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CA: Gather Signatures to Repeal Prop 8 This Weekend

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Just got this from Love Honor Cherish:

Help get signatures this weekend

This weekend volunteers throughout the state will gather to collect signatures to put a new initiative on the ballot in November 2010 that would repeal Proposition 8 and restore equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. In the Los Angeles area join us at these events:

Saturday:

Saturday, Feb 27
8 a.m. to 12 noon
Burbank Farmers Market
Meet at corner of 3rd and Orange Grove in Burbank (park at City Hall, same corner)

Saturday, Feb 27
9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Torrance Farmer’s Market
2400 Jefferson St. (park in parking lot)
Meet at 8:50 a.m. for a brief training

Saturday, Feb 27
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Whole Foods Market – Redondo Beach
405 N. Pacific Coast Hwy (park in parking lot)
Meet at 9:45 a.m. for a brief training

Sunday:

Sunday, Feb 28
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hollywood Farmers Market
Meet at Cinerama Dome, 6360 Sunset Blvd (park on street or at lot at Ivar & Delongpre – $2 for first 2 hrs w/validation at market)

Sunday, Feb 28
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Farmers Market (Ocean Park)
Meet at grassy area near SW corner of Main St. and Ocean Park (park on street)

Sunday, Feb 28
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Studio City Farmers Market
Meet at main gate of CBS Studios, 4024 Radford (free parking at CBS)

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Please come on time, but if you’re late, look for the volunteers in the yellow SignForEquality T-shirts. And, be sure to bring:

1. A couple of clipboards and a few pens (if you can).
2. Plenty of quarters for parking meters (City of Los Angeles meters now operate on Sundays!)
3. $10 donation for our Sign For Equality volunteer t-shirt

To find out more about signature gathering, or to learn how you can help, go to SignForEquality.com, the first-ever social networking site for volunteer signature gatherers. Download a petition, print it, get signatures and then send it in. You can also:
- Get trained using online videos.
- Join or create a signature gathering team and set goals for yourself and your team.
- Share tips and learn about events where signature gathering is taking place.

P.S. Join us for our next weekly meeting Tuesday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Crescent Heights United Methodist Church, 1296 N Fairfax Ave.

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CA: New Law Recognizes Gay Marriage From Out of State… Sort Of

Friday, January 1st, 2010

SB54 specifies that same sex marriages are recognized in California. The marriages must meet one of two qualifications: a) they must have been entered into legally during the period of time when California offered gay marriage; b) they must have taken place before 11-05-2008 in a state that legally performs same sex marriage.

Additionally, any gay marriage taking place after that date in a state that legally performs it will also be recognized in California – affording the brides or grooms all the rights and responsibilities that come with a marriage — but the union will not legally be designated as “marriage.”

Full Story from KESQ: http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=11753324

Click here for gay marriage resources in California.

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Signature Gathering for Gay Marriage in California This Weekend

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Just in from Love Honor Cherish:

Help Us Get Signatures in the New Year!

Go to SignForEquality.com, where you can download a petition form and learn how to get signatures. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, join us for signature gathering on these dates:

Friday, Jan. 1
5 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Rose Parade (Pasadena)
Meet at Pasadena City College (SE corner of Hill and Colorado). If arriving later than 5:00 a.m., call Aaron at (310) 995-0436. Public transportation recommended.

Friday, Jan. 1
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
First Fridays on Abbot Kinney (Venice)
Meet outside Roosterfish Bar, 1302 Abbot Kinney Boulevard (park on street)

Saturday, Jan. 2
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Santa Monica Farmers Market (S.M. Promenade)
Meet at corner of 2nd St. and Arizone Ave. (park on street)

Sunday, Jan 3
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Studio City Farmers Market
Meet at main gate of CBS Studios, 4024 Radford (free parking at CBS)

Sunday, Jan 3
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Farmers Market (Ocean Park)
Meet at corner of Main St. and Ocean Park (park on street)

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Please come on time, but if you’re late, look for the volunteers in the yellow SignForEquality T-shirts. And, be sure to bring:

1. A couple of clipboards and a few pens (if you can).
2. Plenty of quarters for parking meters
3. $10 donation for our Sign For Equality volunteer t-shirt

For more information about this or other team signature gathering events, contact Andy at andy@wlaequality.org

We need 1 million signatures in the next 15 weeks. Let’s get thousands this weekend!

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CA: 9th Circuit Affirms Campaign Document Ruling

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

A federal appeals court reaffirmed its ruling Wednesday that allowed sponsors of California’s ban on same-sex marriage to withhold campaign strategy documents from gay rights advocates who are seeking to overturn the ballot measure.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Dec. 11 had overturned a judge’s order to produce the documents, ruling 3-0 that their disclosure might discourage participation in future campaigns and inhibit strategists from speaking candidly. An appellate judge then sought a rehearing before an 11-judge panel, but the court said Wednesday that the request failed to gain majority support from its members. No vote total was announced.

The November 2008 initiative, Proposition 8, amended the California Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, overturning a May 2008 state Supreme Court ruling that allowed gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Full Story from SF Gate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/31/BAGA1BBNTC.DTL&feed=rss.gay

Click here for gay marriage resources in California.

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CA: Federal Proposition 8 Trial Begins on January 11th

Monday, December 28th, 2009

The trial in the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s Proposition 8 starts Jan. 11 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. It could last a month. Representing the gay side are famed attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies, who, in 2000, argued opposite sides of the Bush/Gore “hanging chad” election mess before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Intervening for the gay side are lawyers from Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Their request to join the case on the same level as Olson and Boies was denied after they angered Olson and Boies by speaking ill of the case, saying it was poorly timed and unwise. The city of San Francisco also has intervened on behalf of the gays.

