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Fired by owner of Mormon-owned business for voting against AZ Prop 102

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: Fired by owner of Mormon-owned business for voting against AZ Prop 102. Yes, indeed -- more of the loving faith-based behavior we saw out in California is also ... Read more..

Lesbian mom asked to quit PTA over Prop. 8 – Sacramento News – Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, Religion | No Comments »

Lesbian mom asked to quit PTA over Prop. 8 - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee. Robin McGehee, who enrolled her son Sebastian at St. Helens ... Read more..

A Message to the Haters: Gay Boycotts & Protests Are Not ‘Intolerant’ / Queerty

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

A Message to the Haters: Gay Boycotts & Protests Are Not 'Intolerant' / Queerty. Read more..

Priest: No communion for Obama voters – Faith- msnbc.com

Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Priest: No communion for Obama voters - Faith- msnbc.com. Read more..

Largest earthquake drill in history ‘rattles’ California – CNN.com

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in General, News, US | No Comments »

Largest earthquake drill in history 'rattles' California - CNN.com. Eeesh. They make it sound like all of California - or even all of southern California - was involved. So not the ... Read more..

Californians Against Hate founder files complaint against LDS

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, Religion | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: Californians Against Hate founder files complaint against LDS. Read more..

Memo: Same-sex marriage strategy discussed by Hinckley in 1997 – ABC 4.com

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Memo: Same-sex marriage strategy discussed by Hinckley in 1997 - ABC 4.com. Interesting that the LDS Church also basically informed church members that they were expected to donate their time and ... Read more..

Pam’s House Blend:: Marriage Matters to Us

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: Marriage Matters to Us. An excellent article challenging the notion that marriage equality is not important to black same-gender couples; it's a response to Jasmyne Cannick's article in ... Read more..

Prop 8 Boycott Called on Legendary El Coyote Restaurant

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Lisa Derrick: Prop 8 Boycott Called on Legendary El Coyote Restaurant. I tried giving the lady the benefit of the doubt because she was only an employee of the company according ... Read more..

Holocaust survivors to Mormons: Stop baptisms of dead Jews – CNN.com

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General, Religion | 15 Comments »

Holocaust survivors to Mormons: Stop baptisms of dead Jews - CNN.com. Read more..

Pam’s House Blend:: Legislators file friend of the court brief to stop Prop 8

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: Legislators file friend of the court brief to stop Prop 8. Read more..

AmEx becomes bank to stabilize funding – maybe we should follow suit?

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Financial, General, News | No Comments »

AmEx becomes bank to stabilize funding - Nov. 10, 2008.The move will give AmEx the ability to grow its deposits -- a more stable form of funding -- and provide ... Read more..

Talking Points Memo | The Importance of Being Earnest

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General, Humor | No Comments »

Talking Points Memo | The Importance of Being Earnest. Quoting another blog: Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand ... Read more..

Miriam Makeba dies after collapsing on stage – CNN.com

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General, Music, News | No Comments »

Miriam Makeba dies after collapsing on stage - CNN.com. Wow. It's so weird, just a little while ago I was playing Pata Pata in iTunes, and now I see this headline ... Read more..

Protect Marriage, Protect Children, Prohibit Divorce from Jonathan Smith

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Protect Marriage, Protect Children, Prohibit Divorce from Jonathan Smith. I would never truly support this because I think divorce has saved lives, but they make a powerful point - if you ... Read more..

Armed guards keep watch over church services – CNN.com

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, News, Religion, US, War & Peace | 2 Comments »

Armed guards keep watch over church services - CNN.com. Uh, yeah. Welcome to what the Jewish community has had to deal with for years. I remember during the first Gulf War ... Read more..

Why do people march? We march because we will not let you take away our right to exist.

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Thousands March Against Prop 8 in Silver Lake. Okay, so I've been seeing this argument about gay marriage being "taught in schools," and I simply cannot let it stand anymore. Your ... Read more..

Gay marriage supporters take to California streets – CNN.com

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | 48 Comments »

Gay marriage supporters take to California streets - CNN.com. I am so glad they are covering this in the national news, although I do have to say that the numbers are ... Read more..

N-Word Hurled at Blacks During Westwood Prop 8 Protest

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, General, Marriage Equality | 1 Comment »

N-Word Hurled at Blacks During Westwood Prop 8 Protest. I understand that people are angry, and I understand that a 70% victory for Prop 8 in the black community looks really ... Read more..

Proposition 8 Supporters – BOYCOTT LIST UPDATE

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, General, Marriage Equality | 1 Comment »

Below is a list of resources to help you in your boycott of those individuals, businesses and organizations who either publicly endorsed or contributed money to the passage of Proposition ... Read more..

My message re: Prop 8, especially to those who supported it.

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | 10 Comments »

This is the message that went out to my friends and family on Wednesday: I have been wondering what I would to say to everybody if Proposition 8 passed. I am ... Read more..

Catholics, Mormons defend backing same-sex marriage ban – CNN.com

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Catholics, Mormons defend backing same-sex marriage ban - CNN.com. I don't know how these people can POSSIBLY argue that this initiative "is not against any group." Are you kidding me? This ... Read more..

Another list of individuals and businesses to boycott – donors who contributed at least $5,000 to Prop 8’s passage.

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, General, Marriage Equality | 1 Comment »

Californians Against Hate - Dishonor Roll (Prop 8 boycott list) And a reminder to check the list of public endorsements of Prop 8. Read more..

Prop. 8 protesters target Mormon temple in Westwood – Los Angeles Times

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Prop. 8 protesters target Mormon temple in Westwood - Los Angeles Times. Church officials made few public statements during the campaign. On Thursday, they issued a statement asking for "a spirit ... Read more..

Regarding Proposition Hate