WEEKLY OBSERVER AUGUST 11, 2010 ISSUE 1359
Proposition 8 Overturned
Proposition erturned
Over
EDITORIAL. . . . . .
Capsule Comments
With the recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughan Walker
overturning the ban on same-sex marriage in California through the passage
of Proposition 8, this landmark case now goes to the U.S. Ninth District
Circuit Court of Appeals for review.
It is expected that this case will head to the U.S. Supreme Court but
to do so, the organization, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which
is sponsoring the legal challenge in Perry V. Schwarzenegger, will need help
in this legal battle.
To donate, go online to equalrightsfoundation.org and click on the
donate button. ...
For the two seats up on the Arizona Corporation Commission, there
are contests in the Republican and Democratic primary elections.
As previously written, the Observer will not make a recommendation
for Republican contests because the GOP has used the LGBT community as
a political wedge issue.
On the other hand, there are three Democratic candidates running
for the two nominations available: State Senator Jorge Luis Garcia, State
SAN FRANCISCO (Observer sex marriage in California would Representative David Bradley and former Arizona Corporation Commis-
Update) - Federal judge Vaughn cause irreparable harm.” sioner, Renz Jennings.
Walker rules California’s gay marriage
ban unconstitutional, stating that Walker has asked for argu- All three of these candidates have a solid, progressive record in their
“California has no interest in differenti- ments from both sides regarding a public service and for which all Arizonans would benefit by their election to
the Arizona Corporation Commission.
ating between same-sex and oppo- stay of the decision to be submitted to
site-sex couples.” the court but has not indicated Unfortunately though, only two can be the nominees, for which there
whether there will be a hearing on the is no clear choice to recommend. Garcia, Bradley and Jennings are just too
In a highly anticipated deci- matter. Should the district judge deny good. ...
sion with potentially far-reaching a stay, it’s likely that Prop. 8 propo- Friday, August 13 is the last day to request a ballot for the August 24
implications in the national battle over nents will seek one from the Ninth primary election.
marriage equality, a federal judge has Circuit.
In Pima County, to request your ballot, go online to recorder.pima.gov/
struck down California’s Proposition 8, earlyreq.aspx. In the rest of the state, go online to azsos.gov/election/
reported advocate.com. Lead attorneys Theodore B. county.htm to get the information of your County Recorder. ...
Olson and David Boies, who brought
U.S. district judge Vaughn R. the case last year on behalf of a gay A person who helped to diffuse tensions between the Tucson LGBT
Walker ruled that the ballot measure male couple in Burbank and a lesbian community and the local police by organizing a community meeting with the
violated both equal protection and due couple in Berkeley who were denied new police chief at a Gay bar and singing Copacabana in a karaoke number.
process clauses of the U.S. Constitu- marriage licenses, spoke shortly
A person who voted to expand health benefits to the opposite sex
tion in a 136-page opinion released, afterward outside the federal court- domestic partners (those who may not be able to get married) and their
nearly seven months after an unprec- house in San Francisco with Chad families, in the spirit of Tucson’s anti-discrimination ordinance, adopted in
edented trial over marriage rights Griffin, founder and copresident of the 1977, covering all citizens, regardless.
began in his San Francisco courtroom. American Foundation for Equal
Rights, which organized and helped A person who worked to change the policy of the Boy Scouts
“Proposition 8 fails to advance finance of the suit. regarding young Gay men being able to be a member.
any rational basis in singling out gay
A person who built relationships with the LGBT community through
men and lesbians for denial of a Walker’s decision “increases cultivating friendships and working relationships with the City of Tucson
marriage license,” Walker wrote in a the stability and value of marriage to Commission on GLBT Issues.
decision deemed by many legal our society,” Olson said outside the
observers to be both straightforward courthouse after the ruling was A person who supported the LGBT community and their
and breathtaking in its scope. released. The state has no legitimate organizations, such as Wingspan and the Southern Arizona AIDS
interest “in contributing to discriminate Foundation while serving on the Tucson City Council. This individual also
“Indeed, the evidence shows against any of its citizens,” he said. expressed his support for other such groups and helped to put the Tucson
City Council on record on issues of concern.
