The Equal Justice Society joined other civil rights groups today in filing an amicus brief (PDF) with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. In the amicus brief, the Asian PacificContinueContinue reading “EJS, Civil Rights Groups File Brief Asking Calif. Supreme Court to Invalidate Prop. 8”
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Rev. Rick Warren and the Question of Challenging our New President
Just as the Equal Justice Society was last month closing up shop for the year, two of our beloved board members, Tobias Wolff and Kate Kendell, blogged about their opposition to Rev. Rick Warren’s selection by President-Elect Obama to deliver the invocation for the Jan. 20 inauguration ceremonies. Read Tobias’s “The Voice That WillContinueContinue reading “Rev. Rick Warren and the Question of Challenging our New President”
New Study Debunks Myths about African American Voting on Prop. 8
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute yesterday released the results of a study debunking the myth that African Americans overwhelmingly and disproportionately supported Proposition 8. The study, commissioned by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco, found that the level of support for Prop. 8 among African Americans wasContinueContinue reading “New Study Debunks Myths about African American Voting on Prop. 8”