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Queer Town

Proposition 8: Rob Reiner, Gavin Newsom, and Others React To U.S. Supreme Court Hearing

By Patrick Range McDonald Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Civil Rights, Queer Town

Ted Soqui

2009 Proposition 8 protest

After the U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments yesterday about the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit, movie director and American Foundation for Equal Rights board member Rob Reiner, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and others weighed in about the historic proceeding.

"This case has always been about the love shared by two individuals and about the central promise from our nation's founding that all men are created equal and are endowed with inalienable rights, including the pursuit of happiness," says Reiner in a press statement.

The U.S. Supreme Court also released an audio tape of the hearing.

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Gavin Newsom, gay marriage, Patrick Range McDonald, Proposition 8, Rob Reiner, US Supreme Court

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Queer Town

Why Los Angeles Deserves Major Credit for the National Gay Marriage Movement

By Patrick Range McDonald Mon., Mar. 25 2013 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Civil Rights, Queer Town

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When it comes to life-impacting stuff -- civil rights, political movements, or education reform, for example -- Los Angeles too often gets overlooked by snobby journalists and intellectual types in New York City and Washington D.C.

Let's just admit it: They don't take L.A. seriously and they hate to give the nation's second largest city credit for anything of value.

But as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8 on Tuesday, March 26, Los Angeles deserves major credit for the rapidly successful pro-gay marriage movement in the United States -- and we can tell you why ...

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Dustin Lance Black, gay marriage, Los Angeles, Patrick Range McDonald, Proposition 8

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Civil Rights

Malibu Carbon Beach Access For Public Under Deal With Lisette Ackerberg

By Dennis Romero Mon., Mar. 18 2013 at 1:58 PM

Categories: Civil Rights

Malibu by Eric Demarcq / Flickr

Did you know that Carbon Beach in Malibu is not a "private beach."

In fact, there's almost no such thing as private beach in California, with a few exceptions, including the coastline in front of Vandenberg Airforce Base in Lompoc. But that hasn't stopped wealthy Malibu residents, including David Geffen, from attempting to thwart access to our shared, public coastline:

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beach access, California Coastal Commission, Carbon Beach, Malibu, private beach

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Kearian Giertz's Gay Marriage Comment Gets Him Booted From Fullerton High Event: ACLU To The Rescue

By Dennis Romero Fri., Apr. 6 2012 at 12:59 PM

Categories: Books, Civil Rights

Kearian Giertz / Facebook

Giertz, left, and friend.

The lesson of the day for Kearian Giertz, a Fullerton High School senior who declared his support for same-sex marriage in front of an annual "Mr. Fullerton" campus pageant, is to keep your opinions to yourself, or you'll be publicly chastised.

That's what happened after he was promptly swept away and kicked out of the event by assistant principal Joe Abell.

Now the L.A.-based ACLU of Southern California is backing the kid: