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Atlanta Gay Couple Trying to Adopt
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NAACP Awards 2012 airing Wednesday 2/21/2012
Who is your favorite? (GO BEYONCE!!! oh sorry, I just wanted to put that our there in the universe..lol)
It's a long list but, check out the full list of nominations below.
Movies
Outstanding Motion Picture
"Jumping the Broom"
"Pariah"
"The First Grader"
"The Help"
"Tower Heist"
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Eddie Murphy - "Tower Heist"
Laurence Fishburne - "Contagion"
Laz Alonso -"Jumping the Broom"
Oliver Litondo - "The First Grader"
Vin Diesel - "Fast Five"
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Adepero Oduye - "Pariah"
Emma Stone -" The Help"
Paula Patton - "Jumping the Broom"
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Zoe Saldana - "Colombiana"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie - "The Adjustment Bureau"
Charles Parnell - "Pariah"
Don Cheadle - "The Guard"
Jeffrey Wright - "The Ides of March"
Mike Epps - "Jumping the Broom"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Bryce Dallas Howard - "The Help"
Cicely Tyson - "The Help"
Kim Wayans - "Pariah"
Maya Rudolph - "Bridesmaids"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
"I Will Follow"
"Kinyarwanda"
"MOOZ-lum"
"Pariah"
"The First Grader"
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
"A Separation"
"Attack the Block"
"In the Land of Blood and Honey"
"Le Havre"
"Life, Above All"
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
"Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest"
"Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey"
"Sing Your Song"
"The Rescuers"
"Thunder Soul"
TV
Outstanding Comedy Series
"Love That Girl! "
"Modern Family"
"Reed Between the Lines"
"The Game"
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Dule Hill - "Psych"
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - "Reed Between the Lines"
Phil Morris - "Love That Girl! "
Pooch Hall - "The Game"
Terry Crews - "Are We There Yet? "
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tatyana Ali - "Love That Girl! "
Tia Mowry-Hardrict - "The Game"
Tracee Ellis Ross - "Reed Between the Lines"
Vanessa Williams - "Desperate Housewives"
Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Craig Robinson - "The Office"
Damon Wayans, Jr. - "Happy Endings"
J.B. Smoove - "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Nick Cannon - "Up All Night"
Tracy Morgan - "30 Rock"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Amber Riley - "Glee"
Gabourey Sidibe - "The Big C"
Keshia Knight Pulliam - "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
Maya Rudolph - "Up All Night"
Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"
Outstanding Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
"The Good Wife"
"Treme"
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher - "Men of a Certain Age"
Hill Harper - "CSI: NY"
L.L. Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles"
Taye Diggs - "Private Practice"
Wendell Pierce - "Treme"
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy"
Khandi Alexander - "Treme"
Regina King - "SouthLAnd"
Sandra Oh - "Grey's Anatomy"
Taraji P. Henson - "Person of Interest"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Corey Reynolds - "The Closer"
Ice T - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
James Pickens, Jr. - "Grey's Anatomy"
Nelsan Ellis - "True Blood"
Omar Epps - "House M.D."
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alfre Woodard - "Memphis Beat"
Anika Noni Rose - "Law & Order Special Victims Unit"
Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife"
Diahann Carroll - "White Collar"
Loretta Devine - "Grey's Anatomy"
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
"Five"
"Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith"
"Luther"
"The Least Among You"
"Thurgood"
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Esai Morales - "We Have Your Husband"
Idris Elba - "Luther"
Laurence Fishburne - "Thurgood"
Louis Gossett, Jr. - "The Least Among You"
Samuel L. Jackson - "The Sunset Limited"
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Anika Noni Rose - "Hallmark Hall of Fame, Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith" Jenifer Lewis - "Five"
Rosario Dawson - "Five"
Taraji P. Henson - "Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story"
Tracee Ellis Ross - "Five"
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Aaron D. Spears - "The Bold and the Beautiful"
Bryton James -" The Young and the Restless"
Emerson Brooks - "All My Children"
James Reynolds - "Days of Our Lives"
Texas Battle - "The Bold and the Beautiful"
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Christel Khalil - "The Young and the Restless"
Julia Pace Mitchell - "The Young and the Restless"
Tatyana Ali - "The Young and the Restless"
Tonya Lee Williams - "The Young and the Restless"
Yvette Freeman - "The Bold and the Beautiful"
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
"BET News Exclusive: The President Answers Black America"
"Judge Mathis"
"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"
"Unsung"
"Washington Watch with Roland Martin"
Outstanding Talk Series
"Anderson "
"Oprah's Lifeclass"
"The Doctors"
"The View"
"The Wendy Williams Show"
Outstanding Reality Series
"All-American Muslim"
"American Idol"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Sunday Best"
