Category Archives: Proposition 8

Kate Kendell of NCLR on Prop 8: Now What?

By PFLAG Boulder County | May 27, 2009

Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, speaks about Proposition 8, and what to do next. 

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California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 8

By PFLAG Boulder County | May 26, 2009

From the New York Times:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, but also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed.
The decision Tuesday rejected an argument from gay rights activists that the ban revised the [...]

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Courage Campaign Creates “Fidelity,” Video Supporting Marriage Equality

By PFLAG Boulder County | February 5, 2009
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NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday on Rick Warren: The Purpose-Driven Pastor

By PFLAG Boulder County | January 18, 2009

NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, January 18, features a story about President Elect Barack Obama’s choice to deliver his inaugural invocation, Rick Warren.
“Warren hasn’t budged an inch on abortion or homosexuality. He quietly supported California’s Proposition 8, which barred gay marriage. Later, he drove the point home in an interview with Steve Waldman of theWall Street [...]

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Gay but Equal? Mary Frances Berry in the New York Times

By PFLAG Boulder County | January 16, 2009

AS the country prepares to enter the Obama era, anxiety over the legal status and rights of gays and lesbians is growing. Barack Obama’s invitation to the Rev. Rick Warren, an evangelical pastor who opposes same-sex marriage, to give the invocation at his inauguration comes just as the hit movie “Milk” reminds us of the [...]

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Geoffrey R. Stone: Democracy, Religion and Proposition 8

By PFLAG Boulder County | January 1, 2009

How can a free society reconcile the often competing values of democracy, religious liberty and the separation of church and state? This challenge was vividly illustrated by the recent controversy over California’s Proposition 8, which forbade same-sex marriage.
In a democracy, the majority of citizens ordinarily may enact whatever laws they want. Some laws, however, are [...]

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