Posts Tagged ‘marriage equality’

Jan27

Eva Paterson at Equality Summit in LA

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: , , , , ,

Eva Paterson spoke this past weekend on Jan. 24 in L.A. at the Equality Summit, an Equality California-sponsored gathering of community leaders committed to winning back marriage equality in California to network, share information and resources, and plan next steps. In addition to the videos of Eva’s presentation above, you can see other videos and [...]

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Jan15

EJS, Civil Rights Groups File Brief Asking Calif. Supreme Court to Invalidate Prop. 8

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , ,

The Equal Justice Society joined other civil rights groups today in filing an amicus brief (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. In the amicus brief, the Asian Pacific [...]

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Jan09

Rev. Rick Warren and the Question of Challenging our New President

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 10 Comments Tags: , , , , ,

  Just as the Equal Justice Society was last month closing up shop for the year, two of our beloved board members, Tobias Wolff and Kate Kendell, blogged about their opposition to Rev. Rick Warren’s selection by President-Elect Obama to deliver the invocation for the Jan. 20 inauguration ceremonies. Read Tobias’s “The Voice That Will [...]

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Dec09

Day Without A Gay: Protesting Prop. 8 by Donating to Causes

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On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the gay community and its allies will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes in Day Without A Gay, a nationwide strike through an economic boycott and doing volunteer work, rather than civil disobedience or other tactics. Conceived by Sean [...]

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Nov14

Civil Rights Groups Ask California Supreme Court to Stop Prop. 8

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Civil rights groups on Nov. 14 filed a petition (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to stop the enactment of Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. In the petition, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Mexican [...]

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