Posts Tagged ‘prop 8’
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
This is why you’ve been saving your pennies the past few months – it’s DEFYING INEQUALITY: The San Francisco Concert. Learn about the connection to the fantastic Wicked play here (and also find out about a possible discount, if you’re into that.) Get your tickets here. Via GoingSF:
“The special evening, presented by the San Francisco cast of Wicked, will include Patty Duke ( The Miracle Worker, Valley of the Dolls), Bruce Vilanch (writer – Academy Awards, Hairspray National Tour), Judy Gold (Emmy Award winner), Laughing Pizza (Parents Choice Awards, PBS daily), Matt Alber (singer/songwriter – Hide Nothing), Clifford Banagale ( Bruno, Altar Boyz), Boylesque, Connie Champagne ( Christmas with the Crawfords, Valley of the Dolls – stage production), Carmen Cusack ( South Pacific, Wicked), Ava Garter (burlesque star), Selene Luna ( The Cho Show), Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia (Winner of seven Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award), Empress XXX Donna Sachet (TV Host, COMCAST/Columnist, B.A.R.), Scott Matthew (singer/songwriter – Scott Matthew, Shortbus), Ryan Rigazzi ( Beach Blanket Babylon), Vocal Minority – An SFGMC Ensemble, Suzanne Whang ( Househunters, Las Vegas), and many more.”
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More deets. See you there!
“On Monday, October 26, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., the San Francisco cast of Wicked, along with members of the San Francisco arts community (and beyond), is coming together for one of the most important events of the year – Defying Inequality: The San Francisco Concert, a one-night only concert benefitting Marriage Equality USA and Garden State Equality – two equal rights organizations. Featuring stars from stage & screen, the concert will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre (3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA). A VIP reception will be held in the lobby immediately following the event. For tickets and information, please contact City Box Office at (415) 392-4400 and visit defyinginequality.com (click on San Francisco).
“The concert will be directed by Joe Dulude II with musical direction by Bryan Perri.
Tags: 2009, 26, 8, bruce vilanch, Cast, concert, defying inequality, eight, Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, monday, october, palace of fine arts, patty duke, play, prop 8, Proposition, san francsico, vip, wicked
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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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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Just minutes after the news came down from the California Supreme Court this morning, a crowd of hundreds on McAllister Street started marching past City Hall towards Van Ness Avenue. (Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Minister of Information Nate Ballard can be seen Twittering the scene camera left):
“Prop 8 – A Modern Day Witch Hunt”:
The marchers ended up at Grove and Van Ness to block the intersection with the intent of some them doing whatever it takes to get arrested. Supervisorial candidates Debra Walker and Rafael Mandelman linking up to block the street:
After a while, the people blocking the intersection started to sit down…
…under the pouring sun
Interestingly, all the cops in with the crowd blocking the normally busy intersection were “liason officers” familiar with the Castro area and the No on 8 movement. That’s quite a different approach compared to the way the SFPD handled the White Night Riots of three decades ago.
Non “liason officers” standing guard outside of the scrum:
The California Highway Patrol was up in the sky – there’ll be no embarrassment for them today, unlike this situation from last year when they didn’t know what was going on at first. Orbiting low and slow with the flaps extended a bit. It’s a living…
All the while, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was hosting a news conference inside City Hall:
The names of same-sex couples adorn this sculpture in the South Light Court:
Dennis Herrera with Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart:
See what they, and others had to say about today’s decision, after the jump
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Tags: 8, 8 eight, arrests, assembymember, attorney, blocked, california, city attorney, civic center, civil, court, debra Walker, decision, dennis herrera, department, dept., disobedience, gavin newsom, grove, intersection, leland yee, marraige, mcallister, police, prop, prop 8, Proposition, proposition 8, rafael mandelman, same-sex, San Francisco, san francsico, Senator, SFPD, street, Supervisor, supreme, supreme court, tom ammiano, traffic, van ness
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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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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
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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?
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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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Friday, December 12th, 2008
This aging Honda has something to say:
“S.F. POLITICIANS USE SAME SEX MARRIAGE TO HELP LESBIANS ROB THE CRADLE”
O.K. fine. If it’s any help to try to understand the message, the car also has a couple flags flying, as seen in the upper left. (Maybe that’s not too much help.)
At least the message is polite.
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Tags: 8, American, californai, california, civic center, cradle, david, eight, flag, Honda, israel, marriage, politicians, prop 8, Proposition, Rob, robbing, same-sex, San Francisco, star, white
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Most of the vehicles were trucks of one sort or another, many of them were work vehicles, and most of the passengers appeared to be Latino. What was it?
It was an evanescent parade of honking vehicles surrounding San Francisco’s City Hall for a brief period yesterday.
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Read all about it.
Tags: 8, City Hall, civic center, eight, honking, latino, no, parade, prop 8, proposition 8, San Francisco, suv, truck, yes
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