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Op-Ed Contributors: Showdown in the Big Tent
nytimes.com - 12/7/2008
Op-Ed Contributors: Showdown in the Big Tent
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The vote for Proposition 8, making gay marriage illegal in California, could unleash a new kind of culture war. >
Same-Sex Setback
rollingstone.com - 12/3/2008
Same-Sex Setback
— rollingstone.com — 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 ... (more) Same-Sex Setback

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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/3/2008
Not Getting It
— corner.nationalreview.com — A lot of earnest, well-intentioned folk, want to make the following argument about my column. Gay marriage... is a civil right and it is bigotry to stand in its way. Therefore Mormons deserve what they get. I've trimmed away a lot of rhetorical ... (more) Not Getting It

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gaypatriot.net - 12/8/2008
Backlash On Prop 8 Begins
— gaypatriot.net — Dan predicted this once the gays started taking to the streets and blaming everyone else except themselves... for the loss of Proposition 8. And here it is: The Backlash . A group of well-known religious leaders and advocates, including the niece ... (more) Backlash On Prop 8 Begins

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Lawyers, Guns and Money:  Shocking Discoveries

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  What's The Big Deal?

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Shocking Discoveries
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... and have another silly Times op-ed to get to, so I'll have to let someone else give the remarkably high words-to-content ratio of Caitlin Flangan's latest joint a more extensive treatment. I do wish to make a couple of points: ...

What's The Big Deal?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Confronting the tension between the two most loyal Dem constituencies -- blacks and gays -- over gay marriage, Atlantic contributors/Californians Caitlin Flanagan and Ben Schwartz write: ...

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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 ...
Proposition 8 and California's Festering Corrupt Democratic Consulting Class
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Paul Jenkins: The Last Time We Vote For Bigotry
huffingtonpost.com 11/25/2008 — For many of us, 2008 will mark the last time we vote for a candidate who does not favor same-sex marriage. Hopefully, this will be because at least one candidate from a major party will support those rights, but we should also be prepared that, as in ...
Obama's Big-Tent Stimulus
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Anti-Prop 8 backlash changes minds
dailykos.com 11/25/2008 — SurveyUSA's headline of their latest California Prop 8 poll sounds pessimistic . "No on Prop 8″ Protesters Have Not Changed Many Minds in California But the numbers show otherwise. Of the those adults who tell SurveyUSA they voted FOR ...
Prop 8 chilling SSM efforts elsewhere:
volokh.com 12/1/2008 — The passage of Prop 8 in California is hurting the prospects for gay marriage elsewhere....
Who will make the other Prop. 8 musical?
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Anti-Prop. 8 Mob Watch: A new blacklist published
michellemalkin.com 11/29/2008 — Angry gay activists in Austin, Texas, have published their own blacklist to punish supporters of California’s Proposition 8. [...] Read the rest »
The Will of the People Is Sacred Unless It Gets a Blowjob
tehipitetom.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — So the 'respected' 'legal' 'scholar' Ken Starr doesn't like Attorney General Jerry Brown's reasoning on Proposition 8, which of course is just another reason to like Jerry Brown. Starr blathers on about "a constitutional revolution" and "the precious ...
California Attorney General Tries To Void Gay Marriage Ban
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. Jerry Brown filed a brief Friday saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit ...