GET INFORMED: LGBT News for November 5, 2009
Each weekday, Get Busy, Get Equal brings you a sampling of national and regional LGBT news, the latest on what's new in LGBT relationships, and new developments in ACLU work. We're making progress, but since every step forward is met with resistance, we've got to fight smart to win. Get informed.
Sorry we haven’t posted clips for a couple of days now. We’ve been swamped! But we’ve been gathering them all along, so this is three days’ worth – and by no means comprehensive.
ACLU NEWS
Appling v. Doyle
The ACLU represents five same-sex couples who have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to let them participate in a lawsuit that will decide whether the state’s newly enacted domestic partner law violates Wisconsin’s anti-gay marriage amendment. Anti-gay activists have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down the domestic partner law as inconsistent with the marriage amendment. Learn more about this case here.
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: State Supreme Court won't take case on domestic partnerships
- On Top Magazine: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rfuses To Hear Gay Partner Suit
- Wisconsin Radio Network: AUDIO: Supreme Court rejects registry challenge
- The Badger Herald: Supreme Court dismisses case
- Associated Press: Wis. Supreme Court Rejects Gay Rights Challenge
- Pam's House Blend: Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down DP Challenge
Cole v. Arkansas
Our case seeking to strike down an Arkansas law banning adoption or foster parenting by any unmarried person who lives with a partner. Learn more about the case here.
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Adoption limit still worries Beebe
- Associated Press: Beebe says he's still concerned about adoption ban
- Arkansas Times Blog: Remember Act One?
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California
D.C.
- Pam's House Blend: VIDEO - Anti-gay marriage forces getting wrecked in D.C.
- The Bilerico Project: Voting on marriage equality in DC
- WJLA ABC 7: VIDEO - Proposal Interrupts D.C's Same-sex Marriage Hearing
Iowa
Maine
- Portland Press Herald: EDITORIAL: Maine Not Ready to Make History on Marriage
- Bangor Daily News: EDITORIAL: After Question 1
- Bangor Daily News: Urban, Rural Divide Defines Differing Views on Marriage
- Kennebec Journal: EDITORIAL: Struggle for Equal Rights Is Not Yet Over
- Politics blog - San Francisco Chronicle: Maine's anti-same sex marriage architect: The other side "ran a better field operation" -- but we still won.
- Associated Press: Gay Leaders Blame TV Ads, Obama for Loss in Maine
- Patchwork Nation blog - The Christian Science Monitor: For Gay Marriage, Difficult Terrain Ahead
- The Volokh Conspiracy: There’s Always Next Year
- LGBT POV: ‘Gay Marriage’ challenges Christianity’s credibility
I love this saying she quotes here: “The Devil screams the loudest just before leaving the room.” - Good As You: Maine: You Were Duped
- The Bilerico Project: Kate Kendell: The Day After a Hard Night
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Maine, Gay Rights, and Religion: Can Gay Rights Groups Overcome Their Achilles Heel?
- Slog blog - The Stranger: Catholics Are the New Mormons
- Kennebec Journal: EDITORIAL: Mainers vote down gay marriage law
- Bangor Daily News: Gay marriage repealed in Maine
- The New York Times: Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage
- Associated Press: Dejection Fills Ballroom After Gay Marriage Vote
- Associated Press: Defeat in Maine a Harsh Blow to Gay-Marriage Drive
- Reuters: Maine Voters Latest to Turn Down Gay Marriage
- FiveThirtyEight: What Happened and Why?