Proposition 8 does nothing more than “This is a victory for the American
enshrine in the California Constitution people – it’s a victory for our justice A person who publicly opposed and fought Arizona Proposition 102
the notion that opposite-sex couples system.” in 2008, the Republican attempt to demonize Gays and Lesbians at the
are superior to same-sex couples. ballot box by banning same-sex marriage, which was already the situation
Because California has no interest in Whether or not the decision is from the court case Standhardt V. Superior Court in 2003 and 2004.
discriminating against gay men and stayed, attorney Ted Boutrous, who
lesbians, and because Proposition 8 argued the case for marriage equality A person who opposed Proposition 107 in 2006, which would have
banned legal and governmental recognition of committed, same-sex
prevents California from fulfilling its alongside Olson and Boies, told The relationships and ended benefits for the domestic partners (and families) of
constitutional obligation to provide Advocate, “we’re going to push for same-sex employees for Tucson and Pima County employees, as well as
marriages on an equal basis, the court expedited treatment of this appeal, those with other entities recognizing their committed relationships.
concludes that Proposition 8 is uncon- because every day that goes by, the
stitutional,” Walker wrote. rights of thousands of people are A person who has grown up, spoke out and has learned a lot from his
being injured—especially now that we triumphs to his mistakes.
Walker issued a temporary have this powerful, powerful ruling.”
A person the Observer recommended, Rodney Glassman.
stay of the judgment, however,
pending a motion by Prop. 8 propo- The decision was released on This is nothing more or nothing less. No investigative reporting,
nents, who appealed the decision to the court website shortly after 2 p.m., blogging vitriol, tweets or vendettas. Whoever wins the primary election, this
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth though a leaked version went viral on publication will support the effort to bring some sense to one of Arizona’s
Circuit. In a letter to Walker prior to the the Internet shortly after 1 p.m. Pacific seats in the U.S. Senate. What is the important point of all this, focusing on
decision, attorney Charles J. Cooper time. the issues and casting a vote at the ballot box.
wrote that another “window of same- Continued on Page Four
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“The constitutional amend-
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Community Bank of Nevada. After rival
ment we’re debating today strikes me To
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as antithetical in every way to the core
hotels began to offer increased
discounts in the onset of the recession,
philosophy of Republicans,” he said. Prop Ruling
Prop 8 Ruling
“It usurps from the states a fundamen- TUCSON (Observer Update) -
Blue Moon was forced to slash its
tal authority they have always pos- The TucsonW eekly had a statement
prices to compete. Average room rates
sessed and imposes a federal remedy from Linda Thomas, Wingspan’s
declined from $100 to approximately
for a problem that most states do not director of programs on the ruling on
$90.
believe confronts them.” the Proposition 8 case.
Community Bank of Nevada
McCain’s ambiguity and avoid- “The ruling to overturn Propo-
eventually failed and Blue Moon’s loan
ance of a stance on a U.S. constitu- sition 8 by a federal judge in California
was sold to an allied investment
tional amendment now is being seen is encouraging for same sex marriage
company Colony Capital, LLC. Talks
as a direct contradiction with his 2004 supporters.
to negotiate the hotel’s finances with
statements.
Colony Capital were unsuccessful,
prompting Blue Moon to file for “This decision gives the LGBT
bankruptcy. community a welcomed and renewed
Both McCain’s wife and daugh- optimism in our quest for equality.
ter have announced their support for
The Blue Moon Resort re-
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is confident that its fate will improve
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once the economy recovers. “It’s
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Obama On The Proposition 8 And Gay Rights
The Proposition Gay
Analysts have argued that the Don’t Tell.
Justice Department is obligated to
defend any Congressional law, even if The President said in January
the current administration disagrees “[We must] repeal the law that denies
with it, but others say this precedent is gay and lesbian Americans the right to
unfounded. serve the country they love because
of who they are. It’s the right thing to
Presidential spokespeople do.”
have attempted to clarify the
President’s position. Many gay rights advocates
have expressed disappointment in the
A White House aide told President. Others say he’s just getting
Politico, “He supports civil unions,
started.
doesn’t personally support gay
marriage though he supports repeal-
ing the Defense of Marriage Act, and
has opposed divisive and discrimina-
tory initiatives like Prop. 8 in other
states.”
Obama has made several
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ob- equality for gay and lesbian
changes throughout his time as
server Update) - President Obama couples.”
president that guarantee more rights
called himself a “fierce advocate for
to LGBT Americans. Under his
gay and lesbian Americans” in Obama continues to release
administration, hospital visitation
December 2008. A month earlier he nearly-contradicting statements on
rights have been extended to same-
said, “I believe that marriage is gay rights in America.
sex couples as has the right to take
between a man and woman and I am
leave to care for a sick child.
not in favor of gay marriage.” While he has made public
his opposition for the Defense of
He signed the Matthew
After the court decision, Marriage Act, the Justice Depart-
Shepard Act into law, adding sexual
365Gay.com reported, that found ment under his administration is
orientation, gender and gender
California’s Proposition 8 unconstitu- likely going to appeal the case in
identity to the classes protected by
tional, White House spokesperson Massachusetts that last month
hate crime laws.
