Each weekday, Get Busy, Get Equal brings you a sampling of national and regional LGBT and HIV legal and legislative 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.

ACLU NEWS

• Lavender Law: Beat Prop 8, Tip the Domino (Legal Pad: A Cal Law Blog)
  Focuses on LGBT Project Director Matt Coles’s remarks at Lavender Law
• BIG SHOCKER: Gay marriage foes at odds with ACLU (Good As You)

RELATIONSHIPS NEWS

California Prop. 8

• California Family Council spends most of the public's contributions on employees, not programs (Justin McLachlan)  
  Flash chart of CFC’s tax return info at the link above
• Prop 8’s Message to Youth: Blatant Lies and Transparent Bigotry (Box Turtle Bulletin)
• Episcopal bishops oppose gay marriage ban (San Jose Mercury News)

• Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Won't Campaign for Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
• Gay Marriage Ban Opposed by Board (Miami Herald)  
• Palm Beach Community College OKs Domestic Partner Benefits (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
• Did Rupert Murdoch Buy The St. Pete Times? (My Gay Nerve)
• Marriage amendment funding (The Bilerico Project)  
  The map referred to in this story can be viewed here
• Minority Report: By reframing marriage equality as a civil right, two African-American governors have become leading voices for gay rights (The Advocate)

PARENTING NEWS

• Circuit Court rules against Florida's ban on gay adoptions (Miami Herald)
• John Selig Outspoken Podcast Interview with Tom & Travis Knoll - A Gay Dad and His 17-Year Old Son (Family Equality Council blog)  

TRANSGENDER NEWS

• Ruling Turns Back Challenge to Transgender Law (The Washington Post)  
  Yay! Dana Beyer’s expression in the photo accompanying this story says it all…
• Court upholds Mont. Co. trans measure: Anti-discrimination law skips November ballot, goes into effect (Washington Blade)
• Montgomery County Transgender Nondiscrimination Law Protected From Repeal Effort (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Press Release)
• Maryland High Court Strikes Gender Identity Referendum from November Ballot (Human Rights Campaign Press Release)
• Maryland High Court Throws Out Referendum Petition That Attempted to Overturn Transgender Anti-Discrimination Law (Equality Maryland Press Release)

DISCRIMINATION NEWS

• Craig argues today to reverse plea in bathroom sex case (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
• Did Palin Try to Ban Books? (ABCNews.com)  
  Note: I don’t normally include clips about candidate news like this, but am including this one since this involves allegations of a government official attempting censorship of LGBT books