16:48 1st Sep 2010

Even more on the whole republican support for marriage equality

17:17 31st Aug 2010

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A must watch video from stop8.org that breaks down the blatant lies NOM, the ‘national organization for marriage’ is putting out once again to try to anger people re: the recent ruling declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional. NOM’s video is full of their usual tactics of deceit. It is all they have as reality eludes them time and time again.

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10:59

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GOP, Tazmania and Mexico City all lovin’ gay marriage

Same-sex marriage gains GOP support

A Washington Post article today details that a growing number of Republicans are breaking with the party’s traditional stance to publicly state their support for same-sex marriage

Tasmania for marriage equality

ABC NEWS reports that the parliament of Tasmania approved a law to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions registered in other Australian states or countries.

We like Towleroad’s take on marriage equality and the GOP today Former McCain Campaign Manager Schmidt Says Gay Marriage a Conservative Issue

CNN posted this story about the global impact of LGBT travel and highlights Mexico City’s current push to attract sweet little newlyweds from around the world to honeymoon in their newly super gay friendly yes you can get married here now! Latin-American city

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10:22 30th Aug 2010

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Separate Is Not Equal. Our friends Stuart and John illustrate in this video the awkwardness of having a non-federally recognized marriage and that to be really equal we all need to be able to drink from the same fountain. The video also goes on to satirically illustrate the difficulties of a the less advantageous civil union or domestic partnership that fall far short of the legal protections, rights and societal inclusiveness of marriage.

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15:27 24th Aug 2010

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More straight families for marriage equality

Let’s add Ugly Betty alum, Christopher Gorham, who played the adorable accountant Henry, to the list of of people who strongly support marriage equality. Not only did he and his wife and three cuties kids pose for the NoH8 Campaign, the actor chose to use that image on the Today show this morning instead of another pic of the family. Yet another family who not only doesn’t worry heteros will become extinct if we are allowed to marry, but looks forward to the day when we all have secured the blessing of liberty.

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10:09

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Pre-Prop 8, it was easy enough to believe that we were a majority living in San Francisco. If not a demographic majority, we at least felt safe to assume that we were a philosophical majority in a city (and we dared to believe a state) that largely believed in equality for all people, LGBT included.

Post-Prop 8, we know better. While our home of San Francisco voted heavily against Prop 8, our neighbors outside these bridges voted soundly (enough) in favor of the anti-gay measure. Thus, we’ve come to know the power that rests in the hands of our friends—the straight friends who are in a solid position to speak up on our behalf.

This week, our friend Gina Pell, founder and content chief of the style site Splendora.com, spoke up for us and other LGBT couples when she asked to feature the marriage equality–themed video that Frank created in the days leading to the November 2008 election.

“Everything Must Change” remains a poignant depiction of why marriage equality matters—for loving couples and our families and children—and Gina’s inclusion of this piece in her online Personal Weekly Radar, among fashion videos and pictures of Marilyn Monroe, further illustrates the influence that our supportive friends may have among audiences outside our immediate reach. In Gina’s case, the audience is young (often teenage) female fashionistas who are looking to her (a fashion icon) for what’s hot, what’s right, and what’s right now. In Gina’s eyes, marriage equality is all of the above.

Thank you Gina—and to all the other Ginas out there—for your support!

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16:52 18th Aug 2010

Lawyers may move to recover Prop. 8 court costs

SFGate posted a story today indicating that once the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decides on the Aug. 4 ruling that overturned the ban on marriage equality in California, the pro-gay lawyers would seek MILLIONS from the anti-gay folks who defended the ban in court after California’s governor and attorney general refused to do so.

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17:55 13th Aug 2010

Judge Walker: I Doubt Prop 8 Ruling Can Be Appealed

— http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/judge-walker-i-doubt-prop_n_681224.html

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16:31 12th Aug 2010

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Midge & Cindy, 15yr couple, waiting

Wating to verify denial of stay

Molly gets good news

Couples upset they won't marry today

Councilman says we won't quit

At the courthouse today waiting with the bedrock couples of marriage equality: Stuart and John; Molly and Davina. It was another moving day, moving in our hearts and moving in the right direction. There were couples who had filled out marriage applications and were saddened to not be able to make a legal commitment to each other today. Fingers crossed they can tie the knot next Wednesday.

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15:52

Editorial Cartoon

Don’t miss this one from the Dallas Voice. Uncanny likeness of Mags

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10:20

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In one week…

So much positive ground has been made for marriage equality. For those of you just joining us, and wonder why full marriage equality matters, it is simple. All couples who are in love and committed to each other should be respected and protected by society equally. Every child should share the same dream, the wonderful dream of growing up and falling in love, having a wedding surrounded by family and friends and sharing a life with someone else.

This week in marriage equality:

TODAY: U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker will issue a ruling this morning on whether to allow marriages in California to begin again or stay a decision in the Proposition 8 case. We found this story which helps explain why this judge, who last week ruled the heinous prop 8 unconstitutional, might grant a stay and where we go from here.

YESTERDAY:

Video: Bill O’Reilly to Glenn Beck: “Do you believe gay marriage is a threat to the country in any way?”
Beck to O’ Reilly “A threat to the country? No, I don’t. Will the gays come and get us?”

Majority support marriage equality for first time: CNN poll

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has voted overwhelmingly to allow same-sex couples to marry in the United States.

8/10/2010 Mexico Gay Marriage: Supreme Court Orders All Mexican States To Recognize Weddings Performed In Mexico City

Basketball Star Isiah Thomas appears in ad campaign pro gay marriage

Judge: Same-sex marriage license valid | Santa Fe, New Mexico

8/8/2010 Mexican Supreme Court upholds gay marriage in Mexico City

Conservative republican lawyer on Fox News explaining why the rights of minorities are not determined by popular vote

Unitarian Society backs gay marriage

8/7/2010 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Let gays and lesbians marry now

Same-sex marriage is currently legal in five US states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa and New Hampshire — and in the District of Columbia. Outside the US: Argentina. Belgium,Canada, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Mexico City.

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00:00 8th Aug 2010

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Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional - The Moment

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00:00 6th Aug 2010

California is able to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as it has already issued 18,000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples and has not suffered any demonstrated harm as a result.

— http://www.7x7.com/love-sex/supreme-court-rules-prop-8-unconstitutional

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12:23 2nd Aug 2010

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David Boise on the case against Prop 8

“One of the most invidious of the state-sponsored discriminations against gays and lesbians is the prohibition of gay and lesbian marriage”

“Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress.”

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10:30 15th Jul 2010

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“What defines us is our humanity, and what runs against humanity is intolerance.”

Sen. Norma Morandini. Argentina

“It’s very worrisome to hear words like ‘God’s war’ or ‘the devil’s project,[by the opposition]’ things that recall the times of the Inquisition,”

President Cristina Fernandez, Argentina

Evan Wolfson, who runs the U.S. Freedom to Marry lobby said “Today’s historic vote shows how far Catholic Argentina has come, from dictatorship to true democratic values, and how far the freedom to marry movement has come, as twelve countries on four continents now embrace marriage equality.” Read more in the Salt Lake City Tribune…

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