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The Get Engaged Tour , organized by Marriage Equality USA, was a recent set of meetings held throughout the state of California, including one here in Fresno, which I participated in with other local LGBT groups and activists. The meetings solicited communities to come out, listen to results of polling data concerning public opinion on […]
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I wanted to start off our week – by reminding us of what we are working so hard to achieve…. Take a minute and watch this wonderful video entry http://www.biggaykiss.com/entry/video/proposal Marriage Equality USA has partnered with Interactive Male on the Big Gay Kiss campaign this summer. We have been working with a creative,
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The results are in. Check out the link below to see how California feels about going back to ballot. www.getengagedtour.org
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Lawrence King, at the age of 15, was shot and killed by a classmate on February 12, 2008. His pre-trial began Monday, July 20th, 2009. Tactics were vivid on the first day. Vivid, and tragically repetitive. UPDATE: JUDGE ORDERS MCINERNEY TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF LAWRENCE KING, STATING THAT THE MURDER WAS CLEARLY
When I first heard of the federal case for same sex marriage I agreed with some of the things I read. Maybe this was the wrong time. Maybe it was doomed to fail, based on the history of other challenges which weren’t supported by a majority on a state level. I’ve been there since, wondering
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I received the following email today from Molly McKay, the Media Director of MEUSA. Jamie, Jessica, Brock and all others in Porterville, you have made us all proud. If we can keep this momentum going, channel it to other cities, do more outreach and voter contact, we surely will be victorious in 2010. Thank you for all
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I’m sure many of you heard about the EQCA consultants’ and their responses posted Monday, all of them advising against 2010 ballot initiative. On Unite the Fight, I posted key excerpts from each after reading all of them. Hopefully this helps – it’s a lot of reading to go through. Thought I’d post a
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Cam Hamilton is at it again Item 15 on the Agenda is a proposed resolution against SB 54 (Leno) co sponsored by Equality California. Agenda and Item 15 info are in attached files. Where: Porterville City Hall 291 North Main Street, Porterville CA 93257 When: Oral Communications start at 7 pm sharp We Need ALL
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Introducing our very own Sara Scott. She is a local friend, author and fellow crusader in the equality battle. Among other accomplishments, Sara has just written and published her first book, BloodRite: Dominique. The book officially launches on August 31, 2009 but you can pre-order the book NOW! Sara has graciously decided to donate
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OVERVIEW To increase our exposure and visibility in the larger comunity, we are going to try a series of monthly lunches on the town. We will gather in a different community each month. The more PFLAG t-shirts we can have, the better. Any diversity or civil-rights oriented clothing is okay. WHEN Sunday, August 23, 2009
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