Cinemark CEO, Alan Stock gave $9,999 to the "Yes on H8" (Protectmarriage.com) campaign. Cinemark has 2700 movie screens in North and South America. In northern California they mainly operate under Century, CinéArts and Cinedome name.Movie theatres in the California Bay Area where the profits helped to support YES to bigotry, YES to discrimination, and YES to second-class status for same-sex couples:Corte Madera - Century CinemaDaly City - Century 20 Daly CityFremont - Cinedome 8 FremontHayward - Century Theatres at HaywardLarkspur - Century Larkspur LandingMilpitas - Century 20 Great MallMill Valley - CinéArts @ SequoiaMountain View - Century Cinemas 16Newark ...
As settlement in a discrimination lawsuit, the eHarmony dating site (founded by Focus on the Family friend Neil Clark Warren) has announced that they will next year open their services up to same-sex couples:
eHarmony settles with N.J. over same-sex matches [Inquirer]
So congrats, gays and lesbians: Due to court action, the company will feet-draggingly allow you to use their services. It's kind of like the online matchmaking equivalent of a mother who will reluctantly allow her child to bring their same-sex partner to Thanksgiving dinner, but insists that only the term "roommate" be used.
eMatchmake ...
Today, the California Supreme Court rejected requests by The City of San Francisco and the ACLU for the Court to issue a stay which would temporarily prohibit the State of California from implementing Proposition 8. Proposition 8 will go into effect for now.However, the court has accepted the cases, and has asked the parties to brief the following issues:
From the Judicial Council of California:
San Francisco – The California Supreme Court today denied requests to stay the enforcement or implementation of Proposition 8, and at the same time agreed to decide several issues arising out of the passage of Proposition 8. The court’s order, issued in the first three cases that had been filed directly in the state’s highest court challenging the validity of Proposition 8, directed the parties to brief and argue three issues:
(1) Is Proposition 8 invalid because it constitutes a revision of, rather than an amendment to, the California Constitution?
(2) Does Proposition 8 violate the separation-of-powers ...
Via the New York Daily News:
"Puerto Rico's outgoing governor said Monday he has prohibited government agencies from discriminating against same-sex couples, but the governor-elect indicated he will reverse the measure to avoid higher expenses for health care. The executive order by Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila allows unmarried couples who work for the government to apply health benefits to their partners, whether they are gay or heterosexual. 'What I have done is simply broaden these definitions so more people are covered, and it doesn't cost the government of Puerto Rico anything because if the person wants to include somebody ...
I’ve seen obnoxious self-serving hypocisy before, but this totally takes the prize for duplicity and double-speak.
While being ever so wounded that anyone might think they were homophobic, the Mormon Church released a statement that they do, they truly-ooly do, support gay rights.
… the Church does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the traditional family or the constitutional rights of churches.
Well this was a surprise to Equality Utah who had been battling the church ...
Comprehensive Prop 8 Update HERE.
Obama to take presidential radio address to YouTube, beginning this Saturday.
Memorial plaque to civil rights activist Leonard Matlovich to be dedicated tomorrow. From a press release: "The author of a November 12 article in The Washington Post wrote, "His last speech was in the rain in Sacramento, six weeks before he died, and he was hoarse and tired and dying, and he talked about love. A Georgia native who grew up in the military, he had the knack for taking your heart and making it catch for a moment, ...