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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President Obama acknowledges the prejudices that gays and lesbians face on the 40th anniversary of the civil rights act in front of the NAACP. The AP reported on Sunday: Married same-sex couples will be counted as such in 2010, Census Bureau official said, reversing a decision of the Bush administration. The US Census is a Constitutional requirement and is vitally important to our Republic. During the 2000 Census there were not any states that allowed same-sex marriage equality. Now [...] Governor Baldacci signed the marriage bill! Same sex marriage is now legal in Maine, Iowa, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Same sex marriages from other states are recognized in New York, but not performed in New York. I remain impressed by Iowa’s political leadership and their resistance to the very loud opposition to the same-sex marriage decision handed down by the Iowa Supreme Court last week. 300 conservative extreme right wing Christian activists staged a demonstration inside the Iowa House Chambers today, breaking the no demonstration in the chambers rule. They chanted [...] |
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