Author Archives: Gib

I’m a writer. A composer. And now, a blogger.

The Mormons Underwrote a Lot of Non-Money Contributions and Didn’t Report Them

By Gib | November 14, 2008

It turns out that the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Days Saints (the Mormons) didn’t just walk the line separating church and state by advocating that all of their members volunteer time and donate cash to Proposition 8 and the slime campaign against marriage equality.
I wrote earlier about the movement to report the Mormons to [...]

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Dan Savage on Stephen Colbert

By Gib | November 12, 2008

This is simply too cute not to repost.
[Hat tip: Box Turtle Bulletin ]

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Brokeback Opera Break Down — I Can’t Quit You, Oh, Wait, I Just Did

By Gib | November 11, 2008

The New York City Opera has cancelled plans for Brokeback Mountain: The Opera:
Back in June, it was announced that Charles Wuorinen was commissioned to write an opera adaptation of the popular film Brokeback Mountain.
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Then in September, following a meeting of New York City Opera’s Board of Directors Mortier, announced that City Opera would be commissioning [...]

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Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): Legal Resources and Information

By Gib | November 11, 2008

In my travels and surfing I found this site.
Warning:  it seems pretty biased from first glance as I type this in the San Jose airport.  (For instance, on the front page it has a statistic of Muslims who voted for Obama — as if that were relevant to this issue except if one is homophobic [...]

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Gay Marriages Start On Wednesday in Connecticut

By Gib | November 11, 2008

A happy way to demonstrate support for gay marriage if you live in Connecticut — gay marry someone you love!
Thankfully, this state granting marriage equality and taking steps forward on the civil rights front cannot be set back by the bigots and their campaigns.
In Connecticut, their constitution may only be amended through a constitutional convention, [...]

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Proponents of Prop 8 Recycle Failed Arguments In Motion

By Gib | November 11, 2008

In their identical motions to intervene in the three petitions filed, thankfully, didn’t repeat all the nauseating reasons to deny marriage equality.
They did, however, seek to interpose themselves using the same arguments they already made to the California Supreme Court — which were rejected.
As I wrote earlier, the court denied their participation as parties to [...]

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The Yes on Proposition 8 Folks Try To Intervene

By Gib | November 10, 2008

Today the opponents of marriage equality filed three motions to intervene:
STRAUSS, et al., v. HORTON, et al.

Motion to Intervene

TYLER, et al., v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.

Motion to Intervene

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al.  v. HORTON, et al.

Motion to Intervene

I’m hoping the California Supreme Court will use the reasoning they used before:
Why the [...]

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New Lawsuits, New Couples

By Gib | November 10, 2008

Something that came to my attention in reading the initial three petitions was that there are new couples’ names listed on the petition from the ACLU and Lambda Legal.
Today, with the updated front page of the California Supreme Court, I couldn’t help but notice new documents have been filed.
The one that I don’t think I’ll [...]

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California Supreme Court Adds Special Proposition 8 Section to Home Page

By Gib | November 10, 2008

Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court added a special section to their website:  High Profile Cases (I highly recommended for reading brilliant briefs from some of the friends of the court and angels for marriage equality).
Really, it was mostly the marriage cases.
Today, in an effort to make what people are interested in even more [...]

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Why the Yes on Proposition 8 Folks Don’t Want to Go to Court

By Gib | November 10, 2008

As KipEsquire notes in one of his hasty stitches:

The litigation, in abstract terms, is not “No on 8 v. Yes on 8? but rather “Gays v. The California Government.” It is not clear whether the bigots are entitled to intervene in the litigation or even file amicus briefs.

I’m not a lawyer, but one of the [...]

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