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 Passionate about Civil Rights?
Join Long Beach Equality
Long Beach Equality is in need of of a few good Volunteers. In actuality, we need an army of Volunteers for the work ahead of changing hearts and minds in our community. Sign up today on our Volunteer page with your contact info and area of interest. There are numerous ways to get involved including: Outreach, Canvassing, phone banking, Event Planning, Marketing, Fund Raising, Direct Action, Letter Writing, Video/Photography, Creative and Administrative. Want to learn more? Come to a meeting and see Long Beach Equality in action.
To sign up, go to Volunteer which is located on the Menu Bar or click here.
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| BREAKING NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Restore Equality 2010 Fund Raising Event
Join Restore Equality 2010 and Long Beach Equality on March 14th, for a fundraiser and signature gathering event at Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach at the corner of Broadway and Alamitos Ave at 7pm.
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| Rock For Equality - Click me
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| Long Beach Equality .........................................
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| Opt-In to Long Beach Equality Mailing Lists ...........
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| Marriage Equality Newsfeeds ..........................
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| Gay marriage fight, `kiss-ins' smack Mormon image ..
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Gay marriage fight, `kiss-ins' smack Mormon image
SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church's vigorous, well-heeled support for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California last year, has turned the Utah-based faith into a lightning rod for gay rights activism, including a nationwide "kiss-in" Saturday.
The event comes after gay couples here and in San Antonio and El Paso, Texas, were arrested, cited for trespassing or harassed by police for publicly kissing. In Utah, the July 9 trespassing incident occurred after a couple were observed by security guards on a downtown park-like plaza owned by the 13 million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The court case was dismissed, but the kiss sparked a community backlash and criticism of the church.
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| No American should ever have to suffer persecution
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Congress acts to extend hate crimes to cover gays
By JIM ABRAMS
updated 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A House vote Thursday put Congress on the verge of significantly expanding hate crimes law to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation. The legislation would bring major changes to law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968.
"No American should ever have to suffer persecution or violence because of who they are, how they look or what they believe," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., noting that hate crimes legislation has been on her agenda since she first entered Congress more than two decades ago. Read more...
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Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits
A federal judge today ordered compensation for a Los Angeles couple denied spousal benefits by the federal government because they are gay men.
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt deemed the denial of healthcare and other benefits to the spouse of federal public defender Brad Levenson to be a violation of the Constitution's guarantee of due process and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, which is prohibited by California state law.
Levenson married his longtime partner, Tony Sears, on July 12, 2008, during the five-month period when same-sex marriage was legal in California. A ballot measure, Proposition 8, was passed a year ago defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
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| David Boies - Attorney fighting to overturn Prop 8
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Yes: It is a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution.
David Boies
is the chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner in New York
In the debate over gay marriage there are two related but distinct questions.
One question is whether people believe, for religious or other reasons, that people of the same sex should not fall in love and marry each other; many people have strong and sincere beliefs on each side of this question.
The second question is whether state laws prohibiting persons of the same sex from marrying each other violate the equal-protection and due-process clauses of the U.S. Constitution; this is the question that former Solicitor General Ted Olson and I are now litigating in our case to overturn California's Proposition 8, which prohibits gay marriage in that state. Read more...
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Gay rights advocates march on DC, divided on Obama
By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press Writer Brett Zongker, Associated Press Writer – 46 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
Rainbow flags and homemade signs dotted the crowds filling Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as people chanted "Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama" and "We're out, we're proud, we won't back down." Many children were also among the protesters. A few counter-protesters had also joined the crowd, which stretched several blocks by the afternoon.
Jason Yanowitz, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Chicago, held his daughter, 5-year-old Amira, on his shoulders. His partner, Annie, had their 2-year-old son, Isiah, in a stroller. Yanowitz said more straight people were turning out to show their support for gay rights.
"If somebody doesn't have equal rights, then none of us are free," he said.
"For all I know, she's gay or he's gay," he added, pointing to his children. Read More...
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Long Beach Equality on Facebook
Long Beach Equality on Myspace
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Decision Day March, May 26, 2009
Decision Day Rally, May 26, 2009
Meet in the Middle Fresno
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Golden Girls on Marriage Equality
Lt. Dan Choi discusses Supreme Court's refusal to hear DADT case
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Lt. Dan Choi discusses Supreme Court's refusal to hear DADT case (Video)
Lt. Dan Choi, the outspoken soldier who was recently discharged under "Don't Ask Don't Tell", appeared tonight on Anderson Cooper's show on CNN to discuss the US Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the law. More...
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