Archive for Proposition 8
“It Ignores the Writings of [Three Long-Dead Guys]“
In an op-ed in today’s Washington Post, former Reagan AG Ed Meese takes Judge Vaughn Walker to task for ignoring facts and evidence that would supposedly have supported the state’s interests in restricting marriage to opposite-sex couples. One thing that Meese didn’t like about Walker’s opinion:
“It ignores the writings of legal giant William Blackstone and [...]
The Prop 8 “Stay Go-Round”
As reported in about a scrillion places last week (but nowhere so brilliantly as here), Judge Vaughn Walker denied the Prop 8 proponents’ motion for a stay pending appeal of his decision in the Perry case. Erring on the side of caution, though, he stayed the stay (huh?) for a few days in order to [...]
Analysis of Judge Walker’s Decision Denying Stay of his Prop 8 Order
Earlier this afternoon, Judge Vaughn Walker issued another explosive ruling in the Prop 8 case: There will be no stay of his decision declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional while the case works its way up through the appellate process. He did, however, allow the current stay to remain in place through next Wednesday, August 18 (at [...]
Judge Walker Denies Stay of Prop 8 Decision
Literally moments ago, Judge Vaughn Walker decided not to stay his decision striking down Prop 8. Now let’s see which happens first: same-sex California couples marrying, or the issuance of an emergency stay by the Ninth Circuit. The race is on (but will end if the appellate court decides not to grant the stay on [...]
Prop 8 Case Might Already Be Over
All of this build-up and ritual concern about how Justice Kennedy holds the key to equality in his trembling hands and then…no appeal of Judge Walker’s decision?
Wha –?
In today’s 365gay column, I explore how that could happen.
Reaction and Analysis to Prop 8 Decision: The View From Provincetown
Perhaps it’s the setting – I’m in Provincetown for Family Pride Week – but after slogging through the exhaustive and compelling opinion by Judge Walker in yesterday’s decision striking down Prop 8, I don’t feel like delivering a particularly analytical assessment.
Spending some time around the reality of all these gay and lesbian families and their [...]
Marriage, Kids, and the Gays
This neat summary of how marriage is becoming less child-centered has indirect implications for the marriage equality debate, it seems to me. Tara Parker-Pope, a blogger for the Times, summarizes research establishing that kids rank fairly low on the list of things necessary to a happy marriage; not surprising, given that people are also having [...]
Prop 8: Airing the Proponents’ Arguments
In my just-posted column over at 365gay.com, I distill the closing arguments presented by the Prop 8 proponents. Hint: they’re not good. It’s mostly this: We don’t need evidence in order to exclude gays and lesbians from marriage. Everyone knows marriage is for procreation, and gays can’t do that (not on our own, anyway). And [...]
Prop 8 Closing Argument: The Public Health Effects of Denying Marriage Equality
Almost certain to be overlooked in today’s endless (yet fascinating!) summaries of the Prop 8 closing arguments is the public health cost of denying marriage rights to same-sex couples. Speaking on behalf of the City of San Francisco, Therese Stewart catalogued the public health costs of the stigma that second-class citizenship carries.
First, she talked about [...]
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The title of the post is the sort of thing you get when you ban cameras from the courtroom, but allow reporters and others to attend and to relay what they’ve seen and heard.
A group called the American Foundation for Equal Rights is live-blogging today’s closing arguments in the Prop 8 case from California,. Obviously, [...]