Archive for May, 2006
On June 3, Marriage Equality USA coordinated walks across Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a statement of support for marriage equality and against the federal marriage amendment.
250 people in San Francisco and 600 people in New York participated, despite the rain. Jennifer Schumaker completed her 500 […]
United for a Healthy Washington, a group started by the Hate to Hope Coalition, is urging people in Washington State to decline to sign intiative I-946. The initiative, if put in the ballot and approved, would make it illegal to provide basic human and health services to people that cannot show proof of legal immigration […]
Some good news from Georgia and Oklahoma… From an AP article, via Feministe: In Georgia, a Superior Court Judge struck down the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage based mostly on a technicality (the ballot included multiple subjects instead of just one as is allowed). While this is good news, it won’t really do much […]
Tues., May 23rd , 6- 8pm
CONNECTIONS: QUEER ISSUES & IMMIGRATION ISSUES
at the LGBT Community Center, 1115 E. Pike, Seattle.
Topics in this training/ information session will include will include immigration options for queer/LGBT folks, potential changes in immigration laws that can benefit and harm queer people, existing legislation and options for two immigrants who are in […]
Senate panel gives go-ahead to vote on federal marriage amendment
0 Comments Published May 18th, 2006From Reuters, via the Washington Post: Arlen Specter and other Republicans in the Senate judiciary committee agreed to bring the federal marriage amendment up for a vote in the Senate. Specter said he doesn’t support it but thinks it should be voted on anyway. The interesting thing is that Sen. Russ Feingold, who has already […]
Today’s PI local section has an article about the WA State Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the so-called Defense Of Marriage Act. Nothing new or that wasn’t known already, but they mention how the anti-gay people are expecting a decision supporting same-sex marriage, and the speculations that the court may be waiting till […]
After it failed to pass in 2004, Rick Santorum has asked for a new vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment, that would write discrimination into the US Constitution by explicitly prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Even though most or all Democratic Senators are expected to vote against the FMA if it ever […]
Wed., May 9th, 7:00pm
PRO/CON MARRIAGE-EQUALITY FORUM, Spokane Falls Community College.
Pro speakers will include a local religious leader, Bill Dubay of DontAmend.com, and Dave Horn of Lambda Legal. For more info: barbaraw@spokanefalls.edu.
Sunday, May 7th, 2pm and 7pm
PFLAG and the Religious Coalition for Equality host Inlaws and Outlaws at Lake Washington H.S. in Kirkland on Sunday, May 7th at 2 and 7 pm.
Tickets are $9 gen. adm. and $5 for seniors, youth and unemployed and available through Ticket Window. Also available at the door at Lake Washington […]
Sun., May 7th, 9am- 3:30pm
DISMANTLING RACISM- BUILDING SKILLS FOR ACTION,
contact Social Justice Fund NW for the south Seattle location, $25.
Join SJFNW for a two-part highly participatory training designed to move
from theory to ACTION!
The morning training will focus on building alliances across race in a
realistic scenario.
The afternoon training will move toward building skills as individuals to
challenge […]
