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ACLU NEWS

Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al

Mention of our case is folded in with a lot of other Prop. 8 coverage, of course. So while I’ve tried to catch everything I can that mentions our case in this email, it wouldn’t hurt to look at the Prop. 8 clips too.

• Associated Press: Thousands in Los Angeles Protest Gay-Marriage Ban
• Leonard Link: Proposition 8: Challenges Filed
• Gay City News: Voters Turn Back California Marriage
• Law Blog (Wall Street Journal): Unpacking the Challenges to Prop. 8: A Q&A With USC’s David Cruz
• The Volokh Conspiracy: Not so fast: Is Prop 8 an "amendment" or a "revision"?
• The Desert Sun: Proposition 8 Opponents Concede Ban Won
• The Shark: where were the law profs? prop 8 and the absence of opposition.
• Washington Blade: Voters in Calif., Fla. and Ariz. ban same-sex marriage: 3 lawsuits filed to counter Prop 8

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

• Gay City News: Jumping the Gun in Connecticut
• Washington Blade: Same-sex marriage arrives in Connecticut next week: 4,600 gay couples expected to wed within three years

RELATIONSHIPS NEWS

Multiple states

• Chicago Tribune: Gays Find Victory Falls Short
• Richmond Times Dispatch: OP-ED: Equality Made Strides - Yet Has Still More to Make
• Des Moines Register: EDITORIAL: Same-Sex Marriage Bans Regrettable

• The New York Times: Demise of Same-Sex Weddings Disheartens Businesses
• The Washington Post: OP-ED: Vows That Can't Be Voted Down
• No on Prop. 8: Proposition 8 Vote Disappointing, Shows Great 8-Year Progress
• Baptist “Press”: 'Historic' campaign scored Prop 8's win in California
  Check out the bad guys’ assessment of how they won
• La Opinión: A California embarrassment
• NoFo: Proposition Hate
  A pretty moving personal story by a gay man who, with his partner, has been caring for a developmentally disabled teenager who was severely abused by his traditionally married mom and dad
• Pam’s House Blend: Conservative blogger comes out of the closet over Prop 8
• Los Angeles Times: OP-ED: Misusing Biology to Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
• Salon: Glenn Greenwald: An answer to Proposition 8: Repealing DOMA
• The Daily Dish: Andrew Sullivan: A Closeted Campaign Never Works
  Woohoo, let the finger-pointing begin! THAT’s productive!
• The Daily Dish: Andrew Sullivan: No On 8: "Don't Say 'Gay'"
• The Advocate: Barbara Boxer: Marriage Fight Not Over
• The Advocate: Gay Marriage: An Electoral Liability
• The Washington Post: Most of California's Black Voters Backed Gay Marriage Ban
• The Huffington Post: Stop Blaming California's Black Voters for Prop 8
• The Huffington Post: Historically Black Homophobia
• The Bilerico Project: Our Choice on Prop 8 and African Americans: Reckless Carping or Productive Change?
• The Bilerico Project: Race, sexuality, and Proposition 8
• Los Angeles Times: Prop. 8 Protesters Target Mormon Temple in Westwood
• Good As You: FYI: Mormon Temple Protest
• Huffington Post: Gays Hit Back at Mormons -- Please Join Us
• Good As You: (1) We cry. (2) We take a stand!
• Good As You: “Wicked” Bias
• Good As You: Yo Randy: You've won nothing, pal!
• The Huffington Post: Prop Hate
• Towleroad: More Protests Planned Over Passage of Proposition 8: Schedule
• The Bilerico Project: They are Marching in the Streets
• L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center: Online Initiative Launched to Help Overturn Prop. 8, Send a Message to Mormon Church Leaders
• L.A. Now (Los Angeles Times): Gay Celebrities' Reaction to Passage of Prop. 8
• The Daily Beast: Melissa Etheridge: You Can Forget My Taxes
• Pam’s House Blend: Family Research Council on Prop 8 demonstration -- "anti-family rioting"
• Pam’s House Blend: "but we will soldier on." On Prop 8
• Pam’s House Blend: Police beating caught on tape at West Hollywood Prop 8 protest
  Video available at the link above

• Miami Herald: EDITORIAL: Gay-Marriage Ban Mars Smooth Election

YOUTH AND SCHOOLS NEWS

• The Sunbury Daily Item: Gay Father Fights Back