Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Seems that a few precincts in San Francisco supported Proposition 8, so some bloggers have been going around town with Equality California to canvass those areas in particular. Tomorrow’s focus is in Visitacion Valley. (If you’re not a blogger already, it takes like five minutes to get started.)
Deets below and right here:
Meet all your favorite internet friends in real life and contribute to a great cause!”
As Visi Valley looks on a clear day:
via ceedub
The deets:
You’re invited to join local bloggers for a marriage equality canvass on Saturday, February 13th, from 10am-2:30pm with Equality California.
This is a great opportunity to turn just a few hours of easy work into a huge contribution to the fight for equality. Plus it’s a great excuse to meet and mingle with a crowd of awesome online writers, and learn about some of the work being done to restore marriage equality!
What’s a canvass, you ask? We pick neighborhoods that voted majority Yes on 8 to go door to door and talk to people about marriage equality. We start out with a really thorough training and chance to practice, so you’ll learn how to have non-confrontational but productive conversations that will change people’s minds about marriage equality. You’ll go out in teams of two to knock doors for a couple hours, and then we’ll meet up at the end to talk about how it went.
Please come a few minutes early so that we can start on time. After we canvass, we’ll debrief and wrap up by 2:30pm. Bloggers are invited to stick around longer for a special debrief and chance to network with other bloggers.
And of course, your readers and friends are invited to come too — please feel free to post the details on your blog beforehand. The more the merrier!
And you can follow along on Twitter with hashtag #eqwalk.
Just RSVP and let us know if you can make it. We’ll send you the details on when and where to meet. Hope to see you there!
Tags: 8, blogger, bloggers, california, canvass, cora, court, eight, equality california, Gay, GLBT, homosexual, leland, LGBT, lgbtq, marriage, martket, playground, porposition, prop, queer, rights, San Francisco, SF, street, Visitacion Valley
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
I don’t know, it seems San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is a little hacked off these days because President Barack Obama didn’t want the two of them to be photographed together back in 2004, a time when Gavin was seen as uniquely emblematic of the marriage equality issue. Barack didn’t want photos of the two of them together on the Associated Press wire available for publication in every podunk newspaper all over the country – he didn’t want to deal with that issue.
All right, fair enough. But I can recall a time when Gavin himself was hacked off over a certain photograph depicting marriage equality being on the AP wire.
Leave us travel back to aught-four, when gay weddings were going on all over City Hall. At the time, some folks from Room 200 were very sensitive about the idea of the Mayor being photographed or filmed while he himself was officiating weddings. For whatever reason.
So when he agreed, as a courtesy, to officiate the wedding of a couple of blondes in his elegant office*, the press was emphatically banned despite the fact that they (quite reasonably) felt that they were invited to the ceremony. The media were forced to bide their time waiting just outside the Mayor’s Office.
And this was the scene of the scrum in the hallway afterwards. You might find Waldo in there, but not Gavin:
But look, here he is officiating the ceremony just five minutes before:
This particular photo was processed, emailed, released to the AP, and published in podunk newspapers within hours, to the consequent consternation of the mayor’s people. It seems perfectly cromulent now but, at the time, this kind of scene was seen by some as Too Hot For Publication.
Of course that certainly was a bold move Gavin made in 2004, no doubt about it. I’ll tell you, back in the 1990’s I took a course from a local professor who, in 2003, strongly supported and volunteered for Gavin’s brainy opponent in that year’s mayoral election. But soon thereafter, said professor’s opinion of Mayor Newsom did a 180 solely because of the marriage equality issue - the prof. would go on and on about how much he appreciated Gavin’s actions, and later on, he actually supported Gavin’s reelection (along with the good bulk of everybody else) in 2007.
So nobody doubts the mayor of San Francisco really stuck his neck out on this issue back in the day. But students of history should be foregiven if they can’t square their memories of 2004 100% with what’s being said in 2010.
Just saying.
*Hello, Maureen’s fact-checkers in New Yawk? Starting up a “boutique wine shop in Napa Valley” makes about as much sense as opening a coal shop in Newcastle. How about a Napa Valley wine shop in San Francisco – that would be a lot closer to the mark. Just saying.
Tags: 2004, 2010, Barack Obama, City Hall, equality, gavin newsom, Gay, GLBT, Lesbian, LGBT, marriage, Mayor, media, Photograph, San Francisco, weddings
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a message for you.
As seen on Divisidero:
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Isn’t the stained glass theme a little sacralicious? Mmmmm.
Anyway, the bus ads match the billboards. Let’s hear from the FFRF:
“Without religion, Prop 8 would not have passed. It is a fact that organized religion was responsible for revoking marriage equality in California. Proposition 8 was conceived by the megachurches and church leaders, bankrolled by donors from denominations such as the Mormons and religious-right groups, and vociferously promoted from the pulpits of Roman Catholic, fundamentalist Protestant and Mormon churches,” added Gaylor.