Ben LaBolt said, “The President has found DOMA to be unconstitutional.
spoken out in opposition to Proposi-
Obama is also working with
tion 8 because it is divisive and Obama wrote in 2004 to a
the Pentagon to repeal Don’t Ask,
discriminatory. He will continue to gay Chicago newspaper. “When
promote equality for LGBT Ameri- Members of Congress passed
cans.” DOMA, they were not interested in
strengthening family values or
Senior advisor to the presi- protecting civil liberties. They were
dent David Axelrod said on MSNBC, only interested in perpetuating
“The president does oppose same- division and affirming a wedge
sex marriage but he supports issue.”
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Proposition 8 Overturned - - -
Proposition erturned
Over Continued from Page One
Continued from Pa
The legal team and plaintiffs deployed against us for genera- testimony included evidence that slammed Prop. 8 proponents’
Kristin Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami, tions,” said Lambda Legal marriage same-sex couples marrying has no argument that children were better
and Jeff Zarrillo spoke to a large crowd project director Jennifer Pizer. detrimental effect on heterosexuals off when raised by opposite-sex
at a West Hollywood park attended by marrying and raising children, and parents.
Los Angeles mayor Antonio “By refuting each of them that the children of gay and lesbian
Villaraigosa, Academy Award-winning and naming antigay bias for the rank couples fare better when their parents “Children raised by gay or
screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and prejudice it is, today’s decision is an are able to marry. lesbian parents are as likely as
country singer Chely Wright. “With this important legal step forward, con- children raised by heterosexual
decision, our system worked,” Perry firming yet again that constitutional Attorneys defending the ballot parents to be healthy, successful
told the crowd. “Our courts are sup- guarantees of liberty and equality measure argued that limiting marriage and well-adjusted,” Walker wrote.
posed to protect our constitutional must require equal treatment under to opposite-sex couples was vital to “The research supporting this
rights. Today, they did.” a state’s marriage laws,” Pizer said. maintaining “responsible procreation” conclusion is accepted beyond
in society. The state, lead attorney serious debate in the field of
Legal observers had widely The court win against Prop. Cooper said, had a vested interest in developmental psychology.”
expected Walker to rule Prop. 8 uncon- 8 was a stunning and emotional “channeling” natural human impulses
stitutional, though an ultimate favorable victory for the marriage equality into the formation of enduring relation- Richard Socarides, a New
decision by the U.S. Supreme Court movement, in stark contrast to ships suitable for raising children. York lawyer and former LGBT
remains uncertain, should the court staggering losses in multiple states adviser to President Bill Clinton,
eventually take the case. over the past year. Last month “At trial we built a solid record marveled at the irrefutable nature of
Hawaii governor Linda Lingle vetoed to show that marriage ... has been the win for equality advocates.
National Center for Lesbian a civil unions bill, following legisla- defined in both law and language as a
Rights legal director Shannon Minter tive defeats for gay marriage in both union between a man and a woman “I was struck that it was
called the ruling “the most comprehen- New York and New Jersey last and acts as the predominate relation- such a total victory — that they won
sive, detailed decision addressing the winter. Attorneys with Lambda Legal ship in which to create and support on every point. And I was struck by
constitutional rights of same-sex and the American Civil Liberties children,” ProtectMarriage.com how sweeping the ruling was and
couples to affirmative recognition and Union filed suit last week in Hawaii, general counsel Andy Pugno said in a how complete in every respect.”
support ever to be issued by a federal challenging the state’s inadequate Wednesday statement.
court.” patchwork of protections for same- To donate, go online to
sex couples. But in his decision Walker equalrightsfoundation.org.
