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Gay Marriage and the California Courts
Gay Marriage and the California Courts
Democracy loses if Prop. 8 is overruled.
Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban considered by California Supreme Court - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com — Reporting from San Francisco -- The California Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop.... 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling. Meeting in ... (more) Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban considered by California ...
Op-Ed Columnist - Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority
Op-Ed Columnist - Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority
nytimes.com — We now know that blacks probably didn’t tip the balance for Proposition 8. Myth busted. However, the... fact remains that a strikingly high percentage of blacks said they voted to ban same-sex marriage in California. Why? There was one very telling (and ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority
Prop. 8 backlash reaches to Texas
statesman.com — Austin Web site has 'blacklist' for businesses linked to money that supported gay marriage ban. Tuesday, November... 25, 2008 By Bob Keefe West Coast bureau SAN DIEGO Gay marriage activists who lost at the ballot box in California are now lashing out at ... (more) Prop. 8 backlash reaches to Texas
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Obama's patriotism. What's more, The State said that Dawson resigned the club after it became known that the paper was getting ready to report his membership. Either way, it's hard to see how it sends a winning message for the GOP to pick as its chief strategist and public face someone who was a member of a club where the first African American president in history apparently need not apply. Ah, those good old Repubs. +++++++ Good point - even from the left Gay Marriage and the California Courts Finally, when courts usurp the role of the ...

links for 2008-11-26
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... She better watch out. The tolerance bullies are not going to be pleased. ++++++ Indeed they won't (tags: gaymarriage) Gay Marriage and the California Courts Finally, when courts usurp the role of the people, they ...

Another Argument for Making the Case for Gay Marriage
GayPatriot — ... In his excellent piece opposing a California Supreme Court decision overruling Proposition 8, William McGurn echoes some of the arguments I’ve been making electronically (i.e., on this blog) for as long as I’ve been blogging and verbally for as long as I’ve been talking about gay marriage.  He holds that judicial resolution of the issue would only serve to prolong a bitter debate, whereas a democratic solution might more readily yield a social consensus: ...

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pajamasmedia.com 11/8/2008 — Supporters of same-sex marriage need to focus on persuading their fellow citizens, not the courts - as the California vote demonstrated.
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/21/2008 — There's been a lot of outrage from the No on Proposition 8 camp since California voters approved a ban on gay marriage. But until now, there has been less soul searching about what went wrong. But Terry Leftgoff, founder of...