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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/7/2008
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Greenwald advocates repealing DOMA. Well: it's part of the Obama platform. But my own view is that the advocacy work should take precedence. I'm uncomfortable with a legal strategy alone. We need to do a much better job of communicating the moderate, conservative reasons for why marriage ...
youtube.com - 11/2/2008
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youtube.com —
The Mormon Church has spent $20 million to
pass Prop 8, which would "eliminate the right of
same-sex couples to marry." The Courage Campaign Issues...
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No on Prop 8: Home Invasion (video)
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/12/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Writes Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee: Last
week, however, 10 percent of voters were African American
while 18 percent were Latino, and applying exit poll data to that extra turnout reveals that the pro-Obama surge among those two groups gave ...
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Prop 8 Myths
politico.com - 11/2/2008
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politico.com —
ABC's Jake Tapper managed to get Senator Barack
Obama's attention on the tarmac this morning. "What would
you tell your Treasury Secretary to do differently with the $700 billion?" he asked, according to the pool report. "We're on ...
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Obama will answer questions... Wednesday
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Repeal DOMA &tc.
The Moderate Voice —
... rights to same-sex couples [Section 3]; and (2) it authorizes states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages from other states [Section 2].
While Section 2 is symbolically wrong (though ultimately inconsequential), it is Section 3 which is especially odious and damaging. Opposite-sex couples receive a whole slew of vital marriage-based benefits and entitlements from the Federal Government which DOMA expressly denies to same-sex couples.
Andrew Sullivan comments:
[M]y own view is that the advocacy work should take precedence. ...
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