Walker’s decision addressed
only the legal situation in California,
where same-sex couples no longer
But the July loss in Hawaii
was followed two days later by a Elena Kagan Sworn In
have the right to marry and are instead major court victory in Boston, where
offered domestic partnerships, which a federal judge ruled in two separate
“do not provide the same social mean- cases that the Defense of Marriage
ing as marriage,” Walker wrote. Act is unconstitutional. Largely
overshadowed by the Prop. 8 suit,
However, Minter said aspects the two DOMA suits are considered
of Walker’s decision could apply to narrower in scope yet also highly
other state laws that bar same-sex significant, targeting one portion of
couples from marrying or otherwise the 1996 law that limits the definition
discriminate against LGBT people. of marriage to a union of one man
and one woman for all federal
Tobias Wolff, a constitutional purposes.
law professor who also advised the
Obama ’08 campaign on LGBT issues, Attorneys challenging Prop.
called the decision “thrilling to read.” 8 have made broader claims regard-
ing the fundamental right to mar-
Wolff noted that Walker said riage and the unconstitutional nature
from the very beginning of the trial that of laws and ballot measures that
his main charge as a district court judge deny marriage rights to same-sex
was to adjudicate the facts. couples. In court they argued that
Prop. 8 violates both the due pro-
“The most important thing cess and equal protection clauses of
about this ruling is the extensive the U.S. Constitution, and they
analysis that the judge offers of the frequently referred to Loving v. WASHINGTON, D.C. Elena During her confirmation hear-
facts that were put on trial,” he said of Virginia, the 1967 Supreme Court Kagan was sworn in Saturday morning ings, some Republican senators
the 80 findings of fact Walker made in ruling that struck down state laws as the 112th justice to serve on the criticized Kagan, a former dean of
his decision. “The judge concluded in a banning interracial marriage. Supreme Court, advocate.com re- Harvard Law School, for her decision
rather prosaic evidentiary ruling that the ported. to limit assistance to military recruit-
other side had not offered any legiti- The Perry lawsuit was met ers on campus because of the “don’t
mate testimony in support of their with initial concern from many LGBT The former dean of Harvard ask, don’t tell” policy, which she has
case.” legal groups that had advocated an Law School took two required oaths denounced. They also questioned
incremental, state-by-state approach from Chief Justice John Roberts, why, as solicitor general, she did not
In his decision, Walker system- as vital to ultimate victory before the promising in her second oath to “do pursue a legal challenge to the
atically dismantled arguments made by Supreme Court. Brought by Olson equal right to the poor and to the rich.” policy.
Prop. 8 proponents during the 2008 and Boies, two former adversaries in She succeeds Justice John Paul
campaign and in court. Among his the 2000 Supreme Court case Bush Stevens. One of the cases the high
findings based on trial evidence: v. Gore with no prior experience court may hear in the coming years is
litigating gay rights cases, the case Kagan was confirmed to the the one involving California’s Propo-
-Prop. 8 perpetuates the continues to be seen by some as a Supreme Court on Thursday with the sition 8. Proponents of the anti-
stereotype that gays and lesbians are risky and premature move for backing of nearly all Democrats, two marriage equality measure are seek-
incapable of forming long-term loving marriage equality on the federal independents, and a few Republicans ing to appeal federal judge Vaughn
relationships level. in the Senate. Walker’s Wednesday ruling striking it
down.
-Children do not need to be California governor Arnold She is the fourth woman ever
raised by a male parent and a female Schwarzenegger declined to defend to serve on the Supreme Court and A formal investiture will take
parent to be well-adjusted Prop. 8 in court; antigay groups led joins justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor place on Oct. 1, three days before the
by ProtectMarriage.com and the to mark the first time three women have
justices begin their next term.
-No evidence supports stereo- Alliance Defense Fund subsequently served at the same time.
types that gay men and lesbians are intervened to fight the legal chal-
disease vectors ... or child molesters lenge.
who recruit young children into homo-
sexuality During the three-week
bench trial in January, Olson and
-Stereotypes and misinforma- Boies sought to refute assertions
tion have resulted in social and legal regarding the potential negative
disadvantages for gays and lesbians consequences of marriage equality
by putting on the stand some of the
“The purported reasons for nation’s preeminent experts on gay
denying same-sex couples the right to culture, history, and politics. Expert
marry today echo the same ugly myths
WEEKLY OBSERVER AUGUST 11, 2010 PAGE FIVE
Gay Marriage Before Nation’s Largest Appeals Court
Gay Marria ore tion’s
riag Befor Nation’ Larg Court
SAN FRANCISCO (Observer true. “Everything depends on which More than half the active judges
Update) - The judge who overturned 9th circuit judges get picked randomly were appointed by Democrats, but the
California’s gay marriage ban was “Walker held that there is to sit on the case,” said University of court still consists of several reliable
unrelenting in his repudiation of the one fundamental right to marry and California, Davis law professor Vikram conservative jurists such as Oregon’s
measure, saying such laws are mean- excluding gays from enjoying that Amar. Diarmuid O’Scannlain and California’s
spirited and unconstitutional to the right is unconstitutional,” Wald said. Carlos Bea.
