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martes, mayo 26, 2009

California high court upholds same-sex marriage ban

By :www.365gay.com
Updated 1:45pm
(San Francisco, California) The California Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 8 - the voter measure banning gay marriage in the state is legal. But the court also said that the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the election are valid.

The 6-1 decision upholding Prop 8 was written by Chief Justice Ron George. The ruling rejected an argument by gay rights groups that the ban revised the California constitution’s equal protection clause to such a dramatic degree that it first needed the Legislature’s approval.
The ruling said the people, through the ballot box, have a right to change the state constitution.
“In a sense, petitioners’ and the attorney general’s complaint is that it is just too easy to amend the California constitution through the initiative process. But it is not a proper function of this court to curtail that process; we are constitutionally bound to uphold it,” the ruling said.
The decision by the justices that Prop 8 was not retroactive was unanimous.
Outside the court, large crowds began arriving hours before the ruling was to be released. Police set up barricades to keep the two groups separated. After the ruling, gay-marriage advocates began blocking off San Francisco intersections in protest.
The ruling angered many on both sides in the crowd. Conservatives said that the court should have invalidated the 18,000 marriages, while LGBT supporters said the ruling creates two classes of gay citizens in the state.
The group Marriage Equality will hold solidarity marches in communities across California tonight. Similar marches will be held in other cities across the country.
The effort to legalize same-sex marriage for all Californians now rests with two groups preparing voter measures to overturn Prop 8 in 2010.
The California Secretary of State has given the group Yes on Equality until Aug. 17 to collect the nearly 700,000 signatures needed to qualify its initiative for the 2010 ballot. It would ask voters to repeal Prop 8. The other, by two college students, would strike the word “marriage” from all state laws.
Prop 8 was passed by voters in November by a slim 52 percent. The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights immediately filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the November Prop 8 vote. They were joined by additional suits by the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles and a legal opinion by California Attorney General Jerry Brown.
For the court there were three issues to be determined: Is Proposition 8 invalid because it constitutes a revision of, rather than an amendment to, the California Constitution; Does Proposition 8 violate the separation of powers doctrine under the California Constitution; and If Proposition 8 is not unconstitutional, what is its effect, if any, on the 18,000 marriages of same-sex couples performed before the adoption of Proposition 8.

domingo, mayo 24, 2009

PR Gay Pride Fest


Asiste al Puerto Rico Gay Pride Fest

El día de la Parada de Orgullo Gay de San Juan, el domingo 7 de junio, la organización Saliendo del Clóset, el periódico Conexión G y Coors Light, te invitan al evento “Puerto Rico Gay Pride Fest” que comenzará cuando termine el evento artístico de los organizadores de la Parada.
El “Puerto Rico Gay Pride Fest” comenzará cerca de las 5pm hasta casi la medianoche en los mismos predios del Parque del Tercer Milenio. No tienes que moverte para ningún sitio pues la fiesta continuará allí mismo en el Parque de Pelota contiguo al Parque Sixto Escobar.

Artistas invitados:

J King y Máximan (género de regaetton),
Grupo Plenéalo( música latina),
Grupo Circo (soft rock),
DJ Emil Cedeño en los platos


Maestros de Ceremonia: Noris Joffre y Vanessa Fox
Y otros artistas sorpresas
Habrá regalos y sorpresas

Kioskos bebida, comida/otras ventas y exhibidores
Donativo $3.00 por persona(a beneficio de Saliendo del Clóset, Inc)

Gente, Pasen este evento a sus contactos, será el único Pride Fest en el Dia de Orgullo Gay de la Parada Gay de San Juan, domingo 7 de junio en el Parque del Tercer Milenio.. a beneficio de Saliendo del Clóset.. info: 787-607-3939/787-619-1848. Te esperamos!!

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