Category Archives: Ballot Measures
Prop 8 – Day 4: From money to mental health
The discussion at the Proposition 8 trial Thursday swung from economics to mental health. Each inquiry had its legal purpose.
Mid-day report: Thursday morning Prop 8 trial
It was mostly a numbers game in the courtroom this morning during Day 4 of the federal trial challenging Proposition 8.
Prop 8: An offspring of the Anita Bryant crusade?
Attorneys challenging the California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage painted the “Yes on 8” campaign today as a modern day copycat of Anita Bryant’s late 1970s campaign to “Save the Children.”
Interim report: Tuesday morning Prop 8 trial
Take-home message from expert Nancy Cott’s testimony today: The push by gay and lesbian couples to obtain equal access to marriage has done much to improve the status of marriage in the U.S, not harm it.
Prop 8 trial: Probing judge and high court intervention
The trial to challenge Proposition 8 in federal court got underway Monday in San Francisco but the opening acts were upstaged in Washington, D.C.
Historic trial begins today; case seeks to strike Prop 8
The trial to challenge Proposition 8 opens at 9 a.m. Pacific time this morning, and it promises to be an event of historic proportions for the LGBT community on many levels—legally, politically, and dramatically.
Gays, Blackwater, and aborigines?
A look at how Proposition 8 defenders seek to justify the same-sex marriage ban What do gay political icon Harvey Milk, anti-gay marriage activist Maggie Gallagher, controversial military contractor Blackwater, and the Walibiri aborigines of Central Australia have in common?
