations) courtesy of SF Weekly. From SF Weekly: [...]
Chad Griffin, board president of Americans For Equal Rights (AFER), the org backing the legal team that’s opposing Prop 8, posted a plethora of information on the AFER Web site about viewership locations and stations. He also included social media and online resources that will keep you up to date on the Prop 8 hearings [...]
