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21 Nov 18 : 28 | Harvey Milk Still Lives: Gay Marriage Law May Be Up To Supreme Court Maybe Harvey Milk is having an effect after all. The gay San Francisco supervisor, who was assassinated some 30 years ago by a disgruntled fellow pol, bitterly fought for gay rights and would probably never have rested in the topsy-turvy fight against Proposition 8. Now the subject of a Gus Van... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
17 Nov 18 : 13 | Wanda Sykes: So In Favor of Gay Marriage That She Had One Herself [Gays] Though Wanda Sykes has taped PSAs asking us to never again use the phrase, "That's so gay," we hope she'll make an exception in this case, because you know what's so gay? Wanda Sykes! The comedian has been a constant presence at the anti-Prop 8 marches in Los Angeles over the last week and a half,... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
13 Nov 17 : 55 | New Yorkers Protest Prop 8, Connecticut Begins Gay Marriage Last night, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people gathered for a protest outside the Church of Latter Day Saints' Manhattan Mormon Temple and march down Broadway to Columbus Circle. The planned and peaceful event shut down many streets, drew many cops to the area as the march winded through... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
22 Nov 03 : 00 | They Come by Night [The Clip Show] · Twilight and its bad FX brought squealing throngs to Westwood. Leading lady Kristen Stewart was not impressed. · Celebrate Hugh Jackman — your 2008 Sexiest Man Alive With a Really Long Movie Opening Next Week! · The Star Trek trailer looks pretty good and everything, but we'll save our $10... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles 41 hours ago |
10 Nov 00 : 47 | Schwarzenegger tells backers of gay marriage: Don't give up - Los Angeles... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
08 Nov 08 : 52 | YouTube - LA Police beat protester at pro gay marriage demo in Los Angeles Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 19 : 30 | County Registrar Explains Gay Marriage License Suspension At West Hollywood's 'Wedding Park' in June (more photos here) | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist After LAist learned that Los Angeles County was suspending marriage licenses for gay couples, we asked Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan for some more detail on why and what next, especially in light... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
05 Nov 18 : 00 | The End of Gay Marriage in California Photo by Kelly Gellamore/LAist Although not all precincts have reported in (5%) more to go as of 8:45 a.m., the writing is on the wall--Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that sought to eliminate gay marriage in California has done just that. A close race, yes, but yes votes outnumbered no votes... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
05 Nov 21 : 24 | The gay marriage gap Californians who voted for: Barack Obama: 6,194,012 Against parental notification before teen abortion: 5,071,449 To retain same-sex marriage: 4,806,595 Proposition 8 to define marriage as... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 18 : 49 | BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Clashes at gay marriage demo ah, good old police brutality Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
04 Nov 01 : 05 | Newly Betrothed 'Will & Grace' Creator A Little Too Attached To His... A hearty mazel tov goes out to Will & Grace co-creator Max Mutchnick and new husband Erik Hyman, who married in a traditional Jewish ceremony over the weekend that also incorporated the naming of their month-old baby daughters. While every step of the weekend was carefully planned, no one could have... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
13 Nov 04 : 00 | Thousands Join Marriage Equality Protest at L.A. Mormon Church - Towleroad,... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
19 Nov 23 : 30 | California Supreme Court to Take on Prop 8 Protesters at National Prop 8 March in Downtown LA (more photos here) | Photo by Tom Andrews The California Supreme Court agreed yesterday to consider Prop 8 opponents' arguments on the validity of the proposition that banned gay marriage in California on November 4th (court motion in PDF here).... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
19 Nov 21 : 12 | Race-And-Gay-Baiting ABC Reporter Susan Donaldson James Unclear On Concept... ABCNews.com was way ahead of the Prop 8 curve, promoting early debate on what would evolve into the hot button topic of the day with such non-award-winning reportage from the front lines of the sexual-orientation culture wars as "Stars' Gay Marriage Possible Career Suicide," and "H'wood's Bisexual... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 17 : 00 | LA County Suspends Marriage Licenses for Gay Couples A couple at Halloween in West Hollywood last Friday (more photos here) | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist It didn't take long for the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk to take action yesterday evening. A notice from their office was sent shortly after 6:00 p.m: After consultation with legal... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 02 : 00 | Californians Like Chickens More Than Gay People On the day after what many people deem to be a historical election, and a once in a lifetime event, no one seems to be talking about it. At least in California. It seems a little ironic to most people (ok probably 99% of our readers/writers) that many newspapers are talking about how race and... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 23 : 50 | In today's pages: Stellar speeches and the future of gay rights Who can possibly stop talking election yet? Not the Times' Opinion Manufacturing Division. Both the editorial board and Wayne State University professor John Corvino predict that, as society gains a deeper understanding of and appreciation for gay rights, there's a good chance voters will repeal the... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
