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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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DC: Supreme Court to Hear WA State Petitions Case on April 28th

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled an April 28 hearing on whether Washington state officials can release the names of signers of a ballot measure that sought to repeal a gay rights law. The court agreed to hear the case in January after Protect Marriage Washington appealed a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that ordered the release of nearly 138,000 signatures that put Referendum 71 on last fall’s ballot.

Referendum 71 asked voters to accept – or reject – a domestic partnership law approved by lawmakers that gives gay couples all the rights of marriage. Voters opted to keep the law.

Opponents say releasing the names would put signers at risk of harassment, reprisals and boycotts of their businesses, amounting to an unconstitutional infringement of free speech rights.

Full Story from On Top Magazine
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US: Supreme Court To Hear Referendum 71 Signature Case, Likely in April

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the names of Washington voters who sign a petition to put a law on the ballot can be made public. The high court could hear the case of Doe v. Reed as early as April, taking up the fight over the names and addresses of people who signed petitions to put Referendum 71 on last year’s November ballot.

That referendum sought to overturn expanded rights for same-sex and elderly heterosexual couples. Supporters of gay rights filed a public records request for the names of everyone who signed the petitions; referendum sponsors objected, saying they feared the signers would be harassed.

A few hours after the nation’s high court announced it was adding the case to its schedule, a state legislative committee considered dueling bills spawned by the dispute. One would provide an exemption to the state’s Public Records Act for the names and addresses on initiative or referendum petitions; the other would state categorically that they are public records.

Full Story from the Spokesman-Review

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Posted in Gay Marriage, marriage equality, petitions, r71, referendum 71, same sex marriage, signatures, supreme court, wa, washington state | No Responses »

NH: Gay Marriage Opponents Going Town to Town to Overturn Marriage Equality Law

Friday, January 15th, 2010

A growing number of New Hampshire towns have accepted town meeting petitions that would allow residents to express support for a constitutional amendment to overturn the state’s equal marriage law. Rep. David Bates, R-Windham, is leading the Let NH Vote campaign and said 49 of 57 towns with the SB2 form of town meetings met the Jan. 12 deadline for warrant article inclusion of the nonbinding petition. He estimates a strong majority of the state’s 223 towns will consider the petition calling for a constitutional amendment to decide the gay marriage debate “once and for all.”

Locally, Hampton, Hampton Falls, North Hampton, Rye, Seabrook and Stratham have the petition on their warrant, while Exeter will not. Petition drives will continue, Bates said, in Greenland, Newington and New Castle. In most cases, only 25 valid signatures are required to put a petition on the town warrant.

“The public is demonstrating growing enthusiasm to have their voices heard on the marriage issue,” Bates said. According to Bates, even supporters of gay marriage have signed petitions to allow for a fuller public debate. The state Constitution does not allow for a referendum process, but Bates said the petition votes would be an accurate poll to determine public sentiment.

Full Story from Seacoast Online

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Gay Rights Opponents Ask US Supreme Court to Block Referendum 71 Signature Release

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

That’s the latest last evening from Gary Randall, leader of the Faith & Freedom Network who also is a leader in the Protect Marriage Washington campaign.

The gay rights opponents want the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered the Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed to release the signatures and names of Referendum 71 signers.

A Seattle man who supports the domestic-partnership rights of R-71 wants to publish the names on a website, whosigned.com. The R-71 campaign says it does not condone that action, and Reed’s office has said the same; but state elections officials contend the signatures petitions are public records and have been treated as such for several years.

Full Story from The Olympian: http://www.theolympian.com/politicsblog/story/1005609.html

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Washington Judge Blocks Release of All Petition Signatures, Including R71, Until Full 9th Circuit Ruling Released – Hearing Tuesday

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks has scheduled a hearing Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. to hear the state’s request that the names of people who signed petitions seeking to have a new, expanded gay rights law overturned be made public.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday granted an immediate stay and reversed a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the release of Referendum 71 petitions.

Last month a federal judge blocked the release of names of people who signed R-71. U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle said releasing the names could violate the First Amendment rights of those who signed petitions to get R-71 on the ballot. The secretary of state’s office criticized the ruling, saying it was “a step away from open government.”

Full Story from the Seattle PI: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/182328.asp?from=blog_last3

Planning to marry your partner? Click here for gay marriage resources in Washington State.

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Federal Appeals Court Says Referendum 71 Signatures Must Be Released

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Protect Marriage Washington, which collected the signatures to get Referendum 71 on the November ballot, said it will appeal Thursday’s federal appeals-court ruling that cleared the way for public release of the names of those who signed petitions for the measure.

“That particular group of judges saw the law one way; we’ll take it to the next group of judges that may have the opportunity to see it the correct way,” said Stephen Pidgeon, attorney for the conservative religious organization.

Referendum 71 will ask voters to approve or reject the Legislature’s latest expansion of the state’s domestic-partnership law, which grants marriage-like benefits to gay and some senior couples.

Full Story from the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010072420_webref7115m.html

Planning to marry your partner? Click here for gay marriage resources in Washington State.

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Panel May Rule on Release of Referendum 71 Petition Signers' Names in Next Few Days

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

The dicey question over whether the Secretary of State can release the names and addresses of those who signed petitions to get Referendum 71 on the November ballot is now in the hands of the three-member panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ref 71 will ask voters on Nov. 3 to either approve or reject the state’s latest expansion of the domestic partnership law, which grants marriage-like benefits to registered gay and some senior couples.

Attorneys for protect Marriage Washington, which gathered enough signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot, told the three-judge panel that petition signatures are protected free speech under the First Amendment and as such should be shielded from public release.

Full Story from the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2010065743_the_dicey_question_over_whethe.html

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Court to Expedite Referendum 71 Signature Privacy Case

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed today to expedite a case about releasing the names and addresses of everyone who signed Referendum 71. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments on October 14 in Pasadena, California. Each side will have 15 minutes to present their case.

By signing R-71 petitions, voters indicated that a law to extend the state-granted rights of marriage to same-sex partners should be put on the ballot, ultimately in an attempt to repeal them. But in a bizarre twist of hypocrisy, anti-gay Protect Marriage Washington now claims that the signers are a minority—because they were trying to limit rights of a minority, you see—at risk of harm if their identities are released.

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna doesn’t buy the claim—arguing the state’s open-government laws trump fears of people who put their name on a public document—and attorneys from his office will argue before the federal court. The Washington Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit run by former state representative Toby Nixon, is also arguing to release the names of R-71 signers.

Full Story from The Stranger: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/09/22/court-fast-tacks-r-71-case

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