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- Equality California Announces Early Endorsements in 2012 Legislative Races
- (San Francisco) Equality California today announced the endorsement of six candidates running for state legislative offices in 2012, in addition to 23 endorsements of incumbent candidates issued late last year. Today's endorsements include elected officials who have previously received Equality California's endorsement and have a 100% pro-LGBT voting record. Two of the candidates, Ricardo Lara and Cathleen Galgiani, are openly gay.
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- New Developments At Equality California
- As many of you know, 2011 has been a year of change, challenges and opportunities for Equality California. We have seized this moment to take stock, to look at the big picture and to ensure that Equality California is well-positioned to continue to lead the LGBT equality movement in California.
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- EQCA Condemns Fifth Ballot Measure Attack on FAIR Education Act
- Sacramento – The anti-equality advocates, who previously sponsored an unsuccessful effort to place a referendum on the FAIR Education Act on the 2012 ballot, have announced that today they will file a new ballot measure to repeal the FAIR Education Act.
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- Equality California Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Standing Question in Perry v. Brown Challenge to Proposition 8
- (San Francisco) The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion finding that proponents of Proposition 8 have the authority to represent the interests of the State of California in the Perry v. Brown challenge to the law even though the state's public officials--the governor and attorney general--declined to appeal the trial court's careful determination in 2010 that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The opinion was issued at the request of the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard the appeal of the 2010 ruling that struck down Proposition 8. The case will now return to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will make a federal ruling on whether proponents of Prop 8 have standing to appeal the 2010 ruling and, if so, will consider whether Proposition 8 is invalid.
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- Anti-Equality Advocates File Initiative to Eliminate LGBT People from FAIR Education Act
- Sacramento – Today, anti-equality advocates filed papers with the state to circulate petitions for an initiative on the November 2012 ballot asking voters to strip language that includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people from the landmark FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, Respectful) Education Act. Specifically, the initiative would strike the sections of California educational code that require schools to include information about the historical contributions of LGBT people, along with other groups, in social studies courses and prohibit schools from adopting discriminatory materials that reflect adversely on LGBT people. This initiative attempt follows an unsuccessful effort earlier this year to place a referendum on the ballot to overturn the FAIR Education Act, which goes into effect January 1, 2012. The group has 150 days from the date the initiative petition is approved for circulation to collect more than 504,760 signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. However, the initiative measure must qualify at least 131 days before the November general election.
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Sacramento Equality Awards Join us in the capital city to celebrate our progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and torenew our shared commitment to securing full equality!
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eqca: RT @latinsuperstar: 26 canvassers going door to door for the fair education act today in south la! #Eqca #faireducation!
eqca: Charlie Morgan, Lesbian Service Member With Cancer, Asks John Boehner To Stop Defending #DOMA http://t.co/1qsEmBAj #lgbt
eqca: 9th Circuit: Prop 8 trial tapes to remain sealed: http://t.co/tiMtYLlZ #prop8 #lgbt
eqca: Marriage Equality passed by the Washington State Senate: http://t.co/g3gOfq5W #lgbt
A Breakthrough Conversation
By Paul Shirey
"Within minutes, miles of progress can take place and these are critical conversations to have in order to combat our opponent’s scare tactics. Read More >
Notes From The Field
By Bella Week
"I told the man that if being gay truly was determined by choice, than I don’t believe Seth Walsh would have decided to be gay and face the sort of bullying that lead him to take his own life. I don’t think there are many kids who would choose to be gay when being straight is the far easier option. I asked him if he agreed, and he said that he had never thought about that, and that it was a good point." Read More >
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