GLBT DIGEST - October 20, 2008

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The Advocate
http://advocate.com/
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-TipperGore, LA Gay & Lesbian Center Dinner Shines Focus on No on 8
The mood at this year's Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center's Anniversary dinner had a definite focus -- do what ever it takes to defeat proposition 8 at the polls. All eyes are on California this election season as the LGBT community looks to California to pave the way for other states and defeat proposition 8; which would define marriage as being between a man and a woman. This year's gala dinner, celebrating the center's 37th year, shone the spotlight on continuing efforts to preserve same sex marriage throughout the state.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid64040.asp


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Marriage Equality News
http://samesexmarriage.typepad.com/weblog/
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-Arizona Republic: No on 102
Link: Arizona Republic
One of the best arguments against a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage is this: Secretary of State Jan Brewer blocked ballot language that would have told voters that state law already prohibits such marriages. If voters were clear on existing law, many might decide there's no reason to adopt the amendment. Changing the state Constitution is a very serious step that has ripple effects through the legal system. The possibilities for unintended consequences are enormous. And thy can only be fixed with another trip to the voters for another change in the Constitution.

-FL: Marriage prohibition lacks support needed to pass
Link: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
An effort to rewrite the Florida Constitution to prohibit gay marriage is falling short of the numbers needed for victory in the Nov. 4 election, a Sun Sentinel and Florida Times-Union poll shows. The poll of 600 likely voters shows support for Amendment 2 at 53 percent, less than the 60 percent approval rate required to change the constitution. The gay-marriage question is one of six statewide referendums on this year's lengthy ballot. The poll found uncertainty high on all of the rest, whichrange from tax breaks for homeowners who install hurricane protection toelimination of racist language from the state constitution.

-CA: Prop. 8 battle rages over whether gay marriage would be taught in schools
Prop. 8 battle rages over whether gay marriage would be taught in schools - Los Angeles Times [...] School districts and the California Department of Education, meanwhile, are getting a steady stream of calls from the media and parents wanting to know whether gay marriage will be taught in schools if Proposition 8 is defeated. The answer, it turns out, is slightly more complicated than can be captured in the 30-second television advertisements put out by both sides. There is nothing in the state education code that requires schools to teach anything about marriage. Even the decision about whether to offer comprehensive sex education is left up to individual school districts.

-Advocate of Florida Amendment 2 challenged; refuses to rule out work against domestic partnerships
Link: St. Petersburg Times
Florida Family Association executive director David Caton was a popular guy at the Tiger Bay Club of Tampa luncheon Friday. He was there advocating passage of Amendment 2, which asks voters to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The meeting included candidates for political office, but Caton fielded most of the questions.

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