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	Attorney General Candidate Steve Cooley Would 'Defend' Proposition 8 Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, who's the Republican candidate for California Attorney General, would defend Proposition 8 in court if given the opportunity, says his campaign spokesman Kevin Spillane. "The role of the attorney general is to defend the will of the people," says Spillane. "He would defend (Prop. 8) and appeal" U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling tha... LA Weekly • Aug 20, 2010

	Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman Boycotted Over Pro-Prop. 8 Stance A boycott of eBay and Meg Whitman is being organized following revelations that the gubernatorial candidate and former auction-site CEO has turned against same-sex marraige in her fight for the Republican nomination.... LA Weekly • Apr 8, 2010

	Queer Town: Prop. 8 Closing Arguments Still Not Scheduled U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has yet to set a date for lawyers to show up in court to bring it all home with closing remarks. Walker has said he plans to question lawyers during that time. Previous news reports predicted the judge would schedule a day in March.... LA Weekly • Mar 4, 2010

	Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Have Uphill Battle For 2010 Ballot Initiative Political consultant Ace Smith, who helped elect Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the city's top office and worked on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, tells the Journal, "I support 2010 and 2012. I support going to the ballot as many times as it's going to take." As we reported, Love Honor Cherish is hoping that the power of the internet will help it overcome its hurdles. It has posted ... LA Weekly • Dec 17, 2009

	Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table The gym bunnies, bears, drag queens, power gays and lipstick lesbians in West Hollywood and California want a winning campaign to restore their legal right to marry. Some of them may not closely follow the inside moves of their own civil rights movement, but what unfolds now is critical. The decisions made in the coming weeks, and the leaders who emerge, will lay the foundation for the defeat or v... LA Weekly • Jun 4, 2009

	New Gay-Marriage War Coming to California Jacobs is trying to organize a new, grassroots-oriented gay-rights movement in California. After November 4, the top-down management style of the campaign, which was headed up by such longtime gay leaders as Geoff Kors of Equality California and Lorri Jean of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, was widely seen as a weak link in the failed effort. Over the past few months, the Courage Campaign has been ... LA Weekly • Mar 13, 2009

	Queer Town: Prop. 8 Outs Hollywood ... LA Weekly • Nov 24, 2008

	A federal bailout for Prop. 8 ... LA Weekly • Nov 17, 2008

	Diary of a Gay, Traffic-Snarling Sore Loser ... LA Weekly • Nov 12, 2008

	Dirty Laundry Over Prop. 8 ... LA Weekly • Nov 12, 2008

	Los Angeles Protests Stop Mormon Marriages ... LA Weekly • Nov 9, 2008

	Queer Town: Human Rights Campaign's Shameless Spin ... LA Weekly • Nov 5, 2008

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