We have a lot of quick updates and resource information that we hope you’ll peruse over your 4 day weekend (for those of you working on Black Friday and the weekend, thank you for braving the storm!)
Are you planning on seeing MILK this weekend? Check out our list of PRO-LGBTQ theaters to see it at.
On Sunday, we received an email via our contact form directing us to http://wiGayPedia.com. We apologize for the delay but, as you can tell, we’ve had a hectic couple of days. Nonetheless, we felt it was necessary to share this wonderful site. Please visit and check out their extensive list of facts debate points.
Something else that we suggest to everyone looking to expand their knowledge (knowledge is the best weapon in any fight), we highly suggest you take some time over the Holidays and pick up Becoming Visible, edited by the Executive Director of GLSEN, Kevin Jennings. No this is not a shameless plug, this book is an amazing resource. Our community has a powerful history and the key to full equality is full visibility. This book is a great start.
HUGE NEWS: A new poll came out stating an 8% swing in Prop 8 voters! Our opposition has sent us many emails saying that we are “wasting our time.” If that is so, then why is it that our protests have encouraged an 8% swing in the polls in our favor? This is what happens with visibility! YOU are making an IMPACT! Watch the video here.
WhiteKnot.org – Frank Voci, of WhiteKnot, and I had a fantastic conversation the other night about his great addition to our cause. Please, show your support for LGBTQ equality by wearing a white ribbon with a knot. This is a great way to grow visibility, raise awareness, and spark the conversation of equality. Read more about it here.
Being in a Post Prop 8 World – this amazing article speaks to the fact that our visibility is something we must stand up for and make apparent to the world. It shows just how our movement has evolved in 3 short weeks and how our community will prevail!
I hope all of these great reading materials find you well over this holiday weekend. The fight for equality does not take any breaks, so please keep checking back over the next 4 days for more updates and announcements. And don’t forget to send your postcards.
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In an LA. Times forum, the following question was asked…
“What right did Prop 8 take away that the Family Code does not provide? Stress on the word “right”.
The State has done its part to address the issue and has made significant progress over the last decade to restructure the system to ensure rights for same sex couples. That progress is in jeopardy with the current fiasco.
The vast majority of rights that same sex couples seek, and as are mentioned on the ACLU website you linked, can only be addressed at the federal level. Even if California recognizes same sex marriages, the federal government does not. Same sex couple still would not be able to claim those tax benefits and other rights without a fierce federal level battle.
So it remains, why battle marriage in California just to use it as a tool to attempt to gain federal level benefits? Why not challenge the federal laws that are the real obstacle and leave marriage alone?”
Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2008/11/proposition-8-s.html?cid=139960962#comments
Can anyone answer this question? What legal rights have we lost in California? Clearly we understand the social implications of Prop 8′s passage, but what legal rights have been removed from Registered Domestic Partners?
Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Thanks for posting this info. Another resource you might be interested in is Stop8.org — it’s a collection of all the news, events, protests, petitions, and more going on right now, all gathered in one place.
Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Matt,
Thank you, but many of these websites to dot seem to address the question above, “What right did Prop 8 take away that the Family Code does not provide?”
LGBT websites address the over 1000 federal benefits that same-sex couples do not receive, but not California’s benefits. If our domestic partnership rights in California match those of marital rights in California, what equal protections are we being denied under the current law? Anyone?
Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Re: the 8% swing in voters – just wanted to point out that your statement isn’t entirely accurate, so I wouldn’t cite to that as evidence of a positive uptick. The poll didn’t specify whether the swing was in our favor or against. It could just as easily be 8% of people who are now more in support of Prop 8 post-protests.
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
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