Ever wonder what it would be like if Gay men and women called in “Gay” and didn’t go to work?
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Posts Tagged ‘California’
Homophobia in the Black Community
In Daily Notes on November 24, 2008 at 7:12 am“IN Nov. 4, record numbers of black people went to the polls to help elect the nation’s first black president. This is a monumental achievement. Black people have long deserved full enfranchisement, and the significant jump in our Election Day presence should be celebrated.
Instead, in California, accusations have swirled that black voters are responsible for stripping rights from lesbians and gays by voting in favor of Proposition 8, the ballot measure that writes discrimination into the California Constitution by banning same-sex marriage….”
A Message of Hope
In Daily Notes on November 18, 2008 at 12:24 pmIf you’ve not seen this, you may wish to…
San Diego Mayor backs Gay Marriage
Artistic Director Resigns Amid Prop. 8 Boycott
In Daily Notes on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 pmGay, Lesbian Artists Sought Boycott Against Venue
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The artistic director of the California Musical Theatre resigned Wednesday, after gay and lesbian artists threatened a boycott for his support of a ban on same-sex marriage.
Sign A Pledge to Repeal Prop 8
In Daily Notes on November 11, 2008 at 9:32 am
We have to come together right now to say that we refuse to accept a California where discrimination is enshrined in our state constitution.
Church told ‘obvious lies,’ gay activists allege
In Daily Notes on November 10, 2008 at 3:11 pm- Backlash at churches over Prop 8 support sweeps across California on Sunday
- About 300 protesters gather near Saddleback Church in Orange County
- In Oakland, CHP closes two highway ramps near Mormon temple
- All Saints Church in Pasadena says it will continue blessing gay civil unions
Op-Ed from Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese on Approval of Proposition 8
In Daily Notes on November 7, 2008 at 3:41 pmYou can’t take this away from me: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight.
Like many in our movement, I found myself in Southern California last weekend. There, I had the opportunity to speak with a man who said that Proposition 8 completely changed the way he saw his own neighborhood. Every “Yes on 8” sign was a slap. For this man, for me, for the 18,000 couples who married in California, to LGBT people and the people who love us, its passage was worse than a slap in the face. It was nothing short of heartbreaking.
But it is not the end. Fifty-two percent of the voters of California voted to deny us our equality on Tuesday, but they did not vote our families or the power of our love out of existence; they did not vote us away.
Attorney General Pledges To Uphold The Law
In Daily Notes on November 6, 2008 at 9:56 pmState Attorney General Jerry Brown vowed to protect the legal status of same-sex couples married between 5:01 p.m on June 16 and through Nov. 4, but said that he also would uphold the proposition preventing future same-sex couples from marrying.
“The Attorney General’s role is to defend California law, and I will do so,” Brown said in a written statement. “I will defend in court the marriages contracted during the time that same-sex marriage was the law of California. I will also defend the proposition as enacted by the people of California.”
Prop 8 Life 