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From MoveOn:
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Along with our tremendous excitement over Barack Obama's victory, a lot of us are sad and angry about a different election result—the passage of California Proposition 8, which reversed marriage equality and wrote discrimination into the California Constitution.

Many people worked hard to defeat this measure—including MoveOn members, who contributed over $300,000 to defeat it. But agents of intolerance used fear-mongering to eke out a win.

After the election, people across California immediately took to the streets, vowing to put the state on the right side of history by overturning Prop 8.
Now folks everywhere are coming together to add their voices. Tomorrow (Saturday) there will be rallies in support of marriage equality in every single state. If you want to attend an event in your state, go to this page and click on your state name—you'll see the location of any rallies planned:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51025&id=1511 ... onjDLx&t=1

These rallies will send a strong signal that depriving people of rights is no longer acceptable in America—and it will also be a first step in ongoing activism across the nation.

There's one other thing you can do to support the fight for marriage equality.

The Courage Campaign (which does MoveOn-style organizing in California) is working with other groups on a two-year grassroots plan to overturn Prop 8 in the 2010 election. The first step is for folks to speak out together with one voice right away by signing a pledge to help overturn Prop 8.

Over 100,000 people have already signed the pledge—and thousands more are signing every day. Even non-Californians are signing the pledge in solidarity.

If you'd like to sign, click here:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51024&id=1511 ... onjDLx&t=2

Thanks for all you do.

–Wes, Joan, Carrie, Mari, and the rest of the team

From GLAAD:
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Since November 4, there has been a tremendous outpouring of frustration and determination from our community. We find ourselves disappointed and disheartened by results in Arkansas, Arizona, California and Florida, where laws intended to hurt loving, committed couples and families passed. As a result, we've seen our community and allies unite across the nation, greatly increasing our visibility and sparking new national conversations about equality among ourselves and with our allies.

Peaceful marches and public gatherings are a vital way to sustain and amplify conversations about our community. Coverage of these events in national and local media has sparked new conversations and continues to open Americans' eyes to the common ground that we all share.

Our opponents are doing whatever they can to end this conversation. We know that we need to continue to increase our visibility and make our voices heard. As part of our media advocacy work, GLAAD is continuing to media-train the new and emerging spokespeople and coordinate press interviews with various leaders and couples.

We are also continuously monitoring media coverage of LGBT issues and events to ensure that it is fair, accurate and inclusive. And when the media gets facts wrong, we are stepping up to correct the record.

When two hosts on "The View" perpetuated inaccurate information about marriage for same-sex couples in California, GLAAD reached out to producers and provided them with the facts. The next day, there was a follow-up segment that more clearly stated the facts surrounding Proposition 8. And we've are doing this same work with media outlets across the country on a non-stop basis. This is both media advocacy and anti-defamation work, since clearly our lives have been defamed repeatedly by the lies put forth by our adversaries.

This weekend a large number of events will take place in California and in communities across America that will increase media attention and amplify these discussions even more. Information on local events in every state is available at the Equality California site (http://www.eqca.org/site/pp.asp?c=kuLRJ9MRKrH&b=4026385) as well as JoinTheImpact.com (http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/?t=anon). Information about the event scheduled to take place on Saturday in Los Angeles can be accessed at http://justfair.us/

GLAAD will be working with media throughout the weekend and in the days to come to promote fair, accurate, and inclusive coverage of these events. We urge you to make your voice heard. Also, be sure to visit http://www.glaad.org as your gateway to glaadBLOG for news coverage, updates and first-person accounts of these events by GLAAD staff members. You can also visit GLAAD's newly published Eye on the Media resource (http://www.glaad.org/eye/Prop8111408.php) to take a look at some of our recommendations for media covering this vitally important story.

Stay tuned, Stay engaged. We are not resting until we have achieved full equality. Our media advocacy and anti-defamation work will continue to change hearts and minds, and we will support and assist all who are helping unite our community toward that end. Thank you for your support!
In service,

Neil Giuliano

From Lambda Legal:
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Angry about Proposition 8? We are too.

Lambda Legal, ACLU, and NCLR have already filed a lawsuit with the California Supreme Court challenging Proposition 8. This amendment defies the very concept of equal protection and it was passed in a manner that violates the constitution of the State of California.

Support Lambda Legal. Help us make it right!
https://secure.ga4.org/01/e109113b

We all want to do something in this moment of anger and sadness. Right now, as always, Lambda Legal is doing what it does best: we're in the courts protecting the promise of equality for everyone.

And it's not just about Proposition 8. LGBT people and those with HIV are relegated to second-class citizenship all over this country and in every facet of life. From schools, to our own homes, LGBT people are told we cannot speak out, we cannot move ahead, we cannot love and we must accept it because majority rules.

We are here to say: they're wrong; we'll prove it and we will stop them!

You can help make it right - donate today.
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Lambda Legal's experience with these agents of intolerance illustrates that they will never give up. In New York alone the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund sued not once or twice, but 4 times to keep the state from recognizing out-of-state marriages for same-sex couples and every time Lambda Legal met them on the courthouse steps -- and won!

In New York, California, Georgia, Ohio, Utah or anywhere it's necessary, we'll take them on as many times as it takes. They're wrong; we'll prove it and we can stop them!

Donate and make it right everywhere.
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Our promise is this: Lambda Legal will not back down. We will not accept anything less than full equality. We will not surrender to these agents of hate and we will work to always preserve the trust you and everyone who believes in true equality has placed in us. But we need you now!

Support Lambda Legal. Help us make it right!
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As a previous supporter of Lambda Legal you helped to build this path to equality. At this important junction in our shared mission, please consider renewing your membership with a tax-deductible donation today.

Your gift of $8, $28, $88, $888 or whatever you can afford – will be put to use not only to fight Proposition 8, but also to fight injustice and for equality all across the country.

They're wrong; we'll prove it and together we can stop them!

You can help make it right - donate today.
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Thank You,
Kevin Cathcart
Executive Director

From Lambda Legal:
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BREAKING NEWS: The California Supreme Court just announced that it will review the Prop 8 challenge brought by Lambda Legal, NCLR, ACLU and others. This is exciting news!

In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied an immediate stay.

On November 5, 2008, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging the validity of Proposition 8 in the California Supreme Court on behalf of six individuals and Equality California. The City of San Francisco, joined by the City of Los Angeles and Santa Clara County, filed a similar challenge, as did a private attorney in Los Angeles.

In May of 2008, the California Supreme Court held that barring same-sex couples from marriage violates the equal protection clause of the California Constitution and violates the fundamental right to marry. Proposition 8 would completely eliminate the right to marry only for same-sex couples. No other initiative has ever successfully changed the California Constitution to take away a right only from a targeted minority group.

Over the past 100 years, the California Supreme Court has heard nine cases challenging either legislative enactments or initiatives as invalid revisions of the California Constitution. In three of those cases, the Court invalidated those measures.

Lambda Legal will provide more information as this case proceeds.

We've turned our disappointment over the passage of Prop 8 and other antigay initiatives in Florida, Arizona and Arkansas into resolve.
Prop 8 is wrong. Help us make it right!

The generosity of our members allows us to continue our fight for equality. Please renew your membership by making a gift to support Lambda Legal's groundbreaking work all over the country.

Renew your membership today and we will send you instructions on how to participate in our members-only teleconference to be held Friday, November 21 at 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST). Our Legal Director Jon Davidson and Senior Counsel Jennifer Pizer will provide an overview of this latest case for marriage equality in California.

With your support, we are making history. Please join us to hear more about it.