Yes, TODAY (Wednesday), now get your protesting shoes on!
Now what’s the deal with this federal challenge again?
After Prop 8 was passed activists challenged it with the CA Supreme Court but didn’t have any success so now they’re challenging it in federal court on the basis that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the US [...]

Quoting the Denver Post (source link) :
Focus on the Family has cut its workforce by nearly half since 2002.
Friday’s layoff of 110 workers reduced its staff to 750. Over the past two years, Focus has let go 385 employees. Eight years ago it had 1,400 on the payroll.
“The economy continues to be in recession,” said [...]

Most Denverites know Kate Burns and Sheila Schroeder for staging sit-ins at the office that issues marriage licenses.  But they’re also members of the activist group Soulforce and documentary film makers.  Their film “SoleJourney” which chronicles activism against Focus On The Family will be screening this Saturday at the Docuwest film festival in Golden.  Here’s a trailer:

Here’s [...]

Closing arguments will take place for 4 hours Wednesday in the federal court challenge to Prop 8.  The LA Times reports Judge Vaughn Walker (pictured above) sent a list of 39 questions he wants lawyers to address in their closings. Via the Times
Among the questions asked of attorneys for the Proposition 8 opponents is how much importance should be [...]

Via the Denver Post yesterday:
Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family Action, the lobbying organization created in 2004 by Focus on the Family ministry founder James Dobson, today changed its name and logo to CitizenLink.
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From the beginning, some confusion about the exact identities and missions of the two similarly named organizations has existed in the general [...]

Rabidly anti-gay Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) announced he’s resigning today due to alligations he had an affair with a female staffer.
Whaat? An anti-gay politician had a straight affair?  I know, right.
Here’s a rundown of Souder’s greatest hits:

In 2004 he compared gay people to alcoholics.
In January he signed an he signed an amicus brief in a [...]

Happy International Day Against Homophobia.  It’s not a terribly big event here in the states but there’s events being held across the world today.  The above photo was taken earlier today in Melbourne (photo source). A variety of EU officials made statements and activist blog PamsHouseBlend has posted many of them here.  For the Day [...]

Last year… Focus On The Family judicial analyst Bruce Hausknecht (pictured above) told Washington Post affiliated blogger Greg Sargent that Focus would not oppose a Supreme Court nominee solely because of their sexual orientation.  Quoting Sargent’s blog, “Our concern at the Supreme Court is judicial philosophy,” Hausknecht said. “Sexual orientation only becomes an issue if it [...]

According to the Summit Daily News (source) the big issues facing Dillon and mayor elect Ron Holland do not include sodomy and circuit parties but rather:
“encouraging town growth through urban renewal, redevelopment, working with the Dillon Business Association to bring visitors to town, marketing and creating town attractions. Also on the plate is a resolution [...]

Gay people who are sick of being oppressed tend to like to throw around the terms “hate group” and “bigot,” even when the terms don’t strictly apply (I admit I do it). However the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit organization which tracks and monitors extremist has specific criteria for what defines a hate group [...]