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Subject: Proposition 8
Baby Hewie Firmly Aligned With Howard Homophobe Ahmanson
In the couple of years I've been listening to local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt, I've seen the two causes he most firmly aligned himself with fail miserably: the 2006 mid-term election and the laughable presidential primary effort of Mitt Romney. Let's hope Hewie makes it a losing trifecta with his endorsement of Proposition 8, the anti-gay-marriage initiative. Besides beginning to devote more attention to the cause on his radio show (and shouldn't that count as a campaign contribution
August 18, 2008No on Prop 8 public service announcement
Weekly contributing writer Dave Barton and his friend Greg Adkins directed and edited this moving No on Prop 8 clip, currently making the rounds of YouTube and even the Daily Kos. The lines being read are from 1 Corinthians. And of course you already knew that Proposition 8 is the November religious-fundie ballot measure that seeks to ban re-ban gay marriage in California...
September 29, 2008Heat And Activism In Fresno: A Prop. 8 Protest Journal
Dave Barton Thousands rallied on 5/30 in Fresno for Meet in the Middle 4 Marriage Equality event, which included a 14-mile march. Protest organizers chose the city of Fresno--instead of marching to the capitol or in so-called "gay ghettos"--because they city had voted 65%-70% for the passing of Prop 8. Weekly contributor Dave Barton was on hand, and sends us this travelogue:When I step out of the air-conditioned comfort of our rented Mercury Grand Marquis and walk into the dry heat, Martin Shee
June 1, 2009Bishop John Steinbock is a Disgusting, Pedo-Priest-Loving, Hypocritical Sinner
Greatest-Religion-Reporter-Ever William Lobdell alerted me to the story of Diocese of Fresno Bishop John Steinbock removing Father Geoffrey Farrow from the diocese and his salary and health benefits for speaking out against the gay-marriage-banning Proposition 8 and coming out as a homosexual. That alone is a dick move, but Steinbock's rationale is stunning: in a letter to Farrow, His Excellency wrote “Your statement contradicted the teaching of the Catholic Church and has brought scandal to y
October 15, 2008Nativo Lopez Organization Cowardly Stays "Neutral" on Propositions 8 and 4
Remember Nativo Lopez? Guy called Larry who became radicalized during the 1960s, led renter strikes against SanTana slumlords during the 1980s, served on the SanTana Unified School Board during the 1990s, then was recalled for his conflict-of-influenza, amongst other sins in early 2004? He's spent the last couple of years trying to remake himself as the next great Chicano Movement leader by heading the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), a once-great group that now has the moral weigh
October 14, 2008Gay Marriage Foes Find Latino Mouthpieces in OC
Where should a conspicuously anti-family, anti-civil rights, anti-gay marriage political “coalition” go when it's looking for Latinos to sound alarms and corral other Latinos to vote for their anti-gay marriage proposition in November? None other than Orange County, of course, where hatred doesn't merely extend to those who are Mexican among us. The defenders of Prop 8., known as ProtectMarriage.com, pulled their first gay-marriage-bashing Latino out for show on Saturday, a day after the
October 16, 2008But What About the Same-Sex Marriage Officiants?
It's time for everyone to stop, take a breath and think about the people who will really be screwed should Prop. 8 pass. These are, of course, the wedding officiators who perform same-sex marriages and have now gone public with their "fervent opposition" to the California voter initiative that would outlaw gay marriages. “Love does not discriminate; therefore, we perform wedding ceremonies for both gay and straight couples, seeing no difference in the love that these couple share,” states t
October 20, 2008Rohrabacher: No Need to Make Gays "Comfortable" About Selves
The full quote from Dana Rohrabacher at an Oct. 21 debate at Orange Coast College, where our favorite far-out, far-right Republican congressman out of Surf City explained his support for the anti-same-sex-marriage initiative, Prop. 8: "I would suggest we not change the definition of marriage in order to make a small number of people comfortable about themselves." For the full context, watch the clip.
