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 Initiated Act 1

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 managed 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: COLUMN: ‘No’ reigns on ballot items
• The Arkansas Leader: EDITORIAL: Vote no on Act 1

Kerrigan and Mock, et. al. v. Commissioner of Public Health

• Associated Press: Gay Marriages to Begin Next Month in Connecticut
• TheDay.com: Coalition: Don't Mess With State's Constitution
• Associated Press: Connecticut JPs ready to perform gay marriages
• The Journal Register: CT Episcopalians ask OK for gay marriage

RELATIONSHIPS NEWS

California Prop. 8

• USA Today: Californians Go to 'War' Over Prop 8's Gay-Marriage Ban
• LATimes.com: OP-ED DEBATE: How Would Prop. 8 Affect Married Same-Sex Couples?
• San Francisco Chronicle: Newsom Ignores Risks, Campaigns Against Prop. 8
• Eureka Times-Standard: KHUM Declines to Run 'Yes on Prop 8' Ad
• San Diego Union-Tribune: Proposition 8 Would Blunt Biotech Edge, Execs Say
• Associated Press: LDS Church Donates to Back Proposition 8
• The Huffington Post: Proposition 8: "It Is Written, But I Say Unto You."
• Change.org: Pastor Rick Warren Disappoints and Comes Out for Prop 8
• Los Angeles Times: OPINION: Prop. 8 ads' invisible gays
• Joe. My. God.: Hollywood Says No on 8
  Video available at the above link
• Pam’s House Blend: My Straight Twin on Prop. 8
• The Bilerico Project: More Proposition 8 ads from California: Exploiting children, Republicans Against 8, and Don't be a Douche
  Video available at the above link
• The Bilerico Project: Yes on 8 Perpetrators Should Be Prosecuted
• Good As You: Video: Right faces take on wrong initiative
  Video available at the above link
• Good As You: Audio: We are offended. PERSONALLY.
  Video and audio available at the above link

• Towleroad: Lawsuit Filed Against Florida 'Pro-Family' Group Over Marriage Ban
• Pam’s House Blend: Say NO to Amendment 2- Do your pART
• Pam’s House Blend: Florida's Amendment 2: The Lessons from Michigan

• Joe. My. God.: NY Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith Won't Talk About Marriage Equality
  Video available at the link above
• Good As You: The first step, Mr. Mohler, is to start listening to us. No, we mean actually listening. Like with your ears.

DISCRIMINATION NEWS

• Philadelphia Inquirer: Hate-Law Amendment Repeal Leaves 'Most Vulnerable' Unprotected
  A new bill introduced in the state legislature would restore protections in the state hate crimes law for sexual orientation and gender identity, which were removed by the state Supreme Court in July