O.K. then.
Tags: 8, ad, advertising, agency, Atheists, banner, bus, california, divisidero street, ffrf, freedom from religion foundation, Gay, imagine no religion, madison, marriage, mta, Muni, municipal railway, placard, prop, prop 8, religion, same-sex, San Francisco, SFMTA, wisconsin
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The anti-Prop 8 crowd in San Francisco has managed to express itself without getting arrested so far but all that might change on Tuesday, when the California Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling.
Read below for some of what’s planned.
There’s lots of interest in this issue around town - here’s Market Street a few month’s back:
Civil Disobedience if the Court Upholds Prop 8
“This morning, the CA Supreme Court announced that next Tuesday, May 26, we will have a decision about Prop 8. A dangerous precedent has been set that any minority’s rights can be stripped away at the ballot, but the Supreme Court has the opportunity to restore justice and sanity.
“Our rights hang in the balance. Now is the time to act. Next Tuesday, join us for an interfaith prayer service at 8:30 a.m. at St. Francis Lutheran Church in San Francisco (at the corner of Church & Market). Following the service, we will march down Market St. to the Civic Center, where we’ll gather with our community to hear the Court’s decision.”
Tuesday should be memorable no matter how the Court rules.
Tags: $100, 000, 2009, 8, 8 eight, Bisexual, california, candle, candlelight, castor, castro, civic center, civil disobedience, eight, eve of justice, Gay, lbgt, Lesbian, LGBT, march, march 4, march 4th, march forth, march fourth, market, marriage, prop, prop 8, Proposition, rally, same-sex, San Francisco, street, supreme court, vigil
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Now let’s see if we can get today’s Prop 8 timeline straight here. This morning, this bit went up on the Azire Times:
“Our source tells us that the [CA Supreme] court has now decided to push pack the ruling for another week or two fearing the ruling would inflame tensions if it ruled on the same date. He said, “‘tensions are running high and the court was asked to move date of ruling.’”
Fair enough. After that, came this “exclusive” from Towleroad.com”
Exclusive: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom Asked Court to Delay Prop 8 Ruling
Confidential sources close to San Francisco City Hall told Towleroad’s Corey Johnson that the California Supreme Court was prepared to release its opinion on Proposition 8 tomorrow, but decided to delay the ruling after a call from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Newsom reached out to the Supreme Court and asked them to hold off releasing their decision so it did not coincide with the White Night riots,” said our source.
After that, came this:
STATEMENT FROM NATHAN BALLARD
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM
“Today a website posted an item that quoted a false allegation from an unnamed source: “Mayor [Gavin] Newsom reached out to the Supreme Court and asked them to hold off releasing their decision so it did not coincide with the White Night riots.”
“This allegation is not true. We have asked the website to correct the item immediately.”
Is this last statement a “pregnant denial“? Seems a little skimpy, anyway. Is this whole thing a big deal?
Only Time Will Tell.
Does the anti-Prop 8 crowd look the rioting type?
via Steve Rhodes Click to expand
Tags: azire times, california, communications, denial, director, gavin newsom, Gay, marriage, nate ballard, negative pregnant, porp 8, pregnant, proposition 8, rights, ruling, same-sex, San Francisco, supreme court, towleroad
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
This is just like a sports match today in Civic Center- hot dog vendors, Jumbotron TVs broadcasting the action, and cheers and boos from the home team fans.
Get the play by play from Attorney General Jerry Brown and see a bit of the action below, via the photstream of Steve Rhodes – He’s Everywhere you Want To Be.
Let’s take a look:
Repeal Prop 8, Separate Church and State:
And a word to the Court Justices: “Don’t Eff It Up.”
To Be Continued…
Tags: $100, 000, 8, attorney general, Bisexual, california, candle, candlelight, castor, castro, City Hall, civic center, eight, eve of justice, Gay, Governor, jerry brown, jumbotron, jumob, lbgt, Lesbian, LGBT, march, march 4, march 4th, march forth, march fourth, market, marriage, prop, prop 8, Proposition, rally, same-sex, San Francisco, street, supreme court, tv. live, twitter, vigil
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
This is what it looked like this evening in San Francisco’s Castro District, the starting off point for the Eve of Justice march to the Civic Center. Tomorrow, the California Supreme Court will hear the challenges to Proposition 8.
A large crowd gathering near the Castro Theatre. Click to expand:
Joseph Smith had 34, Brigham Young had 55…
What civil rights Would Jesus Deny?
Headed towards Civic Center:
Stewie Griffin:
Lots of people and lots of signs filling Market Street.