core, the AP reported on 365Gay.com. Amar said that the nationwide
debate over gay marriage shows just Chief Judge Alex Kozinski was
Still, others weren’t so how unsettled the issue is and that first appointed a federal judge at age 32
It was a harsh yet carefully sanguine about the fate of gay conservative judges hew closer to by President Ronald Reagan and
worded ruling that some experts said marriage before the 9th Circuit. keeping the status quo than taking elevated three years later to the 9th
would be tough to overturn as the large legal leaps to rule in favor of Circuit. He is widely regarded as one of
landmark legal debate goes to the They said the political significant social change. He noted that the bench’s best writers and is viewed
appeals court and then possibly to the makeup of the three-judge panel will 44 states don’t allow gay marriages. as a Libertarian who is tough on
U.S. Supreme Court. Others say the make all the difference, playing criminals but protective of individual
power of conservative judges on even a bigger role than Walker’s “It’s easy to imagine the court rights and privacy.
those courts could be enough to opinion in shaping the future of gay wanting to make sure we’re not rushing
thwart gay marriage and stop the marriage. ahead with an experiment that may Kozinski has no control over
movement in its tracks. have unintended consequences,” Amar which three judges get assigned the
Legal experts said the case said. “They could be content to let the case. Such decisions are randomly
Sure to be at the center of the could easily end with a politically issue percolate longer.” made by a computer program.
debate is whether California’s Propo- conservative panel of the 9th Circuit
sition 8 violates the 14th Amendment, reinstating the marriage ban and the Walker has agreed to block But Kozinski, as chief judge,
which guarantees equal protections U.S. Supreme Court refusing to get gay marriages until he can consider would sit on the so-called “en banc”
for all and declares that government involved. arguments on whether to keep the ban panel of 11 judges that are convened in
won’t take away “life, liberty or in effect while the case is appealed. rare cases to reconsider a three-judge
property” without due process. Even though the court is decision. That happens when a majority
known as a liberal one, the 27 active The 9th Circuit also has the of active judges vote to toss-out the
U.S. District Judge Vaughn judges sitting on the court represent power to authorize marriages while it three-judge ruling and rehear the case
Walker said on several occasions in every conceivable point along the considers the appeal, though most with the en banc court.
his ruling that he believes gay political spectrum. Its judges are experts believe the court will keep
marriage bans clearly deprive people drawn from the nine western states California’s gay marriage ban in place
of those rights. where its decisions are law. until it decides the issue.
“The evidence at trial regard-
ing the campaign to pass Proposition
8 uncloaks the most likely explanation
for its passage: a desire to advance
the belief that opposite-sex couples
are morally superior to same-sex
couples,” he said.
Walker’s ruling offers a pre-
view of some of the arguments that will
play out on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals – the nation’s largest and
most unpredictable federal appeals
court.
Experts say the court will play
a huge role in determining the future of
the case.
A randomly selected three-
judge panel of the court will consider
the case next. The 9th Circuit is
viewed as a liberal court, but its sheer
size of 27 active judges and the many
cutting-edge legal issues it receives
from western states leaves it with an
inconsistent track record.
And there’s no disputing that
the court has some hot-button social
issues in front of it right now. Just last
week, the controversial Arizona immi-
gration law landed at the court.
The court is routinely rebuffed
by the Supreme Court and federal
lawmakers for striking down the
Pledge of Allegiance, upholding
California’s medical marijuana law
and other decisions viewed as resting
outside the mainstream.
Legal experts such as
Stanford University law professor
Michael Wald said that Walker’s
opinion was strongly worded, well-
reasoned and could be difficult to
overturn.
Wald said it’s significant that
Walker made a voluminous “findings
of fact” that showed Proposition 8 was
unconstitutional. The “findings of fact”
phrasing is important because ap-
peals courts have to pay deference to
those conclusions, essentially they
have to assume that the findings are
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Anti-Gay Baseball Manager Booted
Anti-Gay Baseball Manag
FULLERTON (Observer Update) for the rest of the season. Bowers
- Baseball manager Brent Bowers was subsequently resigned.
ejected from a game and subsequently
resigned when he objected to an In a report of the altercation,
umpire’s call by shouting antigay slurs, Bowers allegedly said: “You know
advocate.com reports. what I heard? I heard you are a fucking
faggot. I ought to kick your ass, you
A former Major League Base- faggot.” Team president Patrick
ball player, Edmonton Capitals man- LaForge said Bowers’s comments
ager Bowers objected to a call by went “beyond what’s acceptable.” He
openly gay umpire Billy Van Raaphorst says Bowers resigned before the
by calling him a “faggot.” He was Golden Baseball League has a
ejected from the game and suspended chance to fire him.
