(Photo credit: Angie Hargot, MiamiSunPost.com)
I am all up in knots that prior arrangements do not allow me to break away and protest the tyranny of the majority, aka passage of Prop 8, tomorrow. But I feel so encouraged by the national groundswell of support to our cause. The tide is just beginning to turn–no wait, I think [...]
Archive for November 15th, 2008
bring it on. national protest for marriage equality
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, Join the Impact, marriage equality, national No on 8 protest, same-sex marriage on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
apropos of nothing #6
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cat with diet soda box on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
time for a much-needed silliness break. h/t sullivan. (dang it–for some reason ads are popping up that didn’t on youtube. hit the close button on first appearance and they will leave you alone for the duration)
who are the prop 8 people in your neighborhood?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, How San Francisco residents voted on Prop 8, Join the Impact, marriage equality, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage, who voted for Prop 8? on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One in 4 San Franciscans voted in favor of Proposition 8, far fewer than the 52 percent who voted to ban same-sex marriage statewide. But a closer look shows race, age and education influenced voters more than anything else – even among those living in one of the world’s most gay-friendly cities.
Voters in 54 of [...]
sfgate: minority groups ask CA supreme court to annul gay marriage ban
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, California constitutional rights, California gay marriage, civil rights, marriage equality, minority groups against prop 8, No on 8 protests, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, Asian Pacific American Legal Center and two other groups petitioned the state Supreme Court to issue a stay preventing the ballot initiative approved by voters last week from taking effect.
The petition is the fourth seeking to have the measure invalidated. But it’s the first [...]
alaska senate race update: begich up by 1,022!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 Election, Alaska politics, Alaska senate race, Begich pulls ahead of Stevens in senate race, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That after today’s counting of:
• About 510 questioned ballots from Southeast, the Peninsula and Southwest Alaska
• About 5,180 absentee and questioned ballots from Mat-Su
• Questioned, absentee ballots from Richardson Highway and the Interior
• About 3,600 absentee and questioned ballots from Western and Northwest Alaska, and North Slope
ADN reports that “More than 90 percent of [...]
