Tag: Prop 8

Going to the Chapel……..

Filed in National by on February 7, 2012 0 Comments

Well, in less than six months time, the gay community has scored another victory. In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional. It also upheld a decision that the original trial judge was not biased in deciding the case because he is gay.

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Prop 8 Supporters Define Marriage Through Children

Filed in National by on September 20, 2010 8 Comments

For all you married people without children… you don’t have a “real” marriage. Those supporters filed their first brief on Friday. In it, they argue that marriage is inherently defined by the ability of heterosexual couples to procreate. “The essential question in this case, then, is whether such unions [opposite-sex marriages] possess distinguishing characteristics that […]

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Prop 8: Ted Olson Destroys Chris Wallace

Filed in National by on August 9, 2010 60 Comments

Ted Olson demolishes Chris Wallace’s right wing talking points about same sex marriage on Fox News.

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Big News: California Prop 8 Overturned

Filed in National by on August 4, 2010 28 Comments

Just breaking now– A judge in California has overturned California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Big news: According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Walker has ruled Proposition 8, the California voter-approved ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional under both the due-process […]

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More Family Values

Filed in National by on March 4, 2010 24 Comments

How many prominent California Prop 8 supporters have been shown to be huge hypocrites? I’m losing count. There’s the state legislator who bragged about his lobbyist mistress, and Miss California’s sex tapes and now there’s this: It’s no good for a family values Republican to get picked up on a DUI. But substantially worse to […]

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It Shouldn’t Matter, But I Bet It Will – Prop 8 Judge Outed

Filed in National by on February 10, 2010 7 Comments

Via kos: The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay. Screams of outrage from the Right in five… four… three… Never mind that Judge Walker was assigned the […]

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California Prop 8 Trial

Filed in National by on January 13, 2010 6 Comments
California Prop 8 Trial

Right now in California a trial to determine the constitutionality of Prop 8 is just underway. Prop 8 is the proposition that overturned a court ruling in California allowing same sex marriage by defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. One of the interesting notes of the trial is that the team […]

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Another Republican For Same Sex Marriage

Filed in National by on May 28, 2009 15 Comments

Former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson is joining with David Boies to advocate for repeal of California’s Prop 8. Olson and Boies opposed each other in the Bush v Gore case in 2000 (I’m not sure if I can forgive Olson for helping to give us Bush). Olson is no doubt very conservative, his name […]

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