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Entries from November 2008

Get Wanda Sykes in Their Face

November 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Patricia A. Gozemba
For those who doubt the efficacy of nation-wide rallies like last Saturday’s about Prop 8, I have two words: Wanda Sykes. It was worth dragging thousands of us out from Honolulu to Portland, Maine to have Wanda Sykes show up at a Las Vegas rally and come out to the world.

 Married for […]

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Tags: videos · california · marriage equality · 2008 election · Proposition 8

Yes We Can

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Last week, America voted for hope, not fear. For peace, not war. For love, not hatred. The election of Barack Obama represents what is best in the American spirit—fairness, equality, respect for hardworking people, a belief in a better tomorrow. It has been a long time coming. As Obama has said again and again over […]

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Tags: civil rights · lgbt family · Massachusetts · california · gay marriage · Arkansas · Florida · marriage equality · 2008 election · Arizona · Connecticut · Proposition 8

Swift-Boating Gay Marriage

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Swift-Boating Gay Marriage
Pat Gozemba
A look at the election maps for California shows how the LGBT community blew it on Proposition 8.
First of all, we ran TV ads that did not include LGBT people and our families. Jonathan Rauch called us “invisible.” No loving families smiling at each other on their wedding day, at the breakfast […]

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Tags: Uncategorized · lgbt family · california · gay marriage

48 More Hours of Gay Marriage in CA?

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments


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Tags: Uncategorized · california · gay marriage · marriage equality · 2008 election

Right Wing Using Courting Equality to Support Yes on Prop 8

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

 by Karen Kahn
The right wing blogs have picked up a story by Mass Resistance activist Brian Camenker, in which he slams us for providing Courting Equality as a gift to all Massachusetts public high school libraries. He claims that this was a tax-funded effort. This is an outright lie. This effort was funded through a […]

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Tags: california · Florida · 2008 election · Arizona · Connecticut