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Friday, December 18th, 2009
While I live and work in San Diego, I hail from the Imperial Valley.
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Very upset over the actions of my home county, I picked up the phone and eventually was able to have an hour long conversation with the Chair of the County Board of Supervisors, Wally Leimgruber, and the County Executive Officer, Ralph Cordova, who both attempted to assure me that their interest was in protecting the will of the voters in their county. In questioning how they were able to bring up the motion, the topic was avoided and I can only assume that it was then brought into their agenda as an “emergency item.” EMERGENCY?! REALLY?! It was quite transparent that the Chair was using this opportunity to appease the voters as he attempts to run for re-election.
Mr. Wally also informed me that he was approached by the Alliance Defense Fund (the anti-equality guys with money) to bring the issue to the board with the promise that they would pay all of the county’s expenses with regards to the case. This, I must mention, is a good sign for our side. Our opposition is so desperate for support that they sought out a small county to help add legitimacy to their case.
Full Story from SDGLN.com: http://sdgln.com/causes/2009/12/17/love-warrior-news-valley-grinch
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Imperial County officials want to join the sponsors of California’s gay marriage ban in defending Proposition 8 during an upcoming trial. The Imperial County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of an emergency motion Tuesday to intervene in the case. Supervisors say the county’s participation is needed because Attorney General Jerry Brown supports overturning the voter-approved measure, while Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken a neutral position on it.
The case is scheduled to go to trial on Jan. 11. A final pretrial hearing is scheduled in San Francisco on Wednesday.
The papers filed by the county say that 70 percent of Imperial’s voters supported Proposition 8.
Full Story from SFGate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/15/state/n172126S51.DTL&tsp=1
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Saturday, December 12th, 2009
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has reversed a judge’s order that backers of Proposition 8, the state initiative that banned same-sex marriage, give their campaign strategy documents to opponents trying to overturn the measure. In a unanimous ruling Friday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals tossed out the order that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued in October against backers of Prop. 8, which state voters approved in November 2008.
Walker had said lawyers for two same-sex couples and a gay-rights group were entitled to see internal memos and e-mails between Yes on 8 strategists to look for evidence that the campaign had exploited prejudice against gays and lesbians.
The plaintiffs are trying to show that the measure was discriminatory and thus unconstitutional.
Full Story from SFGate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/11/BA3A1B34VC.DTL
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Posted in 9th circuit court of appeals, backers, campaign documents, Gay Marriage, lawsuit, prop 8, proposition 8, ruling, supporters | No Responses »
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
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Posted in ca, california, californians against hate, fred karger, gay marrage, lawsuit, prop 8, proposition 8, yes on 8 | No Responses »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
A gay couple in Buenos Aires have demanded that City Mayor Mauricio Macri be fined after failing to authorise their union – despite a legal ruling requesting him to do so.
According to the Buenos Aires Herald newspaper, Alejandro Freyre and José María Di Bello, made the formal request to City Judge Gabriela Seijas this week.
The couple requested that the court set a fine on Macri for each of the days until they are allowed to wed. On Monday, Freyre and Di Bello went to a Civil Registry in the City neighbourhood of Barrio Norte, after Judge Seijas’ court ruled that the law barring same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.
Full Story from the Pink Paper: http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=2097
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
A federal court case in San Francisco may offer a window into the arguments in favor of marriage equality that could eventually find their way before the U.S. Supreme Court.
An Oct. 26 New York Times article reported that the lawyer in the anti-marriage side of the case, which challenges Proposition 8 on the claim that the voter referendum that yanked marriage rights away from Californai’s gay and lesbian families last year violated federal Constitutional protections, was unable to articulate why gays marrying is a threat to stable unions between heterosexuals.
Attorney Charles J. Cooper made the claim that there was a state interest in denying gay and lesbian families marriage parity in order to encourage straight couples to marry and have children.
But when the judge in the case, Vaughn R. Walker, asked exactly how the domestic affairs of a gay couple could disrupt the martial course of a straight couple’s life, Cooper admitted that he was stumped.
Full Story from Edge Boston: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=98269
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
The challenge to California’s Prop 8 could be coming to a television near you.
Ted Olson and David Boies, who represented Bush and Gore, respectively, in that little known Suprme Court battle, have teamed up to challenge the constituionality of Prop 8, California’s amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker refused to dismiss the case, called Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
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Liptak also notes the judge has “hinted” that he may allow cameras in the courtroom for the trial, which would be an extremely rare move, especially in federal court.
Full Story from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/gay-marriage-trial-could-be-televised-2009-10
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
New York’s top court is set to hear arguments against providing government benefits to same sex couples married in Canada or other jurisdictions where such marriages are legal.
The state Department of Civil Service extended health insurance benefits to those spouses of state and local government workers in 2007. A year earlier, Westchester County agencies granted similar recognition and benefits.
The Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday by the Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., contending those benefits are unlawful in New York, which does not permit same-sex marriages.
Full Story from the AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZVhxGXCMRA-mJB4JYXiICP3a6jQD9BA50VG0
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Posted in alliance defense fund, Gay Marriage, lawsuit, new york, ny, out of state, supreme court | No Responses »
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
In an illustration of the hazards that travel across state lines poses to gay and lesbian families who have no federal recognition and no nation-wide protections, a Washington woman whose partner succumbed to a stroke while on vacation says that she, and the women’s children, were denied visitation privileges even as the stricken woman lay dying in a Florida hospital.
A suit that followed the incident was tossed out of federal court on Sept. 29.
As reported at EGDE last February, Janice Langbehn, her partner of 17 years Lisa Marie Pond, and their children had traveled to Florida from Washington and were about to embark on a cruise from Miami when Pond collapsed, either from a heart attack or because of an aneurysm (media accounts have cited both).
Full Story from Edge Boston: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=97026
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Posted in denied access, dying, fl, florida, Gay Marriage, hospital, judge, lawsuit, lesbian, partner | No Responses »
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Gay rights groups have urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the state’s gay-inclusive domestic partnership registry, Wisconsin Radio Network reported.
The group Wisconsin Family Action (WFA) and the Christian-based Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have asked the state Supreme Court to strike down the law, arguing that it is prohibited by the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in 2006. WFA supported the passage of the anti-gay marriage amendment as the Family Research Institute.
Despite being challenged, the law that gives gay and lesbian couples access to 43 rights, most of which center around estate planning and hospital visitation issues, took effect last month.
Full Story from On Top Magazine: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4581&MediaType=1&Category=26
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