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Civil rights activists ought to be angry, determined, but not violent

By Joel McDonald • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Related News & Events

I’ve been monitoring the backlash that has flooded throughout California, and is evident throughout the nation, caused by the passage of of California’s Proposition 8 which infringes on the fundamental right of some individuals to marry due to the gender of their partner. The anger and the determination to somehow reverse the damage done by [...]



Keith Olbermann on gay marriage

By Joel McDonald • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

Thanks to Raising Kaine for posting this, and thanks to Keith Olbermann for saying it.



California votes to make their constitution unconstitutional

By Joel McDonald • Nov 5th, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States” – 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution California joined the ranks of states, including Virginia, that have used their state constitutions to deny homosexuals the privilege of marriage. Yesterday, Californians voted on and [...]