"Tia & Tamera"
Outstanding Variety Series or Special
"2011 BET Awards"
"Black Girls Rock! "
"Oprah Presents: Master Class"
"Prince! Behind the Symbol"
"UNCF An Evening of Stars Tribute to Chaka Khan"
Outstanding Children's Program
"A.N.T. Farm"
"Dora the Explorer"
"Go, Diego! Go! "
"I Can Be President: A Kid's-Eye View"
"My Family Tree"
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special)
China Anne McClain - "A.N.T. Farm"
Keke Palmer - "True Jackson, VP"
Lance Robertson - "Yo Gabba Gabba"
Leon Thomas III - "Victorious"
Zendaya Coleman - "Shake It Up"
Recording
Outstanding New Artist
Committed
Diggy Simmons
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
Mindless Behavior
Wynter Gordon
Outstanding Male Artist
Anthony Hamilton
Bruno Mars
Cee Lo Green
Chris Brown
Common
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott
Ledisi
Mary J. Blige
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Boyz II Men
Cee Lo Green feat. Melanie Fiona
Mary J. Blige feat. Drake
Sounds of Blackness
The Roots
Outstanding Jazz Album
"Chano y Dizzy" - Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez
"Friends" - Stanley Jordan
"Guitar Man" - George Benson
"Legacy" - Gerald Wilson
"Road Show Vol. 2" - Sonny Rollins
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
"Becoming" - Yolanda Adams
"Church on the Moon" - Deitrick Haddon
"Hello Fear" - Kirk Franklin
"Something Big" - Mary Mary
"The Journey" - Andrae Crouch
Outstanding World Music Album
"Afrodiaspora" - Susana Baca
"Carnival Fever" - Brother B
"Live at 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" - Boukman Eksperyans
"Sounds of Blackness" - Sounds of Blackness
"The First Grader" - Alex Heffes
Outstanding Music Video
"25/8" - Mary J. Blige
"Hear My Call" - Jill Scott
"I Was Here" - Beyoncé
"Someone Like You" - Adele
"Where You At" - Jennifer Hudson
Outstanding Song
"Best Thing I Never Had" - Beyonce
"Fool for You" feat. Melanie Fiona - Cee Lo Green
"I Smile" - Kirk Franklin
"So In Love" feat. Anthony Hamilton - Jill Scott
"Someone Like You" - Adele
Outstanding Album
"4" - Beyonce
"F.A.M.E. " - Chris Brown
"I Remember Me" - Jennifer Hudson
"Lasers" - Lupe Fiasco
"The Light of the Sun" - Jill Scott
Literature
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
"A Silken Thread" - Brenda Jackson
"Boundaries" - Elizabeth Nunez
"Say Amen, Again" - Reshonda Tate Billingsley
"Silver Sparrow" - Tayari Jones
"The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel" - Nelson George
Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
"Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America" - Melissa Harris-Perry
"Super Rich" - Russell Simmons
"The Cosmopolitan Canopy" - Elijah Anderson
"The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place" - Hill Harper
"Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now" - Toure
Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
"2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors & Supporters Navigate the Healing Process" - Denise Hall Brown
"A Defining Moment"- Patricia Duncan
"The Loom" - Shella Gillus
"The Strawberry Letter" - Lyah Le Flore
"We the Animals" - Justin Torres
Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography
"A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother" - Janny Scott
"Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" - Manning Marable
"My Song" - Harry Belafonte
"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington" - Condoleezza Rice
"The John Carlos Story" - John Carlos, Dave Zirin
Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
"A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets" - Bertice Berry
"Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing" - Synthia Saint James
"Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community" - Quraysh Ali Lansana
"The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God" - T.D. Jakes
"Too Important to Fail: Saving America's Boys" - Tavis Smiley (Author), Juan Roberts (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
"Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems" - James Golden
"Head Off & Split" - Nikky Finney
"Honoring Genius: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice" - Haki Madhubuti
"Intimate Thoughts" - Darrin Henson (Author), Anna Saunders (Illustrator)
"Last Seen" - Jacqueline Jones Lamon
Outstanding Literary Work - Children
"Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band" - Kwame Alexander (Author), Tim Bowers (Illustrator)
"Before There Was Mozart" - Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James Ransome (Illustrator)
"Heart and Soul" - Kadir Nelson (Author/Illustrator)
"White Water" - Michael S. Bandy (Author), Shadra Strickland (Illustrator)
"You Can Be A Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator)
Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
"Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon
"Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" - Jerdine Nolan (Author), Sadra Strickland (Illustrator)
"Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running" - Jeff Burlingame
"Kick" - Walter Dean
"Planet Middle School" - Nikki Grimes
Brandy's Private Moment with Whitney Houston
Though later asked directly by E! about the subject of the note, Brandy declined to give a response, saying, “I’m going to just not say what it was and just keep it to myself for my own personal reasons.”
