Following in the footsteps of the film “A Day Without a Mexican” and the 2006 “A Day Without Immigrants” protest against criminalization of illegal immigrants, proponents of the movement to overturn Prop 8 are asking members of the LGBTQ community to do something about the November passage of the proposition that banned gay marriage in California by doing nothing.
OK, so obviously it’s a little more complicated than that. Participants of the “Day Without a Gay” protest are asked to call into work “gay” and abstain from buying anything, using the Internet or cell phones, watching TV or in any way contributing to the straightness of our economy. The boycott aims to give the economy a metaphorical kick in the ass and show just how much gays are worth to California–literally. read more »
Posted by
Jill Cowan on Thursday, November 20, 2008 07:06 pm
So, the Clog’s got good news and the Clog’s got bad news. Which do you want first? OK, we’ll start with the good news.
The good news is, the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the bajillion or so lawsuits that sprung up immediately after Prop. 8 passed, arguing that it’s pretty objectively ridunk. And yes, we do think it warrants the use of the pseudo-word, “ridunk.”
The bad news? Prop. 8’s implementation is not going to be postponed until the lawsuits are resolved. But, um, no worries, right? We all know how speedy and efficient the justice system is, after all. (Mutters under breath. Baby steps. Baby … steps … )
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Prop. 8 Suits Win Supreme Court Review [Daily Cal]
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
* We knew ASUC was wasting its time, but really? A discussion about a “Go Bears” resolution? [Cal Patriot]
* Prop. 8 protests still going strong. [SFist]
* Hmm, this headline seems familiar. [Daily Cal]
* More budget cuts? Thank goodness we’re graduating. [UC Newsroom]
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Earlier: Yes, It’s Election Week
As campuses across the nation celebrated Obama’s victory with chanting, marching and other merriment in the streets, over 2,000 angered citizens of San Francisco attended a candlelight vigil yesterday in front of City Hall organized by Marriage Equality California. Protesters held signs reading “I woke up with less rights than I had yesterday” and “Separation of hate and state. No on Prop 8!”
West Hollywood also held a rally with over 5,000 protesters, resulting in seven arrests and massive street blockage. The next day another 3,000 protesters marched near a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, to draw attention to the Mormon Church’s throwing mass quantities of moolah at the Prop 8 campaign. read more »
As student post-election jubilation flooded the streets of Berkeley, the nation celebrated the end of the Bush era, the election of our first African-American president and the purchase of Sarah Palin’s flight back to Alaska. But with the passage of Prop 8, California voters learned that while civil rights may be taking a great leap forward on the national front, it’s also taken a step back statewide.
The proposition which will ban gay marriage was passed with a 52% vote yesterday, effectively limiting a constitutional right and leading many to call for a succession of NorCal from the rest of the California. (OK, we made that last part up.) read more »
Last week, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau issued a letter skirting around the icky-ness of Proposition 8. But some students aren’t so happy about the chancellor meddling in such affairs.
If passed, the proposition would eliminate the right to marry for same-sex couples and, as Birgeneau argued, would undermine Berkeley principles. Birgeneau did not outright stump against the proposition, but he concluded his letter with:
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Posted by
Danica Li on Sunday, October 19, 2008 03:27 pm
Because being naggingly repetitive is essential to our philosophy of blogging here at the Clog, we’d like to remind you that Monday’s the last day to register to vote. We admit it-the ballot’s as long as the Clog is tall, and about as dryly tedious as you’d expect it to be. We read it until our eyes bubbled, then had to take a break.
The Mercury News indicates that the propositions on the California state ballot are historical record-setters. Prop. 8’s been racking in the screen-time and the glittering celebrity endorsements, but other issues, like the bullet train that’d speed you from San Francisco to Los Angeles in three hours flat, or the proposition about the plight of pregnant pigs, figure in too.
But none of the ones we’ve come across so far have managed to match the following measure on the S.F. city ballot for originality and pizazz: read more »
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, who made a bold choice to legalize gay marriage in his city, leading to over 3,000 same-sex couples to marry in San Francisco back in ‘04 when they could only legally get a “civil union,” is now coming to our home turf to lead a rally in opposition to Prop 8.
The event will take place Friday, October 3rd on Upper Sproul from 12:30 to 1:45pm and will include student speakers, community members and local politicians speaking about the issue. And yet another man who scandalized the country will lead a rally to support something controversial on the steps of Sproul, and so the Berkeley legacy continues.
And check out our post on Prop. 8 from earlier this week.
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The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage [San Francisco Chronicle]
Gay or Straight, Say No to 8! You like it? We just came up with that right now. Proposition 8 is titled “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act.” Wow. It’s like the writer of this act didn’t believe in the cause him/herself. To soften the blow, the proposition is sometimes known affectionately as “The Californian Marriage Protection Act.” Is there something we missed? Whose marriage does this act protect?
Google just blogged about their stance against Prop. 8. Google argues:
” … we should not eliminate anyone’s fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.”
Touching. It almost doesn’t seem right for a company to take a stance on such a personal issue, but apparently this particular proposition hit a little too close to home. Just how close? We’re dying to know. In the meantime, we think Google should decorate their logo on their start page with rainbows and queer wedding cake toppers.
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Our position on California’s No on 8 campaign [Google blog]
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