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latimes.com - 11/11/2008
Democratic legislators ask state Supreme Court to void Prop. 8 - Los Angeles Times
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No Republican legislator signed the petition, though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, denounced the anti-gay marriage measure over the weekend. With almost 11 million ballots tallied, Proposition 8 had 52.3% of the vote to 47.7%. Although many ballots remain to be counted, the ...
latimes.com - 11/17/2008
Who would Obama pick for the Supreme Court? - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — "I think Obama would want to make a statement with his Supreme Court justices. We hope for... a justice who can replace the lost voice of an Earl Warren or Thurgood Marshall or William Brennan," said Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice, a ... (more) Who would Obama pick for the Supreme Court? - Los ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger urges GOP to move beyond ideology - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 11/10/2008
Arnold Schwarzenegger urges GOP to move beyond ideology - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from Sacramento -- In the wake of crushing defeats for Republicans in last week's national elections,... Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday that his party should regroup by moving away from some of its core conservative principles and ... (more) Arnold Schwarzenegger urges GOP to move beyond ideology ...

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latimes.com - 11/17/2008
A federal bailout for Prop. 8 - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — In 1992, by a 53%-47% split, Coloradans passed an amendment to their state Constitution that repealed laws... in Aspen, Boulder and Denver that prohibited discrimination against gays. The amendment barred the state and its political subdivisions from ... (more) A federal bailout for Prop. 8 - Los Angeles Times
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JammieWearingFool:  Confirmed: Huge Obama Surge Sealed Prop 8 Victory

Top of the Ticket:  Elton John is enlisted as an unlikely ally for pro-Proposition 8 fundraising efforts

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Claifornia Circumventing Democracy
Wizbang — Prepare to be chilled to the core. And be afraid. Be very afraid. The Los Angeles Times reports that Democratic legislators are asking the state Supreme Court to void Prop. 8 , regardless (or because) of the fact that it won a majority vote among California's citizens. Forty-three Democratic legislators, including leaders of the California Senate and Assembly, filed a brief Monday urging the California Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and incoming President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg signed the friend of the ...

California Circumventing Democracy
Wizbang — Prepare to be chilled to the core. And be afraid. Be very afraid. The Los Angeles Times reports that Democratic legislators are asking the state Supreme Court to void Prop. 8 , regardless (or because) of the fact that it won a majority vote among California's citizens. Forty-three Democratic legislators, including leaders of the California Senate and Assembly, filed a brief Monday urging the California Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and incoming President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg signed the friend of the ...

Confirmed: Huge Obama Surge Sealed Prop 8 Victory
JammieWearingFool — ... have experienced discrimination should vote so strongly to deny gays the right to marry. But they could take solace from the statistical probability that in an election with less excitement and a lower turnout, they'd probably prevail. They should also take note many blacks and Latinos do not equate the struggles of gays on the same par as the ethnic discrimination they've faced in the past, and resent the comparison. Meanwhile, the Democrats in the state legislature have decided they don't care about the rights of certain individuals. Question: If the will of the ...

Elton John is enlisted as an unlikely ally for pro-Proposition 8 fundraising efforts
Top of the Ticket — ... Money raised by the measure will be used in the coming court battle over Proposition 8. More than 40 Democratic legislators have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging that the California Supreme Court overturn the initiative. ...

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