Brief Episode

I’m sort of stealing this concept from KipEsquire (as I do many links lately).  He calls the feature “comment left elsewhere.  I thought it would be nice to have my own archive here if the comment is one relating to something I usually blog about, this time made on Trust, But Verify which is almost [...]

So not only did Proposition 8 pass in California, where sexual orientation was recognized as being a protected class of historically oppressed people, but a similar initiative passed in Florida.
So marriage equality is worse in Florida, and then there’s this:

In all the Proposition 8 petitions from the side of the angels for marriage equality, I noticed a word crop up again and again about what the proposition would do if allowed as an amendment:  eviscerate.

There are several new lawsuits on the California Supreme Court website.  Including a lawsuit from a group of minority advocacy organizations, which want the constitutionality answered about amending the California constitution to remove fundamental civil rights from an unpopular minority.
Meanwhile, as of today, the justices have narrowed the suits and the questions they’ll answer.
The legal [...]

Andrew Sullivan has been writing many posts about the Human Rights Campaign and their inneffectiveness in preventing the passage of Proposition 8 and altso their general lack of impact around marriage equality and civil rights — their raison’ d’etre.
Something that sort of blows my mind is that the No On 8 ads were so useless…. [...]

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 [...]

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

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]