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POPSProp 8 Legal Challenge Filed Last May, the California Supreme Court found that depriving same-sex couples the right to marry violated equal protection – and that LGBT people are a "suspect class." A "suspect class" is a group that has suffered discrimination and needs protection. The central purpose behind equal protection is to protect unpopular minorities from a political majority who could take away their rights. You can’t simply change the Constitution by majority vote to take away the right of gay people to marry – because that right comes from the equal protection clause. As Herrera wrote in his brief, "without a judiciary that has the final word on equal protection, there simply is no such thing as equal protection."
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POPSProp 8: not a sign of the future, but the "last gasp of a fringe movement" More: On the front page of the New York Times today, reporters Jesse McKinley and Laurie Goodstein assert that the success of anti-gay marriage iniatives in California, Arizona and Florida has “ignited a debate about whether the movement to expand the rights of same-sex couples had hit a cultural brick wall.” That, frankly, is ridiculous. Here's why: … Therefore, this week’s victories for the religious right in California, Arizona and Florida are really the last gasp of a fringe movement trying to forestall the inevitable, rather than proof of a new “cultural brick wall.”
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POPSSex for Christ! I wonder how many folks read this and thought that perhaps the pastor's wife was withholding a bit? Nothing like a little peer pressure to ramp up the marital fires.
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POPSAnti-Gay, Anti-Family Even before the law passed, the state estimated that it had only about a quarter of the foster parents it needed. Beginning on Jan. 1, a grandmother in Arkansas cohabitating with her opposite-sex partner because marrying might reduce their pension benefits is barred from taking in her own grandchild; a gay man living with his male partner cannot adopt his deceased sister’s children. Social conservatives are threatening to roll out Arkansas-style adoption bans in other states. And the timing couldn’t be worse: in tough economic times, the numbers of abused and neglected children in need of foster care rises. But good times or bad, no movement that would turn away qualified parents and condemn children to a broken foster care system should be considered “pro-family.”
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POPSMarriage Equality Begins in Connecticut Behold, America, as society fails to collapse in Connecticut, just as it didn't in Massachusetts. Families are strengthened, not destroyed, churches aren't closing, the devil doesn't rule, and children don't "go gay" in droves. In other words, it's just people getting married. Time to grow the hell up, America.
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POPSFirst CN Gay Marriages Wednesday, November 12, 2008 is the first day the state of Connecticut issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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POPSGay couples start marrying in Connecticut The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Oct. 10 that same-sex couples have the right to wed rather than accept a civil union law designed to give them the same rights as married couples.
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POPSThe Truth Behind Prop 8…and the Mormon LIES Mormonism was wrong to venture once again into a political matter. But even worse was to wage a campaign that was based almost entirely on lies. For example, no church will ever be required to perform weddings it doesn't want to perform. Catholicism and Judaism have been refusing to perform interfaith marriages forever. And they still are allowed to legally refuse to perform a marriage they don't want to perform, even in Massachussetts where gay marriage has been legal for several years.
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POPSInformal Wedding Dresses Informal Wedding Dresses. If you are getting married, you are probably already anticipating that big day when you and your fiancé become husband and wife. You will start your journey of marriage with your new spouse.
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POPSArnold and I Agree!!! Climb on the hypocrisy express, fueled by the LDS infusion of millions of dollars. Congratulations, good citizens of California. What rights are you next proposing to strip from your citizenry?
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POPSGay rights backers file 3 lawsuits challenging Prop. 8 So many Propositions... * 1A: High-speed rail * 2: Farm animals * 3: Children’s hospitals * 4: Abortion notification * 5: Drug offenses * 6: Criminal justice * 7: Renewable energy * 8: Gay marriage ban * 9: Victims’ rights * 10: Alternative fuels * 11: Redistricting * 12: Loans for veterans
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POPSMotorhomes for hire based in Nottinghamshire Here are two motorhome for hire in Nottinghamshire at two extremes really a small motorhome ideal for a couple and a large 7-berth motorhome ideal for a large family or a smaller family planning a long trip and needing extra space and privacy for couples.
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POPSFreedom for All? Big Religion won yesterday in California. After spending $74 million they had the dubious distinction of stripping a minority of the right to get married. Californians have nothing to be proud of in this bigoted piece of legislation.
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