October 28, 2008Martin Millard Not Just a Racialist, But a Homophobe
The man who fancies himself the savior of Costa Mesa had this concluding couplet in his rambling reasoning to support Proposition 8: "On the other hand, it could be argued that if it is true that, as many gays now assert, homosexuality is genetic, then allowing gay marriage (and the normalization of homosexuality in society) will tend to have the effect of keeping gays from faking being straight and marrying people of the opposite sex and reproducing. Then, since they aren't reproducing the "ga
October 28, 2008The Prince and His Bridegroom
*Update: Garden Grove Unified is stricter with the book than earlier reported. See after the jump. The proposition that was once about the state constitution and a ban on same-sex marriage has been whittled down to an argument over schools, sex education and, most entertainingly, a little children's book by a Dutch author called “King & King.” In the story, a prince falls in love with another prince and they wed happily ever after. A few weeks ago, after a teacher and her princess bride wer
October 31, 2008Bishop Soto Records Pro-Prop. 8 Message, God Laughs
Got a voicemail yesterday in Spanish from Diocese of Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto urging us wabs to vote sí on Proposition 8 to protect the children, and I spit out the carnitas I was devouring from laughing so hard. Bishop Soto cares for children? The man who, while serving in his hometown Diocese of Orange, helped send off the county's most-notorious pedophile to a Tijuana children's ministry and wrote a letter on behalf of Andrew Christian Andersen, another notorious pedo-priest? Somewhere,
November 3, 2008UC Irvine Students Don't Give a Damn about Voting--Mostly
"Who wants stickers for No on Prop. 8?" yelled out Jon, a young Vietnamese student at UC Irvine before the start of a Orange County history course in which I was to lecture. His enthusiasm was heartening--up until then, Anteaters where the epitome of the ever-elusive youth vote. As I walked to the Social Ecology II building, I made a note to notice everyone who displayed the "I Voted" sticker that proved their commitment to American democracy. Out of hundreds of students, I noticed no more than
November 4, 2008What The? Young OC Voters Go Against Mom and Pop
By Sandy Rose Any liberal voter living in Orange County wouldn’t hesitate to tell you that theirs is an uphill battle against the county’s McCainiac majority. But young people living and growing up in Orange County, who have long-endured the Republican bubble that has defined who we are, seem to have had enough. For the first time maybe ever, a majority of young people, like myself (which includes those of us at UCI who did vote and wore our sticker today), are voting squarely against ou
November 4, 2008Prop 8: No Way in Hell Is This Over
I spent my Election Night trying to find non-existent parking outside Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach. The celebration inside sure looked like fun, though, but I don't think I would have stuck around past midnight to watch all the tears turn from Obama joy to Prop 8 despair. Failing that, I instead drove up Cherry to another gay bar, Pistons, the local leather/bear hangout, to check out the scene - which really wasn't much, just a handful of guys shooting pool. I left when a couple of inebriates
November 5, 2008Protest Prop 8 tonight and Sunday
Is your activist streak feeling unloved after watching footage of yesterday's protests in LA against the passage of Proposition 8? Well, here's your chance to vent (peacefully, people, peacefully...). Tonight (Friday), the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Center is organizing a protest march down Broadway, starting at 7 p.m., and beginning on the corner of Broadway & Redondo. The march will head westward along Broadway, ending at Hamburger Mary's. Then on Sunday, an OC march/rally is being planned in,
November 7, 2008Video from Anti-Prop 8 March and Rally in Long Beach - Friday, Nov. 7
I'm bad at guesstimating numbers, but considering how last-minute this anti-Prop 8 march was, I'd say around 5,000 must have turned out. The march began on the corner of Redondo and Broadway, and commenced down Broadway until it reached its final destination, Hamburger Mary's. At least three helicopters hovered overhead at various times, I'm sure at least one of them was the LBPD. Shouted slogans included: "Equal Rights!" "Shame On Hate!" "Hell No, We Won't Go!" -- because some folks didn't
November 8, 2008Protesters Without Borders
Capitalizing on the energy of the weekend’s marriage inequality protests (including Friday's march in Long Beach), Join the Impact, a blog designed to promote equal marriage rights for all Americans, is organizing a national protest on Saturday November 15. All supporters are asked to meet on the steps of your City Hall at 10:30 a.m. PST/1:30 p.m. EST. "Our community will take to the streets and speak out against Proposition 8 and all of the other pro-equality losses that [the LGBT community
November 10, 2008Supreme Court To Hear Challenges Of Prop 8
The California Supreme Court agreed to hear legal challenges to the recently passed Proposition 8 today according to the LA Times. The state's highest court could have chosen not to hear any of the oppositions to the new amendment to the state constitution but decided to do the right thing instead. Yay, them! They've done the right thing today just as they've done in the past. Hopefully they will continue to do the right thing after hearing these pleas for equality. Stay tuned for more.
