By Peter Scheer, Special to CNN It’s hard to imagine a video of lawyers debating points of constitutional law going viral on YouTube, but the audience for the Proposition 8 trial — a lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage — is potentially vast. Unfortunately, that audience will have to wait. U.S. [...]
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Justice served: Show Prop 8 trial on YouTube
Posted: 11th January 2010 by donwill in Breaking News, Gay Marriage, PoliticsTags: California, Proposition 8, sex marriage issue
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Calif. gay marriage trial defendant wants out of case; appeals court OKs YouTube video
Posted: 9th January 2010 by donwill in Gay Marriage, Hot topics, PoliticsTags: California, federal lawsuit, Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, San Francisco
PAUL ELIAS for the Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An outspoken gay marriage opponent serving as an official litigant defending the state’s ban on same-sex weddings on Friday asked a judge to remove him from the lawsuit because he feared the trial would generate publicity that could endanger him and his family. Hak-Shing [...]
Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies
Posted: 21st December 2009 by donwill in CelebritiesTags: California, gay, Retirement, Rights, Support
Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney who became a powerful behind-the-scenes influence on the family business, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. He was 79. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file) Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roy E. Disney, [...]
Gay Man Poised to Become Speaker of California Assembly
Posted: 5th December 2009 by donwill in PoliticsTags: California, John Pérez, Los Angeles County, Southern California
L.A. Democratic Assemblyman John Pérez looks set to become the first openly gay speaker of the California Assembly: “Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles County), said Wednesday that Pérez has secured support of a majority of the Assembly’s Democratic Caucus – including herself – and will have enough votes (41 are needed) to [...]