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The most effective man fighting to deny the right of gay marriage in America is Frank Schubert of Sacramento. Schubert ran the successful Yes on Proposition 8 campaign last year, the initiative banning gay marriage in California. Full Article at Sacramento Bee
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Over the last week, I have been full of emotion, thinking about what I was doing this time last year. On November 4, 2008, I was up at 3AM, after 90 minutes of glorious sleep, and I arrived at campaign headquarters at 4:15AM. Full Article at Huffington Post
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Andy Pugno, attorney for the yes on Proposition 8 campaign, speaks following a hearing in federal court in San Francisco, California July 2, 2009. View Photo »
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Proponents of same-sex marriage, unlike in California's Prop 8, can't blame Maine on Mormons, on African Americans who turned out for Barack Obama, or on confusing ballot wording. Their issue loses when the people decide. And it loses every time.
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There’s more ignorance out there than we would like to admit. I hate to say it, but if the people can repeal Prop 8 in California, one of the most liberal states in the country, then there are states that would love to bring back slavery. Full Article at Bossip
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NOM's Maggie Gallagher goes to gay protest event looking for trouble, gets disappointed
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Say what you will about why we lost in Maine, you have to admit that lgbts have learned the lesson from the aftermath of Proposition 8. Full Article at Pam's House Blend
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Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse – Pop culture references in The Colbert Report: November 2-5, 2009
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Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. Full Article at No Fact Zone
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Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009. View Photo »
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unswervingly continue the battle to win back the civil rights of LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transsexual, Questioning, Intersex) citizens here in the state of California by overturning Prop 8 in ether 2010 or 2012
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noticed that polls were showing voters tended to not have much of a problem with gay relationships. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
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SAN FRANCISCO - Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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Andy Pugno, attorney for the yes on Proposition 8 campaign, speaks following a hearing in federal court in San Francisco, California July 2, 2009. Two unmarried same-sex couples claim in a federal lawsuit that California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution.
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Attorney Theodore Olson, center, shakes hands with Prop. 8 opponents after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco, Thursday, July 2, 2009.
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Demonstrators protest the California Supreme Court's upholding of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages, in a march and rally from the UCLA campus to the West Los Angeles Federal Building Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Protestors against Proposition 8 rally outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Supporters of Proposition 8 hold signs outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Protestors against Proposition 8 rally block the intersection of Van Ness avenue following the California Supreme court's decision to uphold Propsition 8 May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Protestors against Proposition 8 rally block the intersection of Van Ness avenue following the California Supreme court's decision to uphold Propsition 8 May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Protestors against Proposition 8 march by San Francisco city hall on their way to the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Propsition 8 opponent Sister Maudlin Mascara (L) argues with Proposition 8 supporter George Papko outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Gay couples against Proposition 8 hold signs outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 26: Supporters of Proposition 8 hold signs outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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A Prop. 8 supporter smiles after the California State Supreme Court ruled in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
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Opponents of Proposition 8 march past the Capitol after rallying against the measure that bans same-sex marriage, in Sacramento, Calif. , Monday, March 30, 2009.
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Comedian Kathy Griffin joined in a demonstration against Proposition 8, the measure that bans same-sex marriage, during a rally at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Monday, March 30, 2009.
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People with opposing viewpoints on Proposition 8 demonstrate outside the California Supreme Court in San Francisco, California March 5, 2009.
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Proposition 8 opponent Craig Winsor, left, argues with the measure's supporters Galena Andreyev, center, and Victor Choban, right, during a demonstration in San Francisco, Thursday, March 5, 2009.
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Proponents of same-sex marriage, unlike in California's Prop 8, can't blame Maine on Mormons, on African Americans who turned out for Barack Obama, or on confusing ballot wording. Their issue loses when the people decide. And it loses every time.
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unswervingly continue the battle to win back the civil rights of LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transsexual, Questioning, Intersex) citizens here in the state of California by overturning Prop 8 in ether 2010 or 2012
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Valiant fighters of marriage equality ... disappointed but not defeated by their loss in California’s Proposition 8, brought their cause of justice to the opposite shore, and there turned the tide.
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The case is one of the first discrimination complaints to surface by any of the 18,000 same-sex couples who married in California before the November 2008 passage of Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman
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We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.
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We want to continue to express our outrage over the passage last year of Proposition 8. And we want to either celebrate or protest the outcome of the votes in Maine and Washington
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Church of Scientology San Diego had been put on a list of churches that supported Proposition 8 out in California. It was incorrectly included and named when it should have never been on the list to begin with
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for ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego. Their public sponsorship of Proposition 8, a hate-filled legislation that succeeded in taking away the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens of California -- ...
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It simply does not appear likely that (Prop. 8's) proponents will prevail on the merits of their appeal
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After all, (Proposition 8 supporters) weren’t trying to take rights away from gay people. They were just trying to protect traditional marriage ... I’m sure they will support this 100 percent, even if this time it is their rights that get diminished. It would be hypocritical for them not to support us.
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Proposition 8 bravely protected the institution of traditional marriage by making sure that gay people could not participate in it. I loved Proposition 8 but felt it did not go far enough
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Proposition 8 bravely protected the institution of traditional marriage by making sure that gay people could not participate in it. I loved Proposition 8 but felt it did not go far enough
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After the harassment directed at supporters of Proposition 8 last year in California, no one should have their personal information published on the Internet for making a contribution and certainly not at the irrational levels set by the state of Washington. The First Amendment protects citizens engaged...
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I have seen the arguments he and David Boies are using in the case to strike down Prop 8 and impose gay marriage on all 50 states ... They are standard liberal fare – speaking constitutionally, not politically.
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Maine's gay marriage battle has echoes of Prop. 8.
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Andy Pugno, general counsel to the coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind Proposition 8, said that after losing the election, supporters of same-sex marriage were trying to persuade the judge to substitute their views for those expressed by voters.
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Potentially, Proposition 8 may be invalid given the history in California, while similar actions in another state . . . may not be constitutionally infirm
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A door opened with the election of Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in both houses, the fortieth anniversary of Stonewall, the film Milk, Proposition 8--all of these things combined to open a door ... That door is swinging shut already.
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In other words, SB 54 creates two categories of gay couples: those who were married out of state after Proposition 8 became law, and those who entered civil unions in California after Proposition 8 became law — and it accords greater rights to the first group
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In California, the Prop. 8 struggle is a tug-of-war, taking us forward and taking us backward. And here’s this story of an incident that happened 11 years ago. By being a part of telling it, we push forward more. The only way for change is to keep the momentum going so you’re not pushed back.
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The supporters of Proposition 8 were exercising their constitutional right to defend the institution of marriage ...
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And even more importantly ... that all same-sex couples who get married in other states or countries after Prop. 8 passed be treated the same as married couples with the exception of use of the word ‘married' for legal purposes.
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As required by Proposition 8, California will not recognize such couples as ‘married,’
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