- Wockner: Maine Voters 'Veto' Gay Marriage Law That Was Passed by Legislature and Signed by Governor
- Pam's House Blend: A Few Words on Maine and the Dying Hog of Homophobia
- Politico: Turnout High in Maine
- Pam's House Blend: 'No On 1' Final Rally today in Portland- Pix, Vids and a Few Thoughts
- Good As You: VIDEO - Twas the night before [another day where gay lives are put to offensive vote]
- Fox 23 Portland: VIDEO - Hundreds Rally for Gay Marriage
- The Washington Post: Stakes Are High in Maine's Vote on Gay Marriage
- Bangor Daily News: Mainers Head to Polls to Decide Same-Sex Marriage, Tax Changes
- The Baltimore Sun: EDITORIAL: Maine and Marriage
- Associated Press: Maine's Election Chief Projects 35 Percent Turnout
- DavidMixner.com: Maine, Obama and the LGBT Community
- Politico: Pre-criminations in Maine
Maryland
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- On Top Magazine: New Jersey Gay Marriage Hinges On Gubernatorial Race
- NJ Voices: COLUMN: New Jersey has brief chance to pass gay marriage legislation
- Box Turtle Bulletin: VIDEO - Equality New Jersey Goes Proactive
Two new tv ads from Garden State Equality
Oregon
Washington
- Seattle Times: Referendum 71 margin of approval increases slightly
- Seattle Times: Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
- Seattle Times: County-By-County Results for Ref. 71
So far, that is - Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Gay rights measure extends lead
- Slog blog - The Stranger: How Many Ballots Are Left to Count?
- Pam's House Blend: Washington's Referendum 71 still looking good
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Washington Ref 71 Update
- Associated Press: Wash. Supporters of Gay Rights Hope Lead Holds
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New gay rights law being approved by voters
- The Olympian: Voters supporting same-sex partnerships
- FiveThirtyEight: What Happened and Why?
- Hunter of Justice: Washington state returns may take several days
- OPB News: 51 Percent Voter Turnout Predicted In Washington State
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Election Day: Seattle mayor, gay rights measure top ballot
- The Olympian: EDITORIAL: This Election Cycle Is a Celebration of Disclosure
- Pam's House Blend: Washington Election Day To-Do List: Vote, Bug others to vote, then Party!
Federal
And elsewhere in relationships news, esp. big picture/post-election stuff...
- Associated Press: Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses
You're never gonna guess which two states have the highest percentages of gay couples who identify as married - The Washington Post: Gay Groups Say Loss Won't Alter Strategy
- Los Angeles Times: EDITORIAL: Time for Equal Rights for Gays Is Now
- The Washington Post: OP-ED: I'm a Lukewarm Accepter
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Comparing Gay Couples to Straight Couples
- Hunter of Justice: Gay marriage after Maine
PARENTING NEWS
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
Michigan
- The Michigan Messenger: Citing Kalamazoo Vote, Mich. House Panel Sends Civil Rights Law to Floor
- Detroit Free Press: EDITORIAL: A Vote for Tolerance in Kalamazoo
- Pam's House Blend: Elections Results: The Good In Kalamazoo
- Associated Press: Kalamazoo Voters Approve Antidiscrimination Law
- Kalamazoo Gazette: Kalamazoo voters approve anti-discrimination ordinance by a wide margin
- Towleroad: Kalamazoo Episcopalians Take Out Full Page Anti-Discrimination Ad
- Pam's House Blend: VIDEO - Godly Perverts And The Bathroom Meme
New York
Texas
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Fort Worth officers cleared in Rainbow Lounge report
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Ft. Worth Police: We Did No Wrong in Rainbow Lounge Raid
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Fort Worth Panel Urges Expansion of Gay Rights
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Being Gay Grounds for Judicial Disqualification for Texas Republicans
Federal: ENDA
Hearings today! You can follow our live feed here!
- The Bilerico Project: Liveblogging the Senate ENDA Hearing
- The Bilerico Project: Senate ENDA hearing: Where are the trans witnesses?
- Tom Harkins press release: U.S. Sen. Harkin: Statement on Employment Non-Dscrimination Act of 2009
- Hunter of Justice: ENDA chugging along
- Pam's House Blend: Traditional Values Coalition distorts marketing statistics to attack ENDA
Federal : Hate Crimes
- Gay Couples Law Blog: Hate Crimes Act Doesn't Violate Freedom of Speech Rights
- Pam's House Blend: Nancy Nangeroni: In the Wake of Hate Crime
Federal: DADT
TRANSGENDER NEWS
- The Bilerico Project: Senate ENDA hearing: Where are the trans witnesses?
- The Bilerico Project: Update: Statement on Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism in the DSM-V
HIV NEWS
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