Prop. 8 legal battle has implications for all ballot measures

Rick Hasen, an elections law specialist and visiting professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, cautioned against making sweeping conclusions based on the "atypical" nature of the Proposition 8 case. But he said it does raise an important point. "One of the underlying reasons for the initiative process is to allow voters to bypass the Legislature when the state Legislature is...

SignOnSanDiego • Jan 10, 2011

Prop. 8 foes hope to qualify repeal

Supporters of the repeal initiative face a deadline today to submit valid signatures of 694,354 registered California voters to county registrars of voters. They have declined to say how many signatures they believe they have collected. Gay-rights activists not involved in the effort but sympathetic to it say they have seen little evidence of sufficient activity to make it happen. "I think they'...

SignOnSanDiego • Apr 12, 2010

S.D. County apologizes to married gay couple

The incident illustrates why same-sex couples who want to get married should be allowed to wed. "If you've got two groups of people who have two different sets of rights, that is just unworkable," she said....

SignOnSanDiego • Jun 12, 2009

Carrying the torch for equal marriage

A handful of "marriage equality torches" were carried on foot, in cars and even on a unicycle to city halls around the county yesterday by people protesting Proposition 8, the November state ballot initiative that stripped gays and lesbians of the right to marry. In a twist on protesting, organizers mobilized about 140 residents in far-flung corners of the county to walk their own streets carryi...

SignOnSanDiego • Jun 7, 2009

Gays protest Block's failure to vote on resolution against Proposition 8

Newly elected Assemblyman Marty Block, who has a long history of support for gay rights issues, is facing the ire of gays and lesbians over his failure to vote on a legislative resolution condemning Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Some are so incensed that they are organizing a protest at tonight's meeting of the gay and lesbian San Diego Democratic Club that Block sa...

SignOnSanDiego • Mar 26, 2009

Deja new: Prop. 8 challenge reaches state Supreme Court

A broad spectrum of civil rights groups, including the NAACP, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the National Organization for Women, have submitted friend-of-the-court briefs in the case, saying other minorities could have their rights put up for a vote if the measure is upheld....

SignOnSanDiego • Mar 3, 2009

Theater company leaves in protest

Ion Theatre, a small but well-regarded young theater company, has vacated its performance space in what it calls a protest of the property owner's personal contributions to Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California....

SignOnSanDiego • Feb 10, 2009

Candlelight walk set by anti-Prop. 8 group

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 21, 2008

Theories abound over size of Prop. 8 protest

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 17, 2008

Downtown march crowd swells

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 15, 2008

Prop.8 protest in Escondido

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 15, 2008

Prop. 8 foes laying the groundwork for future defeats

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 14, 2008

Protests of Prop. 8 shaped on Internet

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 12, 2008

Ted Costa: State high court throwing out Prop. 8 sure to lead to recall effort

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SignOnSanDiego • Nov 11, 2008