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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 9
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
Parker v. Lexington
The ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case.
- US Supreme Court Refuses Lexington Case (The Boston Globe)
- US Supreme Court rejects Lexington cases (Associated Press)
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
Look, we hate to say we told you so, so please just read today's clips and go make a donation to No on Prop. 8 today!
- Anti-gay marriage forces lead in cash just weeks from election (L.A. Now blog – Los Angeles Times)
- Mormons Renew Calls for Calif. Gay Marriage Ban (Associated Press)
- Young Mormons urged to join fight against gay marriage in California (Salt Lake Tribune)
- It's no fun in the gay marriage spotlight (City Insider blog – San Francisco Chronicle)
- Money may be behind new concerns over Prop. 8 (Politics blog – San Francisco Chronicle)
- Marriage Equality? Money Talks, and Politicians Ought To (Jezebel)
- Adwatch: Prop. 8 Ad Features Gavin Newsom (KCRA 3 Sacramento)
- Countering the Pro-Prop 8 Ads -- the Clock is Running Out (Pam’s House Blend)
- ALERT: Proposition 8 Update, Your Help Still Needed! (Towleroad)
- Prop 8 Ad Wars: "Yes" Gains Ground, Launches Infuriating New Ad (The Snitch - SFweekly.com)
- Red Alert In California (The Daily Dish – Andrew Sullivan)
- Polls flip: Gays about to lose marriage in California (AMERICAblog)
- T.R. Knight Answers No on 8's Plea for Money With $50,000 (The Advocate)
- Ruby-Sachs: Proposition 8 ad shows why judicial elections are a bad idea (Agenda blog – 365Gay)
- Californians Against Hate to End Boycott Against Bolthouse Farms in Fight Over Gay Marriage (Los Angeles Times)
- California Leads the Nation in Gay Rights (Los Angeles Times)
- Will Rep. David Dreier come out...against Prop 8? (Pam’s House Blend)
- Poll: Florida Gay-Marriage Ban Likely to Pass (Miami Herald)
- Lawyer Group Opposes Same-Sex Marriage Amendment (Miami Herald)
- Het Couple Loses For Once (Gay City News)
- New Study: Over 50,000 Latinos/as in Same-Sex Couples (The Williams Institute)
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
- New Schools Urged in Chicago (The Washington Post)
- City Leaders to Recommend Approval of Gay High School (Chicago Tribune)
- 2007 National School Climate Survey Finds Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT Students Experience Harassment (GLSEN press release)
- Ad Council Partners with GLSEN to Launch First-Ever LGBT-Themed Campaign, Think B4 You Speak (GLSEN press release)
- A Push to Curb the Casual Use of Ugly Phrases (The New York Times)
- Telling Sakia's Story (The Bilerico Project)
- Prom Gives Gays a Second Chance (Battle Creek Enquirer)
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- Firefighters' Lawyer Seeks Parade-Participation Ban (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- California protects gay seniors (Between the Lines News)