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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 23
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
Arkansas Parenting Ballot Initiative
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.
- University of Arkansas Press Release: Arkansas Poll: In Arkansas ‘It’s the Economy’ and It Is Also McCain
Note: This link opens a Word document
55% opposed to the anti-gay parenting initiative!!! - Arkansas Times Blog: Poll watching UPDATE
- Associated Press: Ark. judge says he's opposed to adoptions measure
- Arkansas News Bureau: One man's early vote
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- Associated Press: Public Schools Become Focus of Gay Marriage Ban
- CBS 5: State Education Officials Slam New Ads For Prop. 8
- Los Angeles Times: Most California Voters Still Oppose Gay-Marriage Ban, Poll Finds
- San Francisco Chronicle: Voters split in many ways on gay marriage ban
- FiveThirtyEight.com: Prop 8 a Toss-Up
- Orange County Register: Youth hold rally for gay marriage, despite parents' views
- San Francisco Chronicle: Margin Shrinks in Defeat of Gay Marriage Ban
- Los Angeles Times: Tom McClintock speaks out on farm animal, gay marriage measures
- Good As You: This is Tom's quip -- we're not pulling your leg, tail or marriage
- San Francisco Chronicle: Prop 8 rivals seek support in black churches
- Sacramento Bee: Ex-Folsom Mayor, to Signal Disapproval of Prop. 8, Announces He's Gay
- Associated Press: Hollywood Comes Out in Support of Gay Marriage
- The Malibu Times: Pepperdine professor's advocacy for Proposition 8 stirs controversy
- The Ellen Degeneres Show Blog: Don't Discriminate -- No on 8!
- Pam’s House Blend: CA: Black leaders come out against Prop 8
- Pam’s House Blend: New survey shows Prop 8 losing; 8 Against 8's goal reached on Day 3!
- Gay Patriot: Needed: A Serious Debate on Gay Marriage
- The Bilerico Project: Prop 8 updates: New ads, new polling, and lots of Ellen
- YouTube: Tim Gunn calls Prop. 8 "unattractive"
Video available at the link above - Good As You: skcuS 8 proP
Video available at the link above - Good As You: Lip service is fine, but it's gonna take sweat to win this thing
- Good As You: The lie detector's all like, 'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!'
Video available at the link above - Good As You: B.O. on nasty measure that smells like his initials: IT WILL FAIL!
- Good As You: Degeneres and Prop 8: She's doing an Ell of a job
- Miami Herald: Op-ED: Amendment 2 Is a Threat to Unwed Senior Couples
- Orlando Sentinel: Gay marriage opponents skirt rules, complaint alleges
- Tallahassee Democrat: Amendment 2 Proponents Raise Education Issue
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
- The Times Herald: In politics and life, gays face hurdles, Cloutier tells teens
Former Vallejo Councilman Gary Cloutier shares his stories about being an openly gay politician with local high school’s ACLU Club and GSA
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- The Washington Post: Library Backs Book On Same-Sex Parents
- Xtra.ca: Censoring online porn is a slippery slope, warn activists
Includes a section on how content filters often block non-pornographic LGBT websites