It will start up again tomorrow morning…
Tags: $100, 000, 8, 8 eight, Bisexual, california, candle, candlelight, castor, castro, civic center, eight, eve of justice, Gay, lbgt, Lesbian, LGBT, march, march 4, march 4th, march forth, march fourth, market, marriage, prop, prop 8, Proposition, rally, same-sex, San Francisco, street, supreme court, vigil
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
It appears that former California Governor Jerry Brown will be a-Twittering away tomorrow to keep Twitter-ees apprised of Proposition 8 developments at the California State Supreme Court in San Francisco.
Also, he just released his thoughts about Prop 8 (in old-school “140+ character” format):
Proposition 8 Should Be Struck Down
by Jerry Brown
The California Supreme Court finds itself center stage tomorrow when it will hear oral arguments on whether it should uphold Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage. The case touches the heart of our democracy and poses a profound question: can a bare majority of voters strip away an inalienable right through the initiative process? If so, what possible meaning does the word inalienable have?
Who will be the next to catch Twitter fever?
“The state faced a dilemma like this before. In 1964, 65 percent of California voters approved Proposition 14, which would have legalized racial discrimination in the selling or renting of housing. Both the California and U.S. Supreme Courts struck down this proposition, concluding that it amounted to an unconstitutional denial of rights.
As California’s Attorney General, I believe the Court should strike down Proposition 8 for remarkably similar reasons – because it unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples and deprives them of the fundamental right to marry.
More after the jump
(more…)
Tags: $100, 000, 8, attorney general, Bisexual, california, candle, candlelight, castor, castro, civic center, eight, eve of justice, Gay, Governor, jerry brown, lbgt, Lesbian, LGBT, march, march 4, march 4th, march forth, march fourth, market, marriage, prop, prop 8, Proposition, rally, same-sex, San Francisco, street, supreme court, twitter, vigil
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
This is the way it will go tonight, starting at 5:00PM in the Castro, per SF FYI Net:
Eve of Justice: Lighting The Way For The Supreme Court. Gather at Market and Castro from 5:00PM to 6:00PM for pre-march rally in Harvey Milk Plaza. March steps off at 6pm down Market Street to the CA Supreme Court (Civic Center) at 6:45pm for vigil program, re-commitment ceremony, speakers and moment of silence. [map] For more information contact ca-sanfrancisco@marriageequality.org
These two were at the candlelight vigil in November – will they come back tonight?
via Steve Rhodes Click to expand
Then on Thursday, March 5th, 2009, the 100,000 March Supreme Court action begins.
See you there!
Tags: $100, 000, 8, 8 eight, Bisexual, california, candle, candlelight, castor, castro, civic center, eight, eve of justice, Gay, lbgt, Lesbian, LGBT, march, march 4, march 4th, march forth, march fourth, market, marriage, prop, prop 8, Proposition, rally, same-sex, San Francisco, street, supreme court, vigil
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Comes word today from Quintin Mecke of Assemblymember Tom Ammiano’s office about a non-budget related vote in Sacramento. Of course Prop 8 passed by a fair margin in 2008 but judging by the pack of hyenas on the attack in 2009, it might not be around for too long a time.
Just saying. Here’s the latest:
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE PASSES RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROP 8
Ammiano Measure Supports Equal Rights
Today the members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee passed House Resolution 5 (Ammiano, D-San Francisco) by a vote of 7 to 3, which resolves that the Assembly opposes the implementation of Prop 8. H.R. 5 states that Prop 8 is an improper revision of the California Constitution.
On the job (on a State Holiday) in San Francisco, not too long ago.
“I am proud of my colleagues and their unequivocal support of equal treatment for all Californians. This resolution speaks directly to the fundamental rights of same-sex couples to have equal protection under the Constitution, rights that cannot be taken away by popular vote. I am confident that the Assembly will support the repeal of Proposition 8 and confirm the basic rights of all Californians,” said Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), author of HR 5.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, added “The Legislature again affirmed the rights of the minority to have equal protection under the Constitution. If Prop 8 is upheld, it would have a devastating effect on the hard won rights for women, minorities, and the disabled. We look to the court to extend equal protections of the law to all as the Legislature had done with the passage of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act.”
The resolution points out that a revision is a substantial change to the underlying principles of the California Constitution, or to the structure of California’s basic governmental plan. As a result, pursuant to the California Constitution, the Legislature must initiate a change of this magnitude; it cannot be accomplished through the initiative process.
A similar measure, Senate Resolution 7, has been introduced by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). That measure resolves that the California State Senate also oppose Prop 8 on constitutional grounds. It will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.
The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of the state’s gay marriage ban on March 5. On January 15, sixty-five current and former state legislators, including Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, filed a friend of the court brief seeking to invalidate Proposition 8 because it circumvents basic protections required by our Constitution and eliminates a fundamental right for a minority of Californians.
To be continued…
Tags: 8, City Hall, eight, equality, Gay, march, market, marriage, no, prop, proposition 8, protest, San Francisco, tom ammiano, yes
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