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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 6
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.
ACLU NEWS
Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. State of Alaska
- Sarah Palin 'tolerant' of gays 'choosing' partners; Joe Biden claims Constitutional guarantee for same-sex benefits (Metro Weekly)
Our DP protection case for Alaska state employees came up (sort of) in last week’s vice presidential candidate debate
Reacting to the ACLU's unanimous victory at the Arkansas Supreme Court striking down an anti-gay foster care ban in Howard v. Child Welfare Agency Review Board, anti-gay activists have been attempting to get an initiative on the ballot that would ban unmarried couples who live together from serving as adoptive or foster parents in the state of Arkansas. The ACLU is part of the coalition opposing this needless measure that would only harm children by reducing the pool of potential homes. Learn more about the Howard case here.
- State hears testimony on foster-parent ban (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
- Beebe backs off support of foster care policy on unmarried couples (Associated Press)
- Vote 'No' on Initiated Act 1 (Arkansas Times Blog)
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- COLUMN: Prop. 8 and Teaching to the Marriage Test (Los Angeles Times)
- Prop. 8 Sides Tread Lightly for Swing Voters (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Updated Yes on 8 Plans and Personnel (Pam’s House Blend)
- Churches Debate Prop. 8 Sermons (The Desert Sun)
- Priest's Shocking Revelation (KSFN ABC 30)
Video at the link above - Hollywood urged to donate more to fight Proposition 8 (Reuters)
- Fall Out Boy Donates $50K to Gay Marriage Fight (Aversion)
- Gay marriage opponents 'thank' Obama (CBS News)
- Supreme Court Schedules Gay Marriage Hearing (Associated Press)
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments December 9 Lambda Legal’s challenge to the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples - Arizona: Marriage ban supporters continue to fill their coffers (Pam’s House Blend)
- Cold Stone Creamery Founders Donate Against Gay Marriage in Arizona (Joe. My. God.)
- Orlando To Vote On Same-Sex Benefits (CFNews13.com)
- Taking Sides on a Constitutional Convention (The New York Times)
- COLUMN: Gay families are here, no matter what the Florida Constitution says (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)