18 Nov 20 : 02 | Millions Have Fought For Whoopi Goldberg's Right To Not Know What... newVideoPlayer("/TheView_On_Suffrage.flv", 506, 423,""); Today on The View, Whoopi Goldberg (dressed as a Navajo jewelry saleswoman from Tuba City, Arizona) continued to press the topic that has quickly proved to be the show's brand-new, post-election argument starter: same-sex marriage. Very little... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
18 Nov 14 : 00 | Karma Report: Focus On the Family Lays Off 20% of Its Workforce If there's any silver lining to the cloudy days ahead wrought by Prop. 8, it's that bigotry so foul comes with a price too heavy for some of its chief proponents to bear. And I'm not talking about a couple missed meals at El Coyote--Focus On the Family itself, after forking over more than $500,000... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
31 Oct 21 : 46 | The million-dollar donor against same-sex marriage The No on Proposition 8 campaign reports that it has obtained from campaign finance statements the name of a "secret million-dollar donor" to the Yes on 8 campaign to ban same-sex marriage -- John Ashton of Utah, grandson of David O. McKay, who was president of the Mormon Church for nearly 20 years.... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
29 Oct 19 : 49 | Man Beats Gay Man with 'Yes on 8' Lawn Sign The suspect and the victim's stories differ, but one fact remains: an openly gay man was attacked with a "Yes on 8" sign. Prop 8, which seeks to eliminate gay marriage in California on next week's ballot, is the most contentious and watched ballot initiative across the country. 23-year-old Joseph... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
31 Oct 18 : 50 | What does that have to do with same-sex marriage? Catholic Charities in San Francisco has done a lot of good works, including finding adoptive homes for the kids most families want nothing to do with -- hard-case, hard-to-place older children who have circled the foster-care world. They have special needs and dark pasts. And the single biggest... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
17 Nov 11 : 05 | SUNDAY/MONDAY MUST READS I’m holed up at an intriguing conference on health care reform….(more on that later), so I’ll make this fairly quick: Here are THREE Must Reads and ONE Must Watch: 1. PROP 8 & COLORADO’S EQUAL PROTECTION CHALLENGE A lot of people believe (myself included) believe that the key to the gay... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
16 Nov 20 : 00 | This Week's Most Commented & Recommended When you read something you like on LAist, we love it when you hit the "recommend" button, and we love it even more if you put your two cents' worth in the comments. Getting a dialog going with our readers and making sure we're giving you content you can use are top priorities for us. Photo by... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
24 Oct 21 : 30 | LAist Movie Review: Saving Marriage Sorry, lady in the red hat. You've got two dudes on your poster and you're still outmanned. | Photo courtesy Regent Releasing. As the November polls creep ever closer, it’s easy to feel bombarded by the expanse of propositions and measures that extend well beyond the campaigns for the presidency.... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
19 Nov 00 : 55 | New Chuck Norris Fact: Thinks Gays Are Anarchists [Proposition 8] If there's one thing Chuck Norris is good for, it's the 1995 canine buddy cop movie Top Dog. If there are two things Chuck Norris is good for, we would have to think long and hard to come up with a second thing, as we've already disavowed the campy appeal found in Walker: Texas Ranger (for it led to... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
15 Nov 03 : 23 | Naughties For All! [The Clip Show] · Another tough week to be gay: The volatile post-Prop 8 era continued with Drew Barrymore's megaphone, a skittish Sundance, and a typically confused Courtney Love. And to top it all off, Brokeback Mountain: The Opera was shelved. · We said goodbye to Paula Goodpseed, the ex-American Idol... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
14 Nov 20 : 14 | Photos from the El Coyote Protest Around 50-60 people protested in front of El Coyote on Beverly Blvd. over the well-known restaurant manager's donation of $100 to support Prop 8 that eliminated gay marriage in California. On Wednesday, Marjorie Chrisoffersen wrote a letter to the community expressing her feelings on the matter. ... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
14 Nov 00 : 28 | Movie Theatre CEO Donates to Prop 8, Sundance Festival Could be Affected The CEO of Cinemark, the company that operates 2700 screens internationally including the only movie theatre used at the Sundance Festival in Park City, Utah, has reportedly donated a large sum of money to support Prop 8, the ballot initiative that eliminated gay marriage in California. Alan Stock... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
13 Nov 01 : 30 | El Coyote Prop 8 Lunch went 'Horribly Wrong' Apparently the good intentioned free lunch to discuss El Coyote manager Marjorie Chrisoffersen's $100 donation to pass Prop 8, ultimately eliminating gay marriage in California, did not go one bit well. "A floor manager stood in the middle of the back room where the community conference and stated... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
12 Nov 17 : 56 | Clicklist: Virtual homophobe detector, etc. >> Find out how your neighbors feel about gay marriage. Plug in your zip and you can see which of your neighbors donated money either supporting or opposing Prop 8. In mine, 48 opposed the measure enough to put money against it (sadly, I was not among them), with one dude shelling out $10,000 and... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
