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Film Review: "Milk"

I attended a screening of "Milk" last night put together by the Courage Campaign, and wanted to give some thoughts on it.  (Though it's a familiar story, there are some spoilers below - except for...

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Why I'm (still) mad at the Mormon church:  a timeline

With apologies to Rick Jacobs:  my title's adapted from his totally worthy Why we're mad at the Mormon church.I just finished reading this from the LDS "Newsroom" ...Which reminded me that I'd...

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[UPDATE w/ action link!] Prop 8 "Blowback": Rick Jacobs trashes Jonah...

This past Wednesday, NRO columnist Jonah Goldberg--who, for some reason, is syndicated in the L.A. Times--wrote an editorial condemning the "Home Invasion" advertisement I co-wrote that the Courage...

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Frameshop: Boone Says Prop-8 Protests Same As Mumbai Terror

In an article published recently on the right-wing website WorldNetDaily, country-crooner-turned-right-wing-pundit Pat Boone compared the anti-Proposition 8 movement in California to the Mumbai...

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How a Woman Becomes a Goddess:  Amaterasu

November, 2004:  After watching exit polls all day with growing excitement, my hopes came crashing down as Dubya Bush was inexplicably re-elected.  Close Senate races, one after another, went to...

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Update (2): NY Sen. Dems, do the right, not the expedient thing!

Kudos to New York State Senate President pro tem Malcolm Smith and the NY Democratic caucus for standing up to extortion.In a reversal of previously published reports that Malcolm Smith would cave to...

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Prop 8 Q&A with Mormon Pollster Gary Lawrence

Four questions.  Four answers.Q&A #1 (4:18 minutes):A) Laughable?  What's "laughable" is Gary's "6,000 years" assertion re some global six-millennia-strong definition of marriage.B) Consequences?...

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Those Poor, Poor Prop H8 Supporters...!! (Updated)

John Aravosis, on his America Blog, has an inspired and impassioned rant regarding a remarkably stupid article by LA Times columnist Steve López.You see, poor Margie Christoffersen, till recently a...

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"I'm Not A Bigot": A Poem For Prop H8 Supporters

"I'm against gay marriage, but I'm not a homophobe."

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My Constitution and My Conscience Are Under Attack!

Yesterday, the news that Rick Warren would deliver the invocation at President-Elect Obama's inauguration sent flames down the progressive blogosphere.But that was nothing compared to two other news...

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The Personal and the Political: I Spent Yesterday Crying

Tell you what, friends and neighbors: I'm not doing well. For one thing, I woke up this morning with a headache which felt like a mild hangover.Most people don't know this, but "hangover" headaches are...

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Marriage equality ads that ACTUALLY SHOW GAY FAMILIES!

Harvey Milk was right: when they get to know us, they vote with us. Why did the No on 8 campaign ignore the historic opportunity of Proposition 8 to introduce voters to gay families?Well, finally,...

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It's not Obama I'm mad at; it's way too many of you

Even I don't want another Warren diary. I must be insane.I have not been one of the "OMG Obama is betraying us" crowd. Once he was elected, I pretty much let it all go. Before the election and in the...

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RICK WARREN TO BLOGGERS: GET A LIFE

Hey, bloggers, Rick doesn't like you either:http://www.saddlebackfamily.com/...Warren also lies in the above video, claiming that he's never compared homosexuality to incest and pedophilia.To hear...

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Thank You Straight Allies

Since the election, I've read dozens of diaries and hundreds of comments regarding Prop 8 and the Warren controversy.  I've seen the back and forth commentary between all different sides of the gay...

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Dobson Caves to Evangelicals Who Call Glenn Beck a Cultist

x-posted fromStop The MormonsAdmittedly, I got busy with the holidays and fell behind in my reading at some of my favorite websites.  I figured I could bookmark, spend a couple days getting...

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Proposition 8 postmortem - from a senior volunteer

A Postmortem Analysis of the California No-on-8 CampaignWith suggestions for better campaigns in the futureThis writeup is a rewrite of an extended series of comments that I originally emailed,...

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Latter-Day Protest? Proposition 8 and Sports

By Dave Zirinx-posted fromEdge of Sportswith permission.As supporters of Gay Marriage have discovered, it's never easy to be on the Mormon Church's enemies list. The Church of Latter-Day Saints backed...

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Prop 8 - You Broke A Lot of Hearts

this bothers me.SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Supporters of the ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California have filed a lawsuit seeking to block their campaign finance records from public view,...

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Most Utahns want more rights for gays

Or so this Salt Lake Tribune headline suggests.Having just read the article, I'm thinking it might've been more accurately titled "Most Utahns now grudgingly accept that gays should have some rights."...

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Uthans overwhelmingly approve Mormon interference in Prop 8

I am new to Salt Lake City but this comes as no surprise that the majority of Mormons approve of the Mormon Church interference into California Proposition 8 battle.   More below the jump.

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Tom Hanks sorry for calling Mormon Prop 8 supporters "un-American"

Actor Tom Hanks has walked back from some damning remarks he made regarding actions made by many members of the Mormon Church. Speaking to People.com he has apologized: Last week, I labeled members of...

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Prop 8 Calif. Supreme Court liveblog Part I MOTHERSHIP

Prop 8 hearing live blog PART II (a.k.a. "Child #1 diary.")New thread (part II) is up. I know there are some great discussions going on, but please un-rec this diary and rec the other, so we can...

