August 1st, 2012
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
On the same day supporters of California’s gay marriage ban filed a petition to the Supreme Court, the fight for marriage equality in San Francisco got even stronger.
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Tuesday that the company will host a one-night-only benefit and staged reading of Dustin Lance Black’s landmark traveling play “8” on October 7.
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A civil rights activist and the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “Milk,” Black developed the play as a chronicle of the federal trial for marriage equality.
“People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter,” said Black in a release about the play. ” The goal of ‘8’ is to show the world that marriage equality is a basic constitutional right and that those who would deny this basic freedom from loving, committed couples have only vitriol and baseless hyperbole to fall back on.”
Though the original performances in New York and Los Angeles featured remarkably star-studded casts (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Martin Sheen, Ben Stiller and Jamie Lee Curtis to name a few) casting has not yet been determined for the A.C.T. reading. But if the turnout in other major cities has been any indication, we wouldn’t be surprised by a few “surprises.”
Check out a trailer of “8” in the following clip. Then, flip through our slideshow chronicled Prop. 8’s timeline in the slideshow below:
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that Dustin Lance Black directed “Milk.” Black was the screenwriter and “Milk” was directed by Gus Van Sant.
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Jan. 3, 2000
California begins registering domestic partners, allowing same-sex couples: hospital visitation rights and health insurance coverage for the dependents of government employees covered by CalPERS, the state retirement system.
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March 7, 2000
Proposition 22, a ballot measure which declares that marriage should remain between opposite sex couples, is approved by 61 percent of California voters.
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Sept. 19, 2003
California Governor Gray Davis signs a bill that gives state-registered domestic partners additional rights that, although stop short of recognizing gay marriage, allow surviving partners the right to collect government benefits from his or her partner and obtain custody is a partnership is ultimately dissolved.
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Feb. 12, 2004
Dozens of same-sex couples are married when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom instructs city officials to issue marriage licenses. The excitement is short-lived, however, and on March 11, the California Supreme Court orders the city to stop marrying gay couples after nearly 4,000 have received licenses.
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Aug. 12, 2004
California’s Supreme Court rules that Newsom overstepped his authority by allowing San Francisco to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the court also declares the nearly 4,000 couples “void from their inception and a legal nullity.”
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Dec. 21, 2004
A San Francisco judge hears arguments on same-sex marriages, which argue that the current law defining marriage as being “between a man and a woman” violates the state Constitution by denying gay couples the “fundamental right” to marry a person of their choice.
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Sept. 29, 2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes a same-sex marriage bill after it passed the Senate and Assembly, arguing that it would wrongly reverse Proposition 22, which declares that marriage is only between a man and a woman.
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Sept. 19, 2007
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders reverses his public opposition to same-sex marriage, saying he cannot tell his daughter Lisa, who is a lesbian, that her relationship with a partner is not as important as that of a straight couple.
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Oct. 12, 2007
Schwarzenegger vetoes a bill approved by state lawmakers that would legalize gay marriage, saying the courts need to rule on the legality of Proposition 22, the gay marriage ban passed by voters.
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May 15, 2008
The California Supreme Court rules that the state Constitution protects a fundamental “right to marry” that should also extend to same-sex couples, and that existing bans are unconstitutional.
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June 2, 2008
The California Marriage Protection Act is submitted with over one million signatures. It appears as Proposition 8 on the November ballot.
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Nov. 8, 2008
Despite an onslaught of opposition from LGBT activists and allies, Proposition 8 passes with 52 percent of the vote.
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Aug. 4, 2010
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker declares,”Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the Court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.”
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