Gay Marriage Watch

(Full Events List & Details: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html):

–USA, CA, Los Angeles: 09/02, Voter Canvass Training, The Village, 6:30-9:30 PM.
–USA, CA, San Francisco: 09/02, One Struggle One Fight Meeting, 209 Golden Gate Ave, 7 PM.
–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 09/02, Equality Network Meeting, TBD, TBD.

“Look, I believe that every person in this world has the right to profess the beliefs they have and I am in agreement. We have to respect what each human being decides to do with their lives, no? Clearly, there are limitations, of course, also, as there also are with heterosexual couples, no? Better said, there are limitations for any of the two – if they are heterosexual or homosexual – but I believe we have to learn to be respectful because they are people who are the same as us. There is no difference.

“And I don’t believe it’s just to discriminate somebody based on the gender they prefer, no? Based on the partner they choose to select, if it’s a man or a woman. The truth is that I am absolutely against discrimination and, well, what can I say. I have many friends who are homosexual and I adore them. And they are equal folk: There is no reason we should want to set them aside, there is no reason why we shouldn’t let them enjoy what they want to enjoy with their partner.”

Mexico’s Jimena Navarette, Miss Universe 2010, coming out for marriage equality in an interview translated by Andres Duque at Blabbeando.

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Apple is notoriously squeamish about gay-themed iPhone apps. This ambivalence seems to have made the jump to Ping, The music social network Apple announced today. In a promo screenshot, they censored Lady Gaga’s tweets celebrating the demise of Prop 8.

Apple left out a string of tweets in which Gaga lauds the downfall of California’s anti-gay marriage law in its introduction of Ping, the new iTunes-based social network which lets you connect with artists and other music fans.

Full Story from Gawker

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Despite not sealing a deal with the Labor Party over a conscience vote on gay marriage, the Greens have vowed to push ahead, announcing they will introduce legislation on the first day of the new Parliament.

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young today reassured people that the Greens’ commitment to marriage equality was “rock-solid”, and said she would re-introduce a new Marriage Equality Bill on the first day of Parliament and push for a conscience vote.

“The fact that an agreement could not be reached with the Labor Party on equal marriage and other Greens policy priorities does not preclude the Greens from continuing to promote these issues,” Senator Hanson-Young said.

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The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in California on Wednesday invoked President Obama’s opposition to same-sex marriage while explaining her position against marriage rights for gay couples.

Carly Fiorina, who’s seeking to unseat U.S. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), said during a debate she believes marriage is between one man and one woman and expressed support for civil unions.

“And actually, the position I’ve consistently espoused is consistent with that of our president and a vast majority of senators in the U.S. Senate,” she said.

Full Story from The Washington Blade

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Republican lawmakers are urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend California’s gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. Twenty-seven members of the Assembly’s Republican caucus wrote to Schwarzenegger asking the governor to appeal a federal ruling that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional.

Schwarzenegger, a Republican, and Attorney General Jerry Brown, a Democrat who is running for governor, refused to defend the law and have said they would not file an appeal.

“It does not matter whether we, the Attorney General, or you supported or opposed Proposition 8, or whether we believe it should or should not be the law of California,” the lawmakers wrote. “The people of the state of California themselves decided this issue on November 4, 2008.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Full Events List & Details: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html):

–USA, CA, Los Angeles: 09/02, Voter Canvass Training, The Village, 6:30-9:30 PM.
–USA, CA, San Francisco: 09/02, One Struggle One Fight Meeting, 209 Golden Gate Ave, 7 PM.
–USA, CA, West Hollywood: 09/01, Equality Network Meeting, TBD, TBD.
–USA, IA, Iowa City: 09/01, Fairness Fundraiser, Plaza Towers Penthouse, 5:30-7:30 PM.
–USA, NY, New York: 09/01, MENY General Meeting, LGBT Center, 6:30-7:30 PM.
–USA, WA, Seattle: 09/01, Equal Rights WA Volunteer Night, Equal Rights WA Office, 6-8 PM.

In nearly every discussion, debate or lawsuit about gay marriage, the talk at some point turns to family values. Do gay couples make for good parents? Will their children – whether adopted, conceived with the help of a surrogate or brought in from a pre-existing relationship – adjust, adapt and succeed in a world dominated by traditional families?

The answers usually depend on who’s giving them, and come dressed in anecdotes and coloured by bias. But Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld brings something new to the conversation: facts and figures derived from the country’s largest data bank – the U.S. Census.

In a study published this month in the journal Demography, Rosenfeld concludes that children being raised by same-sex couples have nearly the same educational achievement as children raised by married heterosexual couples.

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THE Greens have secured modest political wins from Julia Gillard in exchange for their support. But gay marriage and refugee policy are absent from the historic agreement.

Unveiling the deal clinching the support of Greens MP Adam Bandt in the lower house yesterday, Greens leader Bob Brown said it was unfair to describe the gains as small. He said they were significant and more could be done if Labor formed government.

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When parliament is sitting, the Prime Minister will meet Senator Brown and Mr Bandt each week to work on the legislative agenda. The deal does not include a cabinet position for a Green, nor would there be a conscience vote on gay marriage as the two parties could not reach agreement on the issue.

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Tipped by SFist:

National Organization of Marriage (NOM), an anti-gay and anti-San Francisco group with strong ties to the Mormon church, unleashed this video on Aug. 27 about–what else–gay marriage and “San Francisco values.” The video is deplorable, offensive, and worst of all, wrong — nothing unusual for NOM.

Matt Baume (local writer and founder of Stop8.org) just came out with this impressive, sensible, and most best of all accurate rebuttal to NOM’s propaganda.