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A Farewell to my Mother

"Shit." Sob. (head down on table) "Fuck.""Don't ever let me catch you in a pride parade. And don't worry about dying of AIDS if you get it. I'll kill you first."These were my mother's loving words when...

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NAACP to CA SC: Overturn Prop 8

The Advocate and a few other news outlets are reporting the NAACP is calling for the overturn of California's Proposition 8.NAACP CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement (emphasis added is...

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if there is any doubt, it's not for lack of facts

seven days and counting...in one week, on march 5th, the california supreme court will hear arguments regarding the legal challenges to the recently-passed prop 8 which eliminated rights for same sex...

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Hope in the wake of Prop. 8

With the California Supreme Court set to hear arguments in the Prop. 8 case on March fifth, many of us are becoming increasingly anxious.Everyone involved seems to be at odds with one another, and...

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Prop 8 Should Be Struck Down

The California Supreme Court finds itself center stage tomorrow when it will hear oral arguments on whether it should uphold Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage.The case touches the heart of our...

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CA Proposition 8: Here We Go Again

So, we've come down to it, folks. Tomorrow, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments about a proposition that was designed to strip rights away from a minority population - Proposition 8.Wait a...

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My Passion for Marriage Equality

The California Supreme Court will hear arguments today to invalidate Prop 8 as unconstitutional. I'm sure my readers remember that in November, by a narrow margin, the voters in California invalidated...

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Florida High School Students Challenge Gay Club Ruling

Fresh from the AP (bold mine):An attorney for two gay students at a north Florida high school told a federal judge Thursday they should be allowed to form a campus club promoting tolerance toward gays,...

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Looking Like Prop 8 Will Be Upheld

If you are watching this hearing, these judges seem quite hostile to the idea of overturning Proposition 8.

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Prop 8 California Supreme Court LIVEBLOG Part II

The California Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in the case to overturn Proposition 8. As I write this, the bench is grilling Ken Starr, over whether existing same sex marriages should...

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Does Proposition 8 Belong Before California's Supreme Court?

From The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, a non-partisan movement working to ensure that our courts protect and preserve equal justice, fairness, and opportunity.We are a nation of laws....

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Ken Starr is a pompous ass (and other observations re Prop 8 oral arguments)

I watched much of the oral argument in the case of Proposition 8 in the California Supreme Court this morning.  I now know two things with certainty: -- Ken Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) is a pompous ass...

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Ken Starr Making Dangerous Argument in Prop 8 Case

See Update: below.I see significant danger if this argument is supported in court.Arguing for Prop. 8, Ken Starr says any right can be taken

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Preparing for Prop. 8, Phase 2

According to many legal analysts and pundits it doesn't look too good for the prospects of overturning the bigot proposition in the courts. A ruling is expected soon and we are going to have to deal...

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The Pro-Prop 8 Column Outline

As the alleged validity of Proposition 8 continues its safari through the courts, I have noticed that no small number of conservative pundits, bloggers, talking heads, or whatever have felt the need to...

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CA-Prop 8: I Haven't Slept All Weekend

I haven't slept all weekend.I'm sure it shows. I've been bouncing all over Kos today, responding rather shortly and angrily, getting catty, getting pissed off.Ever since Friday, I haven't been able to...

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Another Prop 8 Diary

I cried today.  Harder than I've cried in a long time - about as hard as I cried one year ago, on May 15, 2008, when the California Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal is not equal.My tears...

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Calif. Supreme Court Perverts Power of Initiative Process

In 1964, Stanley Kubrick produced the Cold War film Dr. Strangelove, or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”  By upholding Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court has learned to stop...

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Huckabee: Passing of prop8 was a prayer induced miracle

When you think you have read the most absurd claims from Wingnutland, you come across this.Yep. That's right, money quote after the fold:

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10,000+ Ask for LDS (Mormon) Apology re Prop 8?

I can't confirm.  Just passing it along:

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Mormons kick gay couple off main street

From the guys (and they are all guys) who brought you Prop 8, the latest Christlike gesture of goodwill towards the gay community. This article says it all.

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Open Justice...Not So Fast

The Supreme Court (over Justice Breyer's dissent) just took a little time out of a busy Monday to close someone else's courtroom...This is the order.

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CA-AD-05 This is Personal - Help Me Defeat Pugno

Before Meteor Blades left on a well deserved vacation he asked us to write about what we are doing this summer to help elect democrats. Well I hope I'm on the right site to do this (not so sure...

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CA-Prop 8: Thank you, Judge Walker

I promised myself I wouldn't be glued to my web browser all day. I promised myself that last night, when I heard the news that today was the Day of Decision.I kept that promise. Sort of.

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URGENT! From Equality California: Prop H8ers Pressing Gov & AG

Hey folks,This just crossed my Facebook page via Equality California:URGENT: Thus far Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Brown have refused to defend Prop. 8 in federal court, but today the...

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CA-Prop 8: 18K Club Memberships to Reopen? Maybe.

Breaking news: According to the Los Angeles Times, the California Supreme Court will decide tomorrow whether the supporters of Proposition 8 have standing to appeal the federal court's ruling that...

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Mormon Pride 2011: LDS church calls for political action against...

By MoHoHawaii (reposted with permission)Timed for the annual gay pride celebrations, the LDS Church's official magazine, the Ensign, has an anti-gay manifesto in its current issue.The article is...

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