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California Proposition 8:

Bush v. Gore lawyers launch new same-sex marriage appeal (CNN, May 27, 2009)

Court upholds Prop. 8 but lets marriages stand (San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2009)

Washington, D.C.:

D.C. Council recognizes gay marriage (Washington Times, April 7, 2009 )

Maine & New Hampshire:

New England economy could see gay-marriage boost (Reuters, June 4, 2009)

New Hampshire becomes sixth state where gays can marry (Boston Globe, June 3, 2009)

Lawmakers approve same-sex marriage in N.H., Maine (CNN, May 6, 2009)

Vermont Legislature:

• Vermont legalizes gay marriage (Burlington Free Press, April 7, 2009)
• Vermont Legislature passed marriage equality, effective September 1, 2009

Iowa decision:

• The Meaning of Iowa's Gay-Marriage Decision (Time, April 4, 2009)
• Iowa: Gay Marriage in the Heartland (Time Video, April 4, 2009)
• Iowa Supreme Court filing (April 3, 2009)

Stop8.org News Feed

older stories:

Fight for marriage, family is new protest focus (San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 2009)

Repealing Prop 8: Ballot May Be Last Option (BeyondChron, March 6, 2009)

California Supreme Court looks unlikely to kill Proposition 8 (Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2009)

Loudly and colorfully, opposing sides debate Proposition 8 (Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2009)

Court showdown on Prop. 8 (Inside Bay Area, March 1, 2009)

Same-sex marriage movement looks to 'Obamify' (San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2009)

Cathy Brooks's Q&A with No on 8 campaign executive committee members (February 5, 2009):

• background: part 1, part 2
• video: part 1, part 2

California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5; Attorney General, Governor, and nation’s top civil rights groups agree: Invalidate Prop 8 (National Center for Lesbian Rights press release, February 3, 2009)

Gay Marriage Opponents Identified Online (KTVU San Francisco, February 2, 2009)

Prop. 8's proponents shouldn't be able to hide: a judge ruled correctly that there's no place for secret donations in California politics (Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2009)

Prop 8 Backers Admit That They Don't Really Believe Their Own Arguments (SFist, January 30, 2009)

Drama marks Equality Summit (Windy City Times, January 29, 2009)

Names of All 16 Members of No on 8's Executive Committee Made Public (Petrelis Files, January 21, 2009)

Prop 8: Did Mormons Go Too Far? (American News Project, January 14, 2009), Daily Kos diary

Obama will end 'don't ask' policy, aide says (San Francisco Chronicle, January 14, 2009)

Prop 8 Protest-Fatigue and Message-Dilution to Continue in 2009 (SFist, December 30, 2008)

Daily Kos: "Rick Warren"-tagged stories

Graphic designer Shepard Fairey's statement on President-Elect Obama's choice of anti-LGBT pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at the presidential inauguration (Obey Giant, December 18, 2008)

Is your marriage worth more than a taco? (AMERICAblog.com, December 15, 2008) and Those poor, poor Prop H8 supporters! (Daily Kos diary by CajunBoyLgb, December 15, 2008)

Our Mutual Joy: Opponents of gay marriage often cite Scripture. But what the Bible teaches about love argues for the other side. (Newsweek, December 6, 2008)

Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church (AP, December 3, 2008)

Mormon homophobia: up close and personal (Daily Kos, December 2, 2008)

Gay rights group to protest at Gov. Crist's wedding (AP, December 1, 2008)

The Psychological Harm of Anti-Gay Initiatives (Daily Kos, November 30, 2008)

Tax-exempt benefit disputed in Prop. 8 campaign (San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2008)

Head of L.A. film festival quits over Prop. 8 (San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 2008)

Michael Savage's Big Gay Apocalypse (Firedoglake, November 26, 2008)

Making Milk, the movie about Harvey Milk (Mariva.com, November 25, 2008)

"Prop. 8 push back" (Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, November 25, 2008)

"Prop. 8 divides Bay Area Catholics" (San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2008)

"City attorney Herrera has a new mayoral look" (San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2008)

Dr. Phil: "Same-Sex Marriage: The Prop 8 Debate" (November 21, 2008), San Francisco Chronicle City Insider: "Dr. Phil's same-sex marriage revealed!"

"Milk poured into Prop 8 debate: Recent ban recalls 1978 Briggs Initiative" (Variety, November 21, 2008)

"Activists Seek to Tie Milk to a Campaign for Gay Rights" (New York Times, November 21, 2008)

"The Myth of Marriage" (Daily Kos diary, November 21, 2008)

"State Supreme Court rejoins Prop. 8 battle" (San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 2008)

"Protecting the Sanctity of . . . Sidewalks?" (Blue Jersey, November 20, 2008): Daily Kos diary, Facebook

"Converting Dead Mormons into Homosexuals" (Daily Kos humorous diary, November 20, 2008)

"Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage" (Hindustan Times, November 19, 2008)

"A Marriage Manifesto . . . of Sorts" (Religion Dispatches, November 17, 2008)

KTVU News: "Anger Over Prop. 8 Erupts In San Francisco" (click the video screen on the right-hand side of the story to view Castro residents and visitors chasing anti-gay street preachers out of the neighborhood on Friday night, November 14, 2008), Daily Kos diary

"Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8" (Associated Press, November 7, 2008)

Proposition Hate: a moving personal story of same-sex domestic partners adopting an abused child (NoFo blog, November 5, 2008)