The defendants in the case — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown (who very likely is running for governor) and the counties of Alameda and Los Angeles — will not actually defend Prop. 8 because they agree with Olson and Boies that it violates the U.S. Constitution. It is highly unusual for a state attorney general to refuse to defend his state’s constitution. Prop. 8 amended the California Constitution to re-ban same-sex marriage.

Full Story from Bay Windows: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=100447

Click here for gay marriage resources in California.

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CA: Equality California Opens Riverside Office

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The state’s largest gay-rights group is opening its first office in western Riverside and San Bernardino counties today. San Francisco-based Equality California is holding a noon open house at the new office, 1410 Third St., Suite 7, in Riverside.

The office is another sign of efforts by the group to focus more intensely on conservative areas such as the Inland region, where Prop. 8 passed overwhelmingly last year and banned same-sex marriage.

Equality California seeks to overturn Prop. 8. The organization also opened field offices in Palm Springs, Fresno, San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose and West Hollywood this year and plans to open offices in Orange County and South Los Angeles, spokesman Jorge Amaro said.

Full Story from PE.com: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_gayrights12.481b6c9.html

Click here for gay marriage resources in California.

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CA: Repeal Prop 8 Signature Gathering Thus Weekend

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Go to SignForEquality.com, where you can download a petition form and learn how to get signatures. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, join us for signature gathering this Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, Dec 12
6-10pm
Mundos Art Fest – Burbank
Sponsored by Argentine Assn of Los Angeles
2100 N. Glenoaks Blvd (park on street)

Sunday, Dec 13
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm.
Santa Monica Farmers Market (Ocean Park)
Meet at corner of Main St. and Ocean Park (park on street)

Sunday, Dec 13
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Encino Farmers Market
17400 Victory Blvd between Balboa Blvd, and White Oak Blvd. (free parking next door)

Sunday, Dec. 13
4:30-8:30pm
“Wedding for All” fundraiser – Hollywood
Hollywood Lutheran Church
1733 N. New Hampshire Ave. (park on street – bring quarters)

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Please come on time, but if you’re late, look for the volunteers in the yellow SignForEquality T-shirts. And, be sure to bring:

1. A couple of clipboards and a few pens (if you can).
2. Plenty of quarters for parking meters
3. $10 donation for our Sign For Equality volunteer t-shirt

For more information about this or other team signature gathering events, contact Neil at liebo76@gmail.com
We need 1 million signatures in the next 18 weeks. Let’s get thousands this weekend!

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CA: Alameda Changes Anti Gay Bullying Lessons Under Pressure from Religious Parents

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

A San Francisco Bay area school board will use broad lessons against bias to replace a curriculum against bullying gay people that had become a national centerpiece in the opposition to same-sex marriage. The vote by the Alameda Board of Education on Tuesday did little to ease tensions in the island city near Oakland. A lawsuit and threats of recalling school board members accompanied debate over the so-called Lesson 9 curriculum adopted in May to prevent anti-gay bullying.

Gay parents in the community wanted their children protected from bullying, while other parents argued that elementary school is too early to talk to students about gay people.

The new anti-bullying lessons approved by the board, at the recommendation of School Superintendent Kirsten Vital, will be supplemented by children’s books that explicitly address six specific forms of bias, including against gays.

Full Story from the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRm7ZQzVXwOfReFsukHhUIQCdOzgD9CGGI300

Click here for gay marriage resources in California.

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Why We Lost Gay Marriage Fights in California & Maine

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Should the November 2009 result in Maine — a 53/47 victory by the forces seeking to overturn marriage equality — have come as a surprise? After all, No on 1 raised much more money than Yes on 1 did. They out-organized their opponents. They ran a positive, upbeat campaign. And still the result, just like California last year: a loss.

This report will examine the reasons behind the Maine loss. Then it will undertake demographic analysis of the results from Maine, California (Proposition and Washington State (Referendum 71) to assess whether there were consistent demographic factors in play. Next, based on the results of the demographic analysis, a simple model will be suggested to estimate probability on a state-by-state basis of marriage equality being adopted at the ballot box. Finally, a going-forward strategy for marriage equality advocates will be proposed.

Maine: What Went Wrong?

Given the type of campaign marriage equality advocates waged in Maine, and the realities of running such a campaign in a state like Maine, the No on 1 forces did about the best they could have. But close does not count, and a loss is a loss. There are five reasons the No on 1 forces lost Maine. Advocates of marriage equality must re-think what they are doing, or more electoral defeats are forthcoming. However, if they make some adjustments, they will obtain the result they seek, eventually.

Full Story from Nolanchart.com: http://www.nolanchart.com/article7109.html

Click here for gay marriage resources.

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CA: Yes on 8 Targeting Californians Against Hate Founder With Lawsuit

Monday, December 7th, 2009

In a lawsuit against state election officials, Proposition 8 supporters have targeted the man who first exposed the financial role the Mormon Church and the National Organization for Marriage played in the referendum’s passage in Nov. 2008.

In a subpoena, Yes on 8 and NOM want Fred Karger, founder of Californians Against Hate, to surrender all records associated with his investigation.

Karger, who is seeking financial help to mount his legal battle, founded his organization to oppose Prop. 8. He initially went after a San Diego hotel owner who put up $125,000 to help marriage opponents launch a successful petition drive to get the referendum on the ballot and a self-storage company magnate who gave the the pro-Prop 8 campaign $693,000.

Full Story from Edge Boston: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99777

Click here for gay marriage resourcesi in Californi.

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