Blog : Press Clips
GET INFORMED: LGBT News for October 28
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
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins
Kerrigan and Mock, et. al. v. Commissioner of Public Health
The ACLU was co-counsel in this case – check out our release here. In re: GillRELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- ABCNews.com: Obama Surge Confounds Gay Marriage
Quotes ACLU LGBT Project Director Matt Coles - Los Angeles Times: Proposition 8 supporters plead for more advertising funds
- San Diego Union-Tribune: City Council votes 6-2 to oppose Prop. 8
- LATimes.com: OP-ED DEBATE: A Gay-Marriage Pandora's Box?
- KBAK/KBFX Bakersfield: Protester to Pursue Charges Against Schools Trustee
The protester who was videotaped being physically attacked by Kern County school board member Ken Mettler at a No on 8 rally has decided to file a complaint - video available at the link above - San Diego Union-Tribune: Marriage has been 'wonderful': Gay newlyweds assess new lives after exchanging vows
- Oxdown Gazette: Boxer: Vote NO on Prop 8, I am
- California Majority Report: Like John McCain, Prop 8's "Savvy Strategist" Has Em "Just Where We Want Them"
- China View: Proposal over same-sex marriage sparks controversy in California
- Joe. My. God.: Chinese Yes On 8 Ad Brings Up Incest, Pedophilia, Polygamy
Video available at the above link - The Huffington Post: Rick Warren and Prop 8 -- He Knows Better
- A Pentacostal Perspective (Houston Chronicle blog): Mega Church Pastor Backs Prop 8
- Pam’s House Blend: Counter Productive And Just Damn Wrong
Commentary on the story below - San Jose Mercury News: Vandals hit two San Jose homes with signs supporting ban on same-sex marriage
- Queerty: Sam Jackson Fights Prop 8!
- Pam’s House Blend: Professional fundies squeal over Prop 8 -- and the end of the world
- Pam’s House Blend: Write to Marry Day is October 29
- Pam’s House Blend: A Mormon View from California
- BeyondChron: Why Religious Conservatives Should Support Gay Marriage
- Good As You: Dumbed-down logic: The true danger from which we should protect children!
- Good As You: 'America's Finest City' vs. 'November's Nastiest Proposition'
- Good As You: 'Big names' vs. 'Wow, big shocker! names'
- Good As You: There's more to the sign than meets the eye
- Joe. My. God.: Mexican Soap Star Shills For Yes On 8
Video available at the above link
- Gainesville Sun: Howard Simon: Amendment 2 is not about gay marriage
OP-ED by the Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida - WMNF: Clergy protests Amendment 2
Quotes Becky Steele of the ACLU of Florida - St. Petersburg Times: Hundreds in Tampa rally against gay marriage ban
- Florida Times-Union: Amendment 2: Facts, Fears and Potential fallout
- Pam’s House Blend: Florida Chicanery
DISCRIMINATION NEWS
- The Morganton News-Herald: Gay Domestic Violence Victims Find it Harder to Get Help
- Birmingham Press-Register: Anti-Gay Potential Jurors Out of Trial in Mobile County Circuit Court