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GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 24
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.
- The Morning News: Voters Against Foster, Adoption Ban
- The Morning News: Race, Clinton Loyalty Hobble Obama In Arkansas, Poll Says
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- Associated Press: Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Backers Target Businesses
- KFMB CBS 8: Threatening Letters Spark New Prop 8 Controversy
- Pam’s House Blend: Yes on 8 sends blackmail letters
- Good As You: What Companies Would Jesus Blackmail?
Has the full text of the letter referenced in the previous stories - Joe. My. God.: Yes on 8 Launches Blackmail Campaign
- Towleroad: Protect Marriage Blackmailing Businesses to Support Prop 8
- Joe. My. God: Gay Marriage = Child Prostitution
- Good As You: And we didn't think it could get more insane....
- NPR Day to Day: If Gay Marriage Is Allowed, Will Schools Promote It?
Audio available at the above link - Washington Blade: Public schools become focus of gay marriage ban
- 365Gay: OPINION: Rudolph: Teaching children about gays and lesbians
- The Wall Street Journal: EDITORIAL: Big Labor Does Gay Marriage
Ya know, if the Yes on 8 people didn’t want educators to get involved with No on 8, maybe they shouldn’t have gone around spreading big fat lies about what Prop. 8 would mean for school curricula? - Washington Blade: Fierce fight over Prop 8: Pelosi, Feinstein get involved, but Obama, Schwarzenegger on the sidelines
- Pam’s House Blend: UC Berkeley Chancellor warns of LGBT brain drain if Prop 8 passes
- UC Berkeley News: Chancellor Birgeneau informs campus of likely impacts of Proposition 8
- Washington Blade: OPINION: Where were you during Prop 8 fight?
- USA Today: Churches Square Off for Voters on California Gay Marriage
- Sacramento Bee: Nine ARC Leaders Still Standing
- Visalia Times-Delta: OP-ED: Disapproval of lifestyle not a reason to ban gay marriage
- The Bilerico Project: Mormon Power Grab: It's Tearing Families Apart
- Associated Press: Gay Marriage Advocates to Petition Mormon Leader
- Pam’s House Blend: 8 Against 8 - Day 5: approaching $10,000 to fight Prop 8!
- Top of the Ticket (Los Angeles Times): Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Strike Gold and Are Spending It
- The Bilerico Project: Save the Children
- 23/6: A Letter to California Heterosexuals
Florida Amendment 2
- Miami Herald: Poll: Gay-Marriage Ban Just Short of Passing
- Local 10 Miami: Elected Officials Take Stand Against Marriage Amendment
- The Fort Myers News-Press: Gay Marriage a Huge Draw for Florida Voters
- The Bilerico Project: The Insanity of John Stemberger: Going Down the Rabbit Hole in Florida
- Pam’s House Blend: FL Amendment 2 Supporters Running Illegal Campaign
- Gay City News: Another Manhattan Divorce Case
- Gay City News: Gay Marriage Will Battle Avoided
- The Bilerico Project: Marriage won't solve all our problems, part II
YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS
- Chicago Tribune: Daley Has Concerns on School for Gays
- Chicago Tribune: OP-ED: Providing Refuge
- Chicago Tribune: OP-ED: Yielding to Bias
- Chicago Sun Times: Daley voices concerns about gay high school
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- Between the Lines News: A Supreme choice: In the upcoming election, Judge Diane Hathaway fights to restore fairness, equality in Michigan Supreme Court
Quotes Jay Kaplan of the ACLU of Michigan - Washington Blade: National ‘ex-gay’ group appeals D.C. human rights office decision
- 365Gay: OPINION: Neff: Stop putting gay rights to a vote
TRANSGENDER NEWS
- Contra Costa Times: Former Patton State Technician Sentenced in Case Involving Transgender Patient
Can’t quite tell from this story whether the victim was M2F or F2M – they use male pronouns throughout the story but it sounds like they’re talking about a M2F woman – in which case the paper deserves a smack upside the head