12 Nov 10 : 00 | In Wednesday's Letters to the editor Proposition 8 rules the roost -- again -- in Wednesday's Letters to the editor. This time, the focus is last week's protests against the Mormon Church. Some letter writers, like the Prop. 8 supporters interviewed in this Times story from Tuesday, aren't impressed. Robert D. Holmes, of Arcadia,... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
11 Nov 17 : 00 | The Folly of the No on 8 Groups Hours after officials conferred the presidency upon Barack Obama, an agent of change in what could be a new era of American politics, millions around the state celebrated the win with a bittersweet tinge, recognizing that a majority of voters had dismissed the right of same-sex couples to marry. ... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
10 Nov 18 : 00 | Schwarzenegger Wants Prop 8 Overturned Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who publicly supported the opposition to Prop 8, which sought to eliminate gay marriage in California, said Sunday that opponents should not give up and he would like to see the Supreme Court take up the issue again. "It's unfortunate, obviously, but it's not the end," he... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
09 Nov 20 : 00 | This Week's Most Commented & Recommended When you read something you like on LAist, we love it when you hit the "recommend" button, and we love it even more if you put your two cents' worth in the comments. Getting a dialog going with our readers and making sure we're giving you content you can use are top priorities for us. Photo by... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
07 Nov 17 : 16 | The California Election Post-Mortem From what we understand, Californians passed a measure that would give more rights to chickens and measure that would give LESS rights to homosexual couples. According to the LAT, southern California was totally for the ban of same sex marriages. Melissa Etheridge says we can forget her taxes on... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 21 : 46 | Revolution! "We hope that everyone would ... [Prop 8] Revolution! "We hope that everyone would treat [each other] with civility, with respect and with love no matter which side of this issue they were on," said Elder L. Whitney Clayton, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Presidency of the Seventy. Just in case the angry crowds... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
06 Nov 08 : 50 | Proposition 8 March Footage This footage was posted on YouTube at 11pm tonight as an estimated crowd of 2,500 people marched in protest of the passage of Proposition 8. MyFoxLA has also posted footage on their website. The YouTube poster comments, "Thousands of gay marriage supporters march in four large groups throughout... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
04 Nov 23 : 33 | Despite Obama Saying No, Yes on 8 Continues to Use Him Demonstrators at a protest on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles (AP Photo/Ric Francis) Friday: African-American voters receive mailers with Barack Obama supposedly supporting Prop 8, the ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate gay marriage. Saturday: The Obama-Biden campaign clarifies their... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
03 Nov 21 : 02 | The Next Four Years Count On You Rantsville, CA I try not to talk too much about politics. It inevitably pisses somebody off when I say "I'm not a Democrat." And then it pisses off somebody else when I say, "And I'm not a goddamn Republican, either." And then I get snarls when I kick the Libertarians and say, "Get back in... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
02 Nov 19 : 00 | Election Opinion: Vote No On Prop Comedy That's a pimp hand on the left, ready to make people ackrite. Photo courtesy Revolute via Flicker. This Tuesday, there are a number of important issues facing you at your local polling station. As an informed California voter, you will be directly involved in some of the most historic and... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
31 Oct 18 : 58 | LAist Interview: Teresa Wang of Roots of Equality LAist reader Kristi Nicole who blogs at Pico and the Man had a chance to interview Teresa Wang from Roots of Equality about this Sunday's rally that will include specials guests such as Chastity Bono and Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, the couple whose court case paved the path for legal gay marriage... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
30 Oct 04 : 29 | Extra, Extra Photo by wendypants via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr More economic news... bad news. The Governator says that he will have to cut law enforcement, health care and education to cope with the worsening budget deficit. 300 birds that were killed in a Sylmar fire may have been victims... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
28 Oct 02 : 30 | This Wasn't The Steamy 'True Blood' Guy-On-Guy Kiss We Were Hoping For... newVideoPlayer("/True_Blood_loveme.flv", 506, 423,""); An All Gays edition: · We were kind of hoping Alan Ball would throw us a bone by way of some hot all-man, V-juiced action, but instead we got Lafayette getting busy with Milton from Office Space. [True Blood] · Sam Jackson wants these... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
05 Nov 19 : 15 | It's Official: Prop 8 Passes Photo by ~db~ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr According to the Associated Press, election officials in California have called the contentious, expensive, divisive, and highly-watched battle over Proposition 8: California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment outlawing... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
23 Oct 02 : 52 | Would You Pay To See '17 Again?' [Short Ends] newVideoPlayer("/17_Again_Trailer.flv", 506, 423,""); · Here's a fresh and intriguing concept: Matthew Perry falls off a bridge (no wait there's more) and becomes a teenager again. How will he approach high school? First kisses? Getting his license? The possibilities are endless! · Did you miss... Source : Cityfeeds.com - Los Angeles |