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The men were featured in the Isiah Thomas played in the
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California’s gay marriage ban. Father turning to coaching. He was named
and son were photographed with their one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA
mouths duct taped and “NOH8” written History in 1996. The campaign struck
on one cheek. In individual photos, gold last year when Cindy McCain, the
Isiah is seen holding a basketball and wife of Arizona Senator John McCain,
Joshua a record above his head. and their daughter Meghan, a pro-gay
Republican, approached the group to
“We posed for the NOH8 offer their endorsement.
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I’m sitting in a coffee shop as I Things are changing, and quickly.
type this column. The barista and I As more people come out sooner, this
have become well-acquainted enough
to exchange more than the perfunc-
COMMENTARY. . . . by John Culhane
whole “gay thing” is becoming less of an
issue, and the law has started to catch up
tory pleasantries. He knows that I with a new social reality. But as
have twin daughters who just swam minorities, we’ll never completely assimi-
their first full length of the pool. We’ve
talked about where we live, what we
The Law And Life Of late. Our cannonballs are changing into
cleaner dives, but we’ll always be
do, what we enjoy, and so on. Yet as I
sit here, I can’t say with confidence
The Closet plunging into deep water, with a high
degree of difficulty.
that I’ve ever disclosed to him that I’m Court’s grim warning that the socially forced all but the bravest into
gay – as I could quite easily do by criminalization of homosexual con- the closet. Few dared be “openly gay” – (John Culhane is a Professor of
mentioning my “partner,” which has duct is ‘an invitation to subject in part because of the laws he defends, Law at Widener University and is a writer
become code for “my other half in my homosexual persons to discrimina- but also because the very presence of for 365Gay.com, which from this is
same-sex relationship.” (Now that I’ve tion both in the public and in the those laws enables those who don’t reprinted.)
realized this, I’m going to go up and tell private spheres.’ It is clear from this want us as business partners, teach-
him. I’ll be right back.) that the Court has taken sides in the ers, and so on. If you live in one of the
culture war… Many Americans do not majority of states where you can still be
OK. (It was the non-event I want persons who openly engage in fired just for being gay, for example,
assumed it would be, and I used homosexual conduct as partners in you might worry that your boss or
David’s name, instead of the clinical their business, as scoutmasters for colleague is one of those who doesn’t
title.) their children, as teachers in their “want you” as partner.
children’s schools, or as boarders in
Even though I’m about as their home. They view this as There’s not a simple corre-
“out” as one can be, I know that the protecting themselves and their spondence between the law and social
story described above is typical of so families from a lifestyle that they convention, of course. No one can
many of us. We choose, many times a believe to be immoral and destruc- (legally) fire me for being gay, and I’m
day, how “out” to be. Social creatures, tive.” out enough to be a columnist for a
we crave some level of connection publication called “365gay.com”, for
and don’t want to risk rejection – even Note Scalia’s sly blurring of crying out loud! Yet, I still and
by people we little know- by doing a the facts – Lawrence involved sometimes unconsciously withhold this
gay cannonball into the pool. Not private, intimate activity, not “open” essential truth about myself until I’ve
everyone enjoys being splashed, and “homosexual conduct.” But his sussed out a new situation. Why?
some become outright hostile (even reminder of how the law and social
violent). So we test the water first. norms reflect and reinforce each I still live in a nation where my
other is accurate, and forms the marriage isn’t recognized, and where a
Is this toe-dipping affected by underlying cause of his concern. As (shrinking) majority of folks still support
the law? How do social norms and law the law unravels ancient proscrip- relegating me, and my family, to
interact? A good clue comes from tions against our behavior, and then second-class citizenship. These legal
Justice Scalia’s thinly veiled screed moves – however glacially – to facts tell me that my reality makes
against “homosexuals” in his Lawrence recognize us as full citizens worthy some people uncomfortable, and
v. Texas dissent. In taking angry of equal legal treatment, the basis sometimes I don’t want to deal with that
offense to the Court’s view that for social discrimination also starts – and, probably more to the point these
morality, without more, can’t be used to erode. days – my own angry reaction to it. I
to defend a law’s constitutionality, he almost never run into problems when I
wrote: Scalia furnishes a veneer – disclose, but I’m still working on getting
but only that – of intellectual over the years I spent elaborately
“One of the most revealing respectability to his more primal dancing around the issue.
