Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

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Colorado’s Proposition 8 Connections

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Gay marriage supporters in Denver protest the passing of California’s Proposition 8 which defines marriage in the Golden State as between one man and one woman (Denver Post)
The Colorado Independent suggests Focus on the Family’s financial support of California’s Proposition 8 was a contributing factor to recently announced layoffs at the Colorado Springs-based ministry. Focus [...]

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California Gay Marriage Protests Cross State Lines

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Opponents of Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in California, protest in the shadow of Los Angeles City Hall last weekend (Getty Images)
On November 4, voters in three states — Arizona, California, and Florida — amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage. But it’s California’s Proposition 8 that is drawing the strongest response from the [...]

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Gay Marriage Reverberates from Coast to Coast

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

When Don Kreindler and Ernie Carswell get married on August 1 in their Los Angeles home, Carswell’s father — a Baptist Minister from South Carolina — just might show up.
“He hasn’t said yes, but more importantly, he hasn’t said no,” said Carswell. “He said he was going to check his calendar, so for him, that’s [...]

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McCain Lags Public On Gay Marriage

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

With a recent poll finding 63 percent of Americans see gay marriage as a “strictly private” decision out of bounds for government regulation, John McCain’s newly reiterated position that marriage should be between one man and one woman puts him in the minority. Sure, Barack Obama’s official position has been for preserving the one-man, one-woman [...]

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