Blog : Press Clips
GET INFORMED: LGBT News for November 17
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
Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al
Our lawsuit, filed in conjunction with our friends at Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, asking the California Supreme Court to invalidate Prop. 8. Learn more about it here.
- Los Angeles Times: California Supreme Court ponders challenges to gay-marriage ban
- Los Angeles Times: OP-ED: A Federal Bailout for Prop. 8
RELATIONSHIPS NEWS
California Prop. 8
- Bits blog (The New York Times): Gay-Rights Activists Use Web to Organize Global Rally
- New York Times: Across U.S., Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage
- Box Turtle Bulletin: Rallies Across America
HUGE rundown of the many rallies against Prop 8 over the weekend - Jezebel: Love Not Hate: Proposition 8 Protest Pictures From Readers Across The Country
Fun gallery, and more pictures in the comments - The Charleston Gazette: Gays deserve fair treatment
Nice op/ed by Seth DiStefano, our field organizer at the ACLU of West Virginia - Los Angeles Times: Mormon Church Feels the Heat Over Proposition 8
- Pam’s House Blend: Rainbow of civil rights groups petition CA court to halt enactment of Prop 8
- Sacramento Bee: Gay Leaders Wary of Boycotting Prop. 8's Supporters
- San Francisco Chronicle: Trends Beyond Black Vote in Play on Prop. 8
- Bay Area Reporter: No on Prop 8 official grilled over campaign
- San Francisco Chronicle: Wealthy Gay Men Backed Anti-Prop. 8 Effort
- Pam’s House Blend: Oh no you didn't! (Why it's not ok to support Prop 8, then hide behind the Constitution)
- Good As You: Time Flies When You’re Having Your Rights Stripped Away
- Sun-Sentinel: Gay marriage was not on the November ballot in Florida
This Op/Ed by ACLU of FL ED Howard Simon has already or will soon also run in the Orlando Sentinel, Naples Daily News, Key West Citizen, Sun-Sentinel, Miami SunPost, and others