statements in today’s opinion is the longing for a vanishing society that
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Gay Games Ousts Organizer,
But Event Stays In Cleveland Mexican Supreme Court Upholds
CLEVELAND (Observer Update)
- The Washington Blade reports that
coalition of D.C.-area LGBT sports
groups, as the runner up for the games
Gay Marriage In Mexico
the international LGBT sports organi- last year, when it announced it had MEXICO CITY (Observer Up- protects the organization and develop-
zation that picked Cleveland over D.C. picked the Cleveland Synergy Foun- date) - The Mexican Supreme Court ment of the family.”
to host the 2014 Gay Games dation as the host for the 2014 event in ruled that Mexico City’s law permitting
announced that it has revoked its Cleveland. same-sex marriage is legal, reported Justice Jose Gudino said, “It
contract with the Cleveland foundation 365Gay.com. does not appear to me to be
it chose to organize the games. “As the runner up city, we unconstitutional. The concept of the
expressed our hope that they would The city legalized gay mar- family established in the constitution …
And in an action questioned follow what we’ve interpreted as the riage in March 2010, and since then, is an open concept.”
by D.C. sports groups, the Federation accepted procedure, which is if the hundreds of same-sex couples have
of Gay Games also said it “remains contract could not be executed [in married. Mexico City has been pre- The court’s 8-2 ruling found
committed” to keeping the quadren- Cleveland] they would go to the runner senting itself as a gay friendly city, the law to fall within Mexico’s
nial event in Cleveland, even though up,” said Brent Minor, president of even awarding the first gay couple to constitution. The justices have not yet
some people believe its rules call for Team D.C., one of the LGBT sports marry in Argentina this summer a free determined the scope of the ruling-
awarding the games to the organiza- organizations that’s part of Metropoli- honeymoon in Mexico City. whether it will impact regions of Mexico
tion and city whose bid it selected as tan Washington Gaymes. outside of the capital.
the runner up. Gay marriage opponents ar-
“So this is news to us,” Minor gued the case on the basis that the The court has yet to make a
The FGG selected the Metro- said. “It’s very disappointing.” Mexican constitution suggests that a decision on the constitutionality of the
politan Washington Gaymes, Inc., a family structure requires a man and a part of the law that permits same-sex
woman. The provision says, “Men and couples to adopt children.
women are equal before the law. This
UCLA, Princeton Top Gay-Friendly
College List Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill On Hold
LOS ANGELES (Observer Up- State University; Princeton University; KAMPALA (Observer Update) lawmakers to amend its harsh penal-
date) - Farmington’s University of San Diego State University; Syracuse - Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” ties. Among them, the Swedish
Maine campus, Ithaca College, and University; Ohio State University; is stalled in a parliamentary commit- government has threatened to pull
the University of California, Los Pennsylvania State University; Univer- tee, the Global Post reported. financial aid to the African country if
Angeles, are three of the most gay- sity of California, Berkeley; University parliament passes the bill into law.
friendly post-secondary institutions in of California, Los Angeles; University The bill is being reviewed by
the United States, advocate.com of California, Riverside; University of the Ugandan Parliament’s Commit- In January, Ugandan Presi-
reported. Maine, Farmington; University of tee on Legal and Parliamentary dent Yoweri Museveni developed a
Oregon; University of Pennsylvania; Affairs. Submitted to parliament in commission to re-examine the “Anti-
The list, spearheaded by University of Southern California; Oct. 2009, the bill has yet to receive Homosexuality Bill.” Since then, the
Campus Pride, an advocacy organiza- University of Vermont; and Washing- a vote from legislators. The “Anti- commission has advised Parliament to
tion for LGBT college students, is ton University in St. Louis. Homosexuality Bill” renders gay sex withdraw the legislation.
topped by 19 universities and colleges to be punishable by death. In
with a five-star ranking, the highest “Although not all schools earn particular, the bill endorses capital According to the Global Post,
since the first list was organized in a five-star ranking, their voluntary punishment for HIV positive citizens Ugandan gay activists believe the law
2007. presence and participation in the index who engage in same-sex relations. It will not be passed this parliamentary
shows they are committed to ‘coming also extends the death penalty to session.
