beyondchron.org - 11/17/2008
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I didn't join the street protests against Proposition 8 right after it passed. My gut reaction was: where were all these people when we had the chance to defeat it? But No on 8 ran a terrible campaign that would not have effectively used more volunteers, and it's possible that many had ...
ktvu.com - 11/17/2008
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ktvu.com —
In San Francisco's Castro District, people on both
sides of the same-sex marriage controversy confronted each other...
on Friday night as a Christian group that regularly marches through the neighborhood preaching conversion to a straight lifestyle got ...
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Anger Over Prop. 8 Erupts In San Francisco
beyondchron.org - 11/13/2008
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beyondchron.org —
When SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued last
week to overrule Proposition 8, I didn't expect him...
to prevail as much as I appreciated him trying. As wrong as it sounds, the initiative process allows a bare majority of California voters to change ...
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San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » ...
usatoday.com - 11/14/2008
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usatoday.com —
Protesters are focusing on California, where the state
Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal in May before...
voters tossed them out Nov. 4. California's Proposition 8, which passed 52.2% to 47.8%, "eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to ...
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Gay-marriage supporters plan Prop-8 protests
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Paul Hogarth: Why the Prop 8 Protests Matter
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Paul Hogarth is the Managing Editor of Beyond Chron, San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily, where this piece was first published. ...
Taking on the System and the Prop 8 protests
Daily Kos —
... Because as a gatekeeper, the Human Rights Campaign sucks. Sullivan calls for the organization to be abandoned and defunded. But something worse is happening -- it is being rendered irrelevant by current events, and with irrelevance, it will shrivel up and die on its own. Paul Hogarth has just one example, of many I've heard, of how grassroots activists are running circles around the supposed gay "leadership". ...
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beyondchron.org 11/13/2008 — It pains me to describe it this way, but No on 8 like Michael Dukakis blew a seventeen-point lead. Progressives were lulled into complacency by early poll numbers, and distracted by the Barack Obama campaign even after it became apparent he ...
Prop 8 protests going strong
pandagon.net 11/7/2008 — by Pam Spaulding
Thousands of people protesting Prop 8 are filling the streets and disrupting traffic during rush hour. Here is a link to live coverage of protests going on right now in Westwood (above).
Journalist Karen Ocamb was at the protests today and shares photos.
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What do Protests Against Prop 8 Results Accomplish?
gaypatriot.net 11/12/2008 — It seems the biggest issue in the gay world this week is not the election of Barack Obama, but the protests against the vote in favor of Proposition 8.
I have my theories on why these people are rallying, but I don’t think it does much good ...
An alternative to anti-Mormon protests:
volokh.com 11/9/2008 — Leaders of the Mormon Church urged their followers to contribute to a constitutional ban on marriage for gay families, a call that apparently resulted in the bulk of the donations to...
T-Shirt Intolerance and Prop. 8 Protests
weeklystandard.com 11/16/2008 — This story will surprise no one who has lived in a deeply liberal community that prides itself on its tolerance and diversity above all else. A brave Illinois 8th-grader, daughter to a conservative dad and liberal mom, conducted a social experiment ...
Anti-Prop. 8 protests spring up in California - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 11/9/2008 — Police estimated that 12,500 boisterous marchers converged about 6 p.m. at Sunset and Santa Monica boulevards in Silver Lake near the site of the former Black Cat bar, which the city recently designated a historic-cultural monument for its '60s role ...