According to Fox News, Brandy is the older sister of “Sexy Can I?” singer Ray J, the on-again, off-again beau to Houston. The two female singers also co-starred in the 1997 film “Cinderella.” For these reasons, it can be speculated that the note was of a personal nature.
"Whitney meant everything to me ... She's the reason that I sing," Brandy continued.
With her jaw-dropping voice and enormous smile, Houston was—and still is—an inspiration to many female singers. With the ever-present pressure of the prying public eye, Brandy’s respect for Whitney’s privacy in the wake of a widely publicized death is commendable.
Beyonce is BACK
Well She never really left but,Beyonce Knowles is reportedly planning to start work on two new albums.
The 'Love on Top' singer only gave birth to her first daughter Blue Ivy Carter last month but is already said to be thinking about her music career and planning the follow up to '4', released last year. Producer Ryan Tedder - who co-wrote Beyonce's hit 'Halo' - told Theboombox.com: "The conversations about her next album literally just started and there are two projects happening.
"All I can say is you kind of feed her the best that you have and she's this phenomenal filter and she takes it all in."
OneRepublic frontman Ryan added the 30-year-old singer is being as forward thinking as ever, and planning what will sound good next year.
He added: "She's not interested in 2012, she's interested in what's going to sound good for 2013."
One of the projects could prospectively be the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood's planned remake of 1954 film 'A Star Is Born', about a young starlet helped by an ageing movie star, in which Beyonce is lined up for the female lead role
The 'Love on Top' singer only gave birth to her first daughter Blue Ivy Carter last month but is already said to be thinking about her music career and planning the follow up to '4', released last year. Producer Ryan Tedder - who co-wrote Beyonce's hit 'Halo' - told Theboombox.com: "The conversations about her next album literally just started and there are two projects happening.
"All I can say is you kind of feed her the best that you have and she's this phenomenal filter and she takes it all in."
OneRepublic frontman Ryan added the 30-year-old singer is being as forward thinking as ever, and planning what will sound good next year.
He added: "She's not interested in 2012, she's interested in what's going to sound good for 2013."
One of the projects could prospectively be the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood's planned remake of 1954 film 'A Star Is Born', about a young starlet helped by an ageing movie star, in which Beyonce is lined up for the female lead role
Whitney Houston's Funeral Services to be televised
(CNN) -- Saturday's funeral for legendary pop singer Whitney Houston is expected to be made available for television and web streaming from the New Jersey church where she grew up, Houston's publicist said Wednesday.
The services, to be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, will be in a much smaller, more intimate setting than the concert halls and arenas Houston packed during her heyday.
In every sense, she will be going home.
Publicists and entertainers by Wednesday had confirmed nearly a dozen celebrities and personalities will be in some of the 1,500 coveted, "invitation-only" seats.
Gospel singer and pastor Marvin L. Winans, a longtime friend of the Houston family, will give the eulogy at New Hope Baptist Church. Winans officiated at Houston's 1992 marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown.
Asked why no public memorial service was planned, Winans told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night the family didn't "want to have a parade."
"I don't think knowing Cissy (Houston's mother) and the Houston family ... it was a matter of public or private as it was this is my daughter, this is my sister, this is my mother, this is my friend and we want to do this with dignity."
Warner denounces Va. anti-gay adoption bill
The junior U.S. senator from Virginia is denouncing an anti-gay adoption bill that was approved by the state legislature and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
According to his office, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) spoke out against the legislation Saturday night — calling it “mean-spirited” and “wrong” —while speaking to the Virginia Democrat’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond, Va.
“And while Virginia Democrats work to provide a fair shot to young people across Virginia, Republicans in Richmond would rather spend their time defining which families should be allowed to adopt foster children,” Warner said. “Let me tell you this: As the first Virginia governor to ban discrimination in state government based on sexual orientation — and as a senator who stood up and voted to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy — that is mean-spirited, and that is wrong. It is wrong to deny a foster child the opportunity to belong to a supportive, modern family simply because it is led by a same-sex couple in a loving and committed relationship.”
The anti-gay adoption bill would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate in placements conflicting with their religious or moral beliefs, including on the basis of sexual orientation.
Current policy in Virginia prevents unmarried couples — straight or gay — from adopting. There are also no non-discrimination protections in place for LGBT couples. Critics say the new legislation would codify the policy into law.
The Virginia Senate last week approved the bill by a vote of 22-18 and the Virginia House approved it earlier in the month by a vote of 71-28. Jeff Caldwell, a spokesperson for Gov. Bob McDonnell, said he’ll sign the legislation.
Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council and among the chief advocates speaking out against the legislation, commended Warner for condemning the legislation.
“Senator Warner’s statements demonstrate why he is a leader in our Congress and why he provided good leadership while governor of Virginia,” Chrisler said. “Every child deserves a family and it is indeed mean-spirited and anti-family to deny children in foster care the opportunity to find a loving home with qualified, caring parents.”
Warner spoke out against the bill after accusing the Republican-controlled Virginia Legislature of practicing the same kind 0f obstructionist politics that he says House Republicans are playing in Congress.
"The House is being run by a ‘just-say-no’ crowd that can’t seem to say ’yes’ to anything,” the senator said. “And, unfortunately, we’re beginning to see the worst of this style of politics here in Richmond at the state legislature.”
Warner said while Virginia Democrats are focused on creating jobs, Republicans controlling the state legislature are moving through legislation like the anti-gay adoption bill, interfering with abortion rights and manufacturing a voter ID problem to engage in voter suppression efforts.
According to Roll Call, more than 1,200 state lawmakers and Democratic activists and supporters gathered at the Greater Richmond Convention Center for the event, which raised $350,000 for the state party for President Barack Obama’s re-election and former Gov. Tim Kaine’s campaign for the seat of retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D).
The senator’s denunciation of the anti-gay bill is noteworthy because, as a member of Virginia’s federal delegation, he often doesn’t weigh in on state matters. An avowed centrist, Warner also usually doesn’t speak out on social issues.
Federal legislation pending before Congress known as the Every Child Deserves a Family Act would trump the pending anti-gay bill in Virginia by allowing the U.S government to restrict federal funds from going to states that have laws or practices allowing for discrimination in adoption on the basis of LGBT status.
The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) in the House and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in the Senate.
Neither Warner nor Webb is a co-sponsor of the legislation. Spokespersons told the Washington Blade the Virginia Democrats are reviewing the bill.
Washington gay marriage debate not yes or no, but both
That seeming paradox stems from competing efforts launched this week by two groups dedicated to the cause of keeping Washington from joining six other states and the District of Columbia from legalizing same-sex matrimony.
Hours after Governor Christine Gregoire signed legislation on Monday to bestow marriage rights on gay and lesbian couples, repeal advocates submitted paperwork at the state Capitol to put the issue before the electorate as a referendum.
The head of the Preserve Marriage Washington coalition, Joseph Backholm, said his group plans to start circulating petitions for Referendum 74 in early March, once the ballot language is approved by state officials.
They have until June 6 to gather the 120,577 valid signatures needed to secure a spot on the 2012 ballot.
If the referendum qualifies, the gay marriage statute -- already on hold until June 7 under the standard waiting period for new laws -- would be kept from taking effect before the election.
A majority of "no" votes on the referendum question in November would strip the new law from the books altogether.
But Thursday morning, a different repeal coalition, Protect Marriage Washington 2012, plans to start collecting signatures for Initiative 1192, asking voters to say "yes" to a measure that would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
In contrast to a statewide referendum, initiatives have until July 6 to obtain 241,154 signatures, and only the referendum can delay the gay marriage law from taking effect before the election.
Coalition leader Stephen Pidgeon, 57, also a candidate for Washington attorney general, said his petitions will be available at thousands of churches, as well as some Staples store locations and online.
"We have dropped the blade and we are plowing," Pidgeon said.
Gay marriage supporters and opponents alike speculate having both measures on the ballot could confuse some voters asked to cast opposite votes for two measures expressing the same sentiment.
So if Preserve Marriage Washington fails to collect enough signatures, there could be a window in which same-sex marriages begin and are later halted should the initiative win voter approval. It also remains unclear what would happen if both measures appear on the ballot but voters reject R-74 while approving I-1192.
"In principle, everyone's trying to accomplish the same things," Backholm, 33, said. "But it would be amazingly confusing."
Still, Backholm and Pidgeon, once allies as part of Protect Marriage Washington in 2009, which failed to win repeal of the state's domestic partnership law, insisted voters will ultimately figure it out.
Pidgeon, who has spent weeks haggling with state officials over the final ballot language for I-1192, said he supports the referendum but argued his initiative can get started sooner and has broader implications than responding to a specific law.
"They're going after condemnation language. We have a different point of view," he said. "We're part of a longer-term agenda."
Backholm said he believes voters will be more reluctant to affirm gay marriage than they were in upholding same-sex benefits.
"For better or worse, many people see a big difference between domestic partnership benefits and actually redefining marriage," Backholm said. "There's more of a grey area for a lot of people on the domestic partnership issue. Now that ambiguity has gone away, because it's unequivocally about redefining the institution of marriage."