The schools with the top out’ for their students and creating truly those who have “gay sex” with a
rankings are Carleton College; equal and impactful communities of minor.
Humboldt State University; Ithaca higher learning,” said Shane
College; Oberlin College; Oregon Windmeyer, Campus Pride executive Since its introduction, the
anti-gay bill has caused an interna-
director.
tional uproar. Lobbyists from around
the world have called on Ugandan
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Two Men Get Decades In Prison
Hate Death
In Hate Crime Death
NEW YORK (Observer Update) - hurt.” The brothers were walking
Two men will spend decades in prison home, arm in arm, from a bar after a
for beating an Ecuadorean immigrant to party at a Brooklyn church. Romel
death after mistaking him and his Sucuzhanay had put his coat
brother for a gay couple, reported the around his brother to keep him
AP on 365Gay.com. warm and was helping him walk
because he was drunk. The
Keith Phoenix was convicted of defendants, also leaving a party,
murder as a hate crime in the December pulled up in a SUV and began
2008 death of Jose Sucuzhanay. He yelling anti-gay and anti-Hispanic
was sentenced Thursday to 37 years to slurs.
life in prison.
Judge Patricia DiMango told Jose Sucuzhanay became
Phoenix it was “beyond the comprehen- upset and tried to kick the wheel of
sion of any civilized person” that the SUV, and Scott got out and
someone motivated “by the sport of it smashed the beer bottle on his
could take another human being’s life in head, then chased Romel
such a cruel and violent manner.” Sucuzhanay down the block with it,
according to trial testimony. Phoe-
nix grabbed a bat from the back of
“I want to offer my deepest, the SUV and attacked Jose
humblest apology for the outcome of Sucuzhanay, cracking his skull,
that night,” Phoenix said. “I swear to according to testimony. The two
God that is not what I intended to drove away and were captured
happen.” Hakim Scott was convicted of about 20 minutes later on surveil-
manslaughter but acquitted of a more lance footage crossing into the
serious murder charge. He was sen- Bronx. Prosecutors ended their
tenced to 37 years in prison. closing arguments by showing
footage of Phoenix on a bridge,
The judge called Scott the first smiling.
physical catalyst because he got out of
a car and broke a bottle over The defense said the case
Sucuzhanay’s head. Said Scott: “Not a was about a fight that escalated,
day goes by when my heart does not not a premeditated attack.
New Jersey Libraries Ban Gay Book
sey
New Jerse Libraries Gay
TRENTON (Observer Update) - Regional High School library fol-
Two New Jersey libraries have banned lowing opposition Beverly Marinelli,
a gay-themed book from circulation, the a member of the local conservative
Courier Post reports. group the 9/12 Project. Marinelli
has described the book as “perva-
The book entitled “Revolution- sively vulgar and obscene.”
ary Voices” is an anthology of written
testimonies by gay youths, reported According to the Courier
365Gay.com. It has been pulled from Post, she could not be reached for
the shelves at Rancocas Valley Re- further comment. The bans have
gional High School and the Burlington sparked one New Jersey native to
County library system for, what host a series of readings from the
Burlington library director Gail Sweet gay-themed anthology. “I did it so
described as, “child pornography.” people could actually hear the
words in the book,” said Brandon
2990 N. Campbell, Ste 230
A series of emails between Monokian, an actor who graduated
library staff planning to remove the book from Rancocas Valley in 2005. “I 2990 N Campbell7666
were released by the American Civil just think they (the writers) are
Liberties Union of New Jersey. “How speaking from the heart.”
can we grab the books so that they
never, ever get back into circulation,” New Jersey Library Asso-
Sweet wrote to an employee. “Copies ciation President, Patricia Tumulty
declined to comment on the most
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Economic Growth
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SHANGHAI (Observer Update) - Xinhua news agency said
Houston’s openly gay mayor applauded that gays and lesbians are highly
Shanghai’s inclusion of the gay commu- stigmatized in China, but Shanghai
nity, reported advocate.com. is the country’s most accepting city.
It hosted China’s first gay pride
On Houston Day in the USA parade in 2009.
Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo,
Mayor Annise Parker said, Parker said she values
“Shanghainese and Houstonians are Houston’s ties to Shanghai. She
similar. They care about what you do, said, “What Houston and Shanghai
not who you are.” have in common is the growth-
oriented entrepreneurial altitude.”
She said that the gay commu-
nity is good for economic growth: “To
boost development, a city needs to be
open to a full range of people, especially
the innovative ones who break barriers,
like people of the gay community.”