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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 15
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
- Washington Blade Blog: A hero a day: Anthony Romero
ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero is recognized during GLBT History Month - video also available at the link above
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.
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: EDITORIAL: This Just In . . .
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: State accused of ‘gay agenda’ in ban reversal
Kerrigan and Mock, et. al. v. Commissioner of Public Health
The ACLU was co-counsel in this case – check out our release here.- New York Times: Editorial: Separate Is Not Equal
- Hartford Courant: OP-ED: Same-Sex Marriage Foes: Blinded By Bias
- Hartford Courant: COLUMN: Court's Ruling On Marriage Crossed The Line
- The New Republic: Marriage Actually: What liberals could learn from the Connecticut Supreme Court's demolition of the anti-gay marriage position
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- San Francisco Chronicle: Conservative Christians Lead Push for Prop. 8
- Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Supervisors reject gay marriage ban
- San Diego Union-Tribune: Search begins to replace priest opposed to Prop. 8
- Associated Press: 'Ellen' Airs Video Against Gay Marriage Ban
The PSA can be viewed here; not clear whether this is only going on her website or whether she’s paying for it to air anywhere - Daily Kos: CA-Prop 8: Person-to-Person Activism
- CNET News: Google opposes anti-gay marriage measure
- Rex Wockner: Groan and write a check?
- Newsday: NY Court to Hear Challenge in Gay Marriages Case
- USA Today: Survey: Catholic Voters Split on Abortion, Gay Marriage
- The Bilerico Project: Same-Sex Marriage: Three Years On
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
- On Parenting (The Washington Post): Chicago Thinks Gay-Friendly High School May Be Answer
- The Washington Post: LETTER: Turning Down False Information
- Pam’s House Blend: Sharing stories with the Chapel Hill HS Gay-Straight Alliance
- Ventura County Star: Judge Rules Teen Accused of Murder May Switch Lawyers
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- The Standard-Speaker: Health Care Providers May Soon Be Able to Claim Moral Objections
- Pam’s House Blend: Ex-Gay Fraud Alert: So-Called Ex-Gays "Most Bullied and Maligned," Yet "Not Protected"
Wow, that takes chutzpah. - The Bilerico Project: Ex-Gays Want in on the ENDA