foxnews.com - 12/20/2008
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Friday, December 19, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO California Attorney General Jerry Brown changed course on the state's new same-sex marriage ban Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the ...
sacbee.com - 12/20/2008
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sacbee.com —
SAN FRANCISCO -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown
changed course on the state's new same-sex marriage ban...
Friday and urged the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that ...
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Jerry Brown urges court to void Prop. 8 - Sacramento ...
latimes.com - 12/20/2008
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latimes.com —
Reporting from San Francisco and Los Angeles --
California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the state Supreme...
Court on Friday to invalidate the voter-approved ban on gay marriage, declaring that "the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish ...
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Jerry Brown asks California Supreme Court to void ...
hrc.org - 12/18/2008
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hrc.org —
12/17/2008 WASHINGTON Today the Human Rights Campaign,
the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil...
rights organization, sent the following letter to President-elect Obama on the selection of anti-gay reverend, Rick Warren, to ...
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Letter to Pres-Elect Obama on Choice of Rev. Rick ...
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Jerry Brown Files Legal Brief Saying Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional
Patterico's Pontifications —
Via Xrlq we learn that California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a brief arguing that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
In a dramatic reversal, Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it deprives a minority group of a fundamental right. Earlier, Brown had said he would defend the ballot measure against legal challenges from gay marriage supporters.
“The amendment-initiative process does not encompass a power to ...
Jerry Brown, Kenneth Starr and California Proposition 8
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... The Yes on 8 campaign filed a brief telling the court that because the new law holds that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized or valid in California, the state can no longer recognize the existing same-sex unions. ...
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patdollard.com 12/20/2008 —
SAN FRANCISCO - The California attorney general has changed his position on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.
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Hillary as president = no Prop 8?
citizenchris.typepad.com 12/11/2008 — An interesting op-ed in today's New York Times engages in some familiar analysis concerning the growing cracks in the progressive coalition opened up by the passage of Proposition 8: Left-leaning California’s horror about this newly revealed schism ...
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rollingstone.com 12/3/2008 — O n election night in California, all signs pointed to a progressive tidal wave. Voters in the state swept Barack Obama to a 24-point victory over John McCain the biggest margin for any candidate since 1936. Bucking the recession, eco-conscious ...
State high court to hear Prop. 8 case March 5
sfgate.com 2/4/2009 — The court said Tuesday that it would hold a three-hour hearing on Proposition 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, at its chambers in San Francisco . The proceedings will also be televised statewide on the California Channel, the court said. A ruling is due within ...
Prop 8 Decision: What to Expect from the California Supreme Court
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 5/26/2009 —
photo by Jamison
Today is the Day of Decision for the California Supremes on marriage equality. The High Court will announce its decisions at 10am Pacific Time. Will Proposition 8 be upheld or overturned? Will the Rainbow Window marriages ...
The Prop 8 challenge after today's oral argument:
volokh.com 3/5/2009 — I’m out of the business of predicting with confidence what the California Supreme Court will do based on its oral arguments. So I’ll predict without confidence that: (1) the court will...
Marriage, Democracy And California
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/15/2009 — George Will's column this morning is, yet again, a must-read . Money quote:
Just eight years ago, Proposition 22 was passed, 61.4 to 38.6 percent.
The much narrower victory of Proposition 8 suggests that minds are
moving toward toleration of ...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President Bush has grudgingly allowed General Motors and Chrysler to drive away with the last few billion bucks in Treasury's TARP till, which boasted $350 billion a mere 77 days ago.
How did it all slip away so ...
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