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Longtime readers of my blog are probably aware that I’m of the opinion that the fairest way to resolve the same-gender marriage “issue” would be for government to get out of the marriage business. After all, if you believe that marriage is a religious sacrament….well, it’s rather arrogant for a government to attempt to impose [...] 
I’ve been busy and have once again accumulated a pile of articles worth mentioning without having the time to go into much detail. Business Insurance has an article summarizing a recent Hewitt study, reporting that 19% of all employers are planning to eliminate employee health benefits over the next 3-5 years. It’s not clear from the [...]
Alan Stewart Carl at Donklephant observed: I don’t believe Prop. 8 passed because a majority of the people hate homosexuals or refuse to tolerate them. I think it passed because a significant number of the population didn’t “buy” that gay marriage is a civil rights issues. The proposition had nothing to do with granting homosexuals voting rights, [...] 
To opponents of California Proposition 8, it seems that quite a bit of blame for passage of the Proposition is being placed on the efforts of the Church of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) in campaigning against the measure. Thus, there is some backlash. Seen on the newswires: Utah’s growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival [...] 
ACLU press release (emphasis added): The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court today urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8 if it passes. The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an [...]
Although Prop 8 opponents still hold some hope in the absentee and provisional ballots, it looks like there is some pretty quick reaction to California voters’ apparent decision to amend the state constitution and ban same-gender marriages. Seen at Wilshire and Washington: Los Angeles County officials have stopped issuing licenses for same-sex weddings. The county Registrar made the [...] |
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