November 19, 2008Harvey Milk: the Man, the Movie, and Orange County
This past Tuesday night at the Edwards South Coast Village in Santa Ana, and an Orange County Film Society-sponsored advance screening of the new Gus Van Zant-directed, Sean Penn-starring Harvey Milk biopic, simply titled Milk. Go ahead and Google the name if you must -- it's not like Harvey's story is getting taught in public schools -- but some background info is in order here. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to win an elected office in the United States, a seat on the San Franc
November 21, 2008A Little Perspective
With all of the bickering about Prop 8 and same-sex marriage equality taking over the airwaves, internet and valuable print space, perhaps it's time we take a moment and think about how amazing it is that we are actually discussing equality in the terms of love. A story in today's New York Times highlights just how far we've come in America, and how much ground still needs to be covered in other parts of the world. Yesterday in India: "A teenage boy who wrote a love letter to a girl from a diff
November 21, 2008In-N-Out Burger in Trouble With Health Departments!
It's all about the grilled onions. I decided to end a day of puttering around my apartment by getting some air and taking my Sunday Times up the street to the In-N-Out Burger on the corner of PCH and 2nd in Long Beach. For whatever reason, I was in a grilled onion mood for my Double Double, except I wanted the onions on the side, so I can slap 'em on my burger at my pace, rather than relying on a griddle jockey to do it for me. Simple request, no? Umm, no. Even though I'd gotten grilled onions
December 1, 2008Gay Marriage Proponents Unite! Mormons to Converge on Costa Mesa Wednesday
Don't put your protest signs away just yet, anti-Prop. 8 opponents. (Orange County Mormon temples have been disrupted recently thanks to the Church of Latter-Day Saints having funneled gobs of cash into the Nov. 4 state voter initiative that prohibited gay marriage.) Mormon Times reports that Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa will be the site of a Christmas concert Wednesday featuring five choirs and a 60-piece orchestra associated with
December 2, 2008To Do Tonight 12/3
Carnival of Animals, 6:30 p.m.Robert Kapilow, composer and conductor leads a chamber orchestra. Not balloon animals.Cerritos Center, 12700 Center Court Dr. Cerritos, CA800-300-4345 Orange County Mormon Choir Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.The crowd may be slim due to Prop 8 boycotts, but at least you'll get a good seat.Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Dr. Costa Mesa, CA714-556-2787Film Screening of It's A Wonderful Life, 8 p.m. Before the Christmas onslaught
December 3, 2008OC Metro: Worst Magazine...in the World!
We at the Weekly have given OC Metro, the self-described "business lifestyle" magazine of Orange County, plenty of well-deserved jabs over the years. But the glossy monthly (Metro had been a biweekly for years until this past September, a downsizing we can all be happy about) has outdone itself with its December issue. Among the numerous acts of inanity is editor Tina Borgatta's Editor's Note, a look back on 2008 that's really all about . . Tina Borgatta (pictured here
December 7, 2008You Really Can't Live a Day Without a Gay
The KTLA Morning News just ran a story about a campaign launched by West Hollywood's Sean Hertherington to have everyone "call in to work gay" today to demonstrate outrage over the passage of Prop. 8 and how, "You really can't live a day without a gay." The memo obviously did not reach World Weekly HQ. In fact, it did not reach much of West Hollywood, as KTLA's reporter interviewed several people at a Starbucks there--on their way to work. Hertherington's heart is in the right pl
December 10, 2008The Purpose Driven Knife in the Back of Obama's Gay Supporters
Perhaps for not going so hard on Barack Obama in last summer's Saddleback presidential forum, the Lake Forest mega-church's pastor, Rick Warren (right), will deliver the invocation at the president-elect's swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20, reports CNN. Warren did not make a public endorsement in the race, but his past views (and forum questions) were certainly slanted more toward John McCain. And Warren did publicly support California's Proposition 8, commenting in Saddleback's October newslet
December 17, 2008Looking Back at 2008: The Ecstasy and the Irony
This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasoline prices, the mortgage meltdown or the havoc that phenomenon wreaked. No, these are 15 stories from 2008 that may have fallen through the cracks were it not for the wonders of online archives and sl
December 31, 2008OC Shows Respectable Level of Support for Prop. 8 Challenge
According to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the ACLU, among the Orange County contingent filing "friend of the court" briefs in support of Attorney General Jerry Brown's legal challenge of same-sex marriage barring Proposition 8:Irvine United Congregational ChurchOrange County Asian Pacific Islander Community AllianceThe Center Orange CountyChapman University groups Chapman Outlaw, Chapman Queer-Straight Alliance, Chapman Feminists, and Chapman SPEAK (Students for Peace
January 22, 2009Still More Fun From the Prop. 8 Imbroglio . . .
If it is even possible, there will be a greater concentration of gay and lesbian people in San Francisco on March 5, when the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the challenge of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. On the flipside, the day could also see a huge spike in intolerant religious zealot homophobic nutbars. Paaaartay! With the backing of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown will ask the Supremes to invalidate Prop. 8 on grounds that cer
February 3, 2009Gay Marriage Rally in Front of OC Church Has a Twist This Time
Ho-hum, supporters of marriage equality are planning a big rally outside yet another Orange County church. Tell it to Rick Warren. Or Ted Haggard. Or Mormony McMormon. Maybe they'll get all fired up by signs stating, "No on Hate--No on Prop 8," "I Want to See My Daddies MARRIED!" and "Jesus Loves Everyone." The rest of us need naps. Well, as it turns out, the March 5 rally at Church of the Foothills in Santa Ana is church-sanctioned, as opposed to those outside Warren's Saddleback
February 10, 2009Prop. 8 Backers to Local, State Politicos: Butt Out and Get Back to Work!
Local and statewide proponents of Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November, have a message for local and statewide politicians: stop trying to overturn the election results and get back to work fixing your cities and/or California.State senators and Assembly members "are authoring meaningless nonbinding resolutions that take up the time of legislators and legislative staff who should be focused on appropriate legislative priorities such as solving the state defic
February 18, 2009Supremes' Prop. 8 Oral Arguments Generate Vigils, Viewing Parties, Rallies
Okay, Prop. 8, supporters, be honest: Would you rather attend a party thrown by gays or straights? If you answered the latter, well, then, you haven't been to a party thrown by gays, have you? Think of all the collected knowledge of Martha Stewart, the Queer Eye guys and Chelsea Handler funneled into a single event, and you get an idea of what kind of fab do you'd be in for. So, perhaps you should put away your hateful signs and come on out to Eve of Justice, which refers to the evening be
March 3, 2009It's a Quick Read 18: Gone Since Friday Edition
Orange County Register: Miss me? Great economic news! Pier 1 Imports will only close 80 or so stores, not the 125 anticipated originally. . . . The California Energy Commission is considering a ban on big screen televisions. It's not the pollution network programmers spew that is spurring the proposal but a desire to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. . . . Who says Santa Ana is not welcoming? Its city jail will soon house more immigrant detainees. . . . Signature gathering
March 23, 2009Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling Means Everything or Nothing
The Iowa Supreme Court's overturning of the law banning same-sex marriage in that state either bolsters the arguments of those pushing for gay marriage in California or has nothing to do with the issue here. It depends on who you ask.National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter:"The fact that two state supreme courts--including now a court in the heartland of our country--have now followed the California Supreme Court's holding on that issue underscores very powerfully that t
April 3, 2009Busy Weekend for Haters, "So-Called" Hater
When the Clockwork Scooter pulled out the Weekly parking lot Friday evening, there were just over 50 comments to the post that went up shortly after authorities revealed Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart died in a Fullerton car crash. At last check today, there were 112 comments. That means, according to the little comment tracker on the Navel Gazing page, that the Adenhart post has passed 9-11 Truther Wackiness Now Most Commented OC Weekly Post Ever! (110) and with a good push could top
April 13, 2009[¡Ask a Mexican!] Will Mexicans Queer the Deal on Prop. 8?
October 30, 2008[Election 2008] Three Weddings and a Moose
October 23, 2008Gloria Allred To Say Things Next Week. Also, Fate Of Gays To Be Decided.
This morning, media-master attorney Gloria Allred sent out a press release that scooped my RSS reader to the news that the California Supreme Court would be announcing its decision on the challenge to Proposition 8 next Tuesday. As if you need a refresher, Allred's the lawyer whose dipped her toes into OC-related cases like Octomom and Donna Jou, and she also was somehow involved in OJ Simpson, Paula Jones and Borat. I somehow had missed the unsurprising fact that she also represented the two ga
May 22, 2009OC Gay Groups Blast Supreme Court For Caving To Bigots, Call for Rally Tonight
Disappointed in today's ruling upholding Prop. 8's effort to block future gay marriages in California, the leadership of two Orange County gay organizations accused the California Supreme Court of "acting out of fear of political retribution" from religious right."Today is a sad day for equality," said Jim Rogers, who heads the non-partisan Elections Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO). "The California Supreme Court has shown that the State of California is not a place where 'All men (and w
May 26, 2009The Unhappy Marriage (Opposite Marriage?) of Art and Politics In the Proposition 8 Debate
June 11, 2009Letters From OC Weekly Readers
June 18, 2009Anti-Prop 8/Pro-Gay Marriage Summit Deemed "a Disaster"
Chris Prevatt of TheLiberalOC blogged and tweeted from a LGBT Leadership Summit in San Bernardino aimed at repealing Prop 8 and restoring marriage equality for all Californians. The gathering revealed a schism within the movement between activists who want to get a Prop 8 counter measure on the 2010 ballot and a leadership that, staring down the political realities, sees 2012 as a more likely year such a measure would pass.The meeting itself was a disaster. The agenda was not distributed in a
July 27, 2009Orange County LGBT Pride Festival "Revival" Starts Small
Sasha Baron Cohen's comedy has nothing to do with OC pride festivals. We just can't find photos from past fests. Orange County's first-ever gay and lesbian pride festival was held in Santa Ana's Centennial Park in 1988, when angry Christian conservatives showed up not because they'd finally come out of the closet (knew it!) but to fling urine-filled balloons, taunt attendees with chants of "Go back to your closet," and cheer on an airplane they'd hired to fly over the event with a banner read
July 29, 2009Counter-Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Initiative Coming to the Polls ... in 2012
Two weeks ago, Clockwork linked you to a report by The Liberal OC's Chris Prevatt about a disastrous same-sex marriage confab summit he attended where folks were split between what can loosely be labeled "the gay masses" calling for a new initiative to counter California's Proposition 8 on the next ballot and the "the political operatives" who--looking at polls, voter fatigue and most especially potential funding--suggested waiting until 2012 to have a better chance at victory.Well, the polit
August 12, 2009Groups on Either Side of Prop. 8 Blast 2012 Same-Sex Marriage Initiative
Equality California's decision to hold off on pursuing a same-sex marriage voter initiative at least until 2012 is not being cheered by groups on either side of the Prop. 8 debate.Reports the San Francisco Chronicle:But the organization's decision appears to collide with other progressive groups fighting for marriage equality. The 700,000-member Courage Campaign said Tuesday it is "pushing ahead to file a ballot measure" in 2010, when state voters will decide their next governor, and its officia
August 12, 2009Despite Obnoxious Protesters, OC Gay Marriage Rally Inspires Crowd
Photo by Christopher VictorioRich Cook leads Men Alive at gay marriage rallyWhile famed conductor Rich Cook directed his singing group Men Alive in the harmonious, sweet sounds of "Marry Us," an overly-tanned and hairy, fat, middle-aged bald man wearing shorts and a tank top held a handmade poster ("No parking in rear any time; Penal Code: Lev 18:22") and screamed into a bullhorn:--"You will not turn Orange County into Rainbow County!"--"Get with the program, Sodomites!"--"Idiots! Why won't you
May 26, 2009Actually, Here's The Important Prop. 8 Decision Event To Attend
Thanks to Paul Cook-Giles for pointing out that I missed the real OC-connected news with regards to the upcoming California Supreme Court decision on a challenge to Proposition 8. While Gloria Allred's press conference is cool and all, you might be better served by going to OC Equality Coalition's "Day of Decision" event at the Old Orange Courthouse in Santa Ana at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Cook-Giles writes: Depending on what the court decides, we will either PROTEST or CELEBRATE. We will PROTEST if
May 24, 2009LGBT Groups Seek to Intervene in Prop. 8 Challenge
This just in from the ACLU, which believes the action taken today will help a judge hearing a challenge of Prop. 8 understand the unequal rights inherent in the ballot initiative . . . SAN FRANCISCO -- Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today asked the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to allow Our Family Coalition, Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to intervene in Pe
July 8, 2009Proposition 8 Is Keeping Same-Sex Couples From Marrying, But It Has United OC's Gay Community
November 19, 2009More on OC's Reinvigorated Gay-Rights Movement
Jennie Warren / OC WeeklyA few ideas I couldn't quite fit into this week's cover story on gay-rights activism in Orange County: - LGBT-rights doesn't necessarily mean LGBT: Most of the LGBT activists working in Orange County told me that one of the most remarkable thing about the network that has developed because of Prop. 8 is that it includes a ton of "straight allies." Alex Gorman--the guy in the story wearing the nun costume--is one. So is Felicity Figueroa, the Orange County Equality Coa
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