There is a schism in California between Equality California and the popular will of the people which is supported by the Courage Campaign. Equality California put out a big press release yesterday claiming the challenge to proposition 8 would not be until 2012. They claimed it would take that long to persuade 3% of California voters that equality is a good thing. Prop 8 only passed by a 2.5% margin in 2008. They also do not think they can raise enough money to make a go of it in 2010. Equality California was responsible for the highly criticized campaign that lost in 2008.
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Against the warnings of the ACLU and Lambda Legal, two high powered lawyers filed a case in Federal Court against proposition 8. The case is based on the 14th Amendment. Yesterday at the New York demonstration against the California Supreme Court Prop 8 ruling a plan for a national march on DC was announced for October 10 – 11. The California Supreme Court announced it will rule on proposition 8 on Tuesday at 10:00 AM PST. Rallies are planned throughout the country to either celebrate or protest the decision by the court. Seattle’s rally will be at 5:30 PM at Westlake Center Park. Day of Decision Seattle Sphere: Related Content Twitter is buzzing with rumors that the California Supreme Court overturned prop 8. Unfortunately, this is not true. We are still waiting for the California Supreme Court to rule on prop 8. Today is the one year anniversary of when the California Supreme Court opinion was issued that granted marriage equality to same-sex couples. Clearly people [...] |
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