Archive for May, 2009
Ted Olson goes to court on behalf of gay marriage
Posted by olloverlb in Opinion & Editorial, Prop 8 News on May 29th, 2009
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
05/26/09 9:59 PM EDT
Former Bush administration solicitor general Theodore Olson is part of a team that has filed suit in federal court in California seeking to overturn Proposition 8 and re-establish the right of same-sex couples to marry.
The suit argues that the state’s marriage ban, upheld Tuesday by the California Supreme Court, violates the federal constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. The complaint was filed Friday, and Olson and co-counsel David Boies — who argued against Olson in the Bush v. Gore case — will hold a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday to explain the case. The conference will feature the two same-sex couples on whose behalf Olson filed suit.
Long Distance Race
Posted by mcrakow in Personal Essays on May 28th, 2009
This is why eventually there will be equality (As seen at the West Hollywood Rally on Tuesday, May 26th).
Gay Youth-Same Sex Marriage Ban
This is a PSA I produced in 2003. It was written and directed by Karel. We won 4th place in a GLAAD contest. Please share with other people, we need attention to this issue.
Oliver Wroblowski
Zealots 1, People 0
Posted by olloverlb in Opinion & Editorial on May 28th, 2009
May 26th, 2009
California Court Proves Theocracy Alive and Well
By charles Karel bouely
It’s a shame gay means happy, because today in California there’s not much for anyone to be happy about, and I mean anyone that knows or understands government or the Constitution of the State or country for that matter.
Today the State Supreme Court showed no courage and did the unthinkable, codifying religious doctrine in the state’s constitution by removing equal protection under the law from taxpaying Californians whose only crime is being condemned by zealots in the name of some Lord. They did not uphold a ban on same sex marriage, they allowed a well funded theocratic movement to segregate members of the state and exclude them from entering in to a legal contract based solely on gender. They did not prohibit gay marriage, since there is no such thing as gay marriage: there’s marriage, and marriage inequality, and that’s it. In five states in the U.S. there’s marriage equality. In California, there’s not only marriage inequality but the doors have been opened for any well-funded ideology to step in, get something on the ballot and tie the hands of all the branches of government to do anything about it.