SCOTUS finds no standing on Prop 8
Supreme Court finds no standing on Prop. Impact – Gay marriage now legal in California.
Marriage Equality “Decision Day” rallies all over the USA
At United For Marriage, they have compiled an interactive map showing locations for “Decision Day” rallies regarding the SCOTUS marriage equality decisions to be released tomorrow morning.
In Las Vegas, folks will be meeting at the new Gay & Lesbian Community Center at 5pm.
Click here for Las Vegas details.
Click here to check for a rally near you.
(via JMG)
Anti-gay Christian groups plan to ignore SCOTUS ruling on marriage equality if they don’t like it
A coalition of Christianist and anti-gay groups has come together to create and sign The Marriage Solidarity Statement, which basically says whatever the US Supreme Court decides regarding marriage equality they plan to ignore it.
Kind of like ostriches with their heads in the sand. “This isn’t happening, this isn’t happening, this isn’t happening.”
Here’s just a bit of what these anti-gay folks have to say:
“If the Supreme Court were to issue a decision that redefined marriage or provided a precedent on which to build an argument to redefine marriage, the Supreme Court will thereby undermine its legitimacy. The Court will significantly decrease its credibility and impair the role it has assumed for itself as a moral authority. It will be acting beyond its proper constitutional role and contrary to the Natural Moral Law which transcends religions, culture, and time.”
The Marriage Solidarity Statement ends with these words: “As Christians united together in defense of marriage, we pray that this will not happen. But, make no mistake about our resolve. While there are many things we can endure, redefining marriage is so fundamental to the natural order and the true common good that this is the line we must draw and one we cannot and will not cross.”
It should be noted, that the provisions of the U.S. Constitution grant the high court judicial power in “all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution,” and the 14th Amendment guarantees “equal protection of the laws” for all persons.
The list of signees includes the usual suspects, like designated hate group leaders Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and Traditional Values Coalition chairman Rev. Louis Sheldon, Tea Party activist Ben Carson, Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (R), former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, Focus on the Family founder Rev. James Dobson, birther Joseph Farah, and disgraced Abramoff scandal figure Ralph Reed.
The irony of the coalition’s name is that what THEY call “Freedom” would restrict the liberty of gay and lesbian Americans.
Of course, it goes without saying you need a civil marriage license to basically have a marriage recognized. If DOMA and Prop 8 fall in the next week, marriage will be expanded to include gay and lesbian couples on more than one level.
So there.
While we wait on SCOTUS – cool interactive marriage equality map
While we wait for the US Supreme Court to render it’s decisions – most probably on Monday, June 24th – the New Yorker has come up with an online interactive map where you can click on a “decision” and see how each option would affect marriage equality in the US.
Take a look by clicking here.
(h/t JMG)
No decision from SCOTUS today
Some folks thought there was a small chance we might get word on the Prop 8 and DOMA cases today.
We did not.
Look to Monday for the big day.
No decision today from Supreme Court on Prop 8 or DOMA
Not happening today. Next set of decisions will be released on Thursday, but folks are saying more likely we’ll see the DOMA and Prop 8 decisions handed down on Monday, June 24th, at this point.
Rachel Maddow and Tom Goldstein read the SCOTUS tea leaves
On Friday, Rachel Maddow discussed the upcoming decisions from the Supreme Court regarding DOMA and Prop 8.
Her guest, SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein, shares his “informed opinion” on when the decisions may happen and where the decisions may land:
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Quick history of Prop 8
In advance of a possible ruling coming this Monday from the Supreme Court on the fate of Prop 8, the American Foundation for Equal Rights has assembled a five minute “history” of this hideous law.
SCOTUS releases rulings on Mondays, and the 17th and the 24th are the last two Mondays left in this session.
Hopes are very high that all of the previous rulings from lower courts will be upheld and Prop 8 will be history soon, allowing marriage equality to resume in California.
On the small chance that SCOTUS does not strike the law down, activists plan to head back to the voters as recent polls show as much as 61% support for gay marriage in California now.
It’s happening, kids. No matter what. It’s happening.
Gay family holds funeral for the hideous Prop 8
The fabulous Leffew Family, who has become public advocates and activists for LGBT family rights after the passage of Prop 8 in California, shares this “funeral” for Prop 8. They have shared their lives in a series of YouTube videos which have both inspired and moved thousands.
Perhaps a tad premature, but the LGBT community and our allies hope to see the end of this hideous law end before the end of this month.
Here’s a note from the family about this video:
My family has been fighting Prop 8 under the name Gay Family Values since Prop 8 became law in 2008.
Since then we have been working to educate the public about the injustice of Prop 8 and laws like it by showing our family as it really is day to day. We had hoped to change the minds and hearts of people who may not understand that laws like Prop 8 strip LGBT men and women of vital legal protections and that many of us have families and Prop 8 made us into second class citizens. Our family has put our heart and soul into fighting this law and we hope we have entertained as well as enlightened.
However, now that Prop 8 on the verge of being done away with for good we needed a way to say goodbye to the law that launched us into activism and has been such a central part of our lives.
Please take a moment to watch and share this video and help us give Prop 8 the send off it deserves.
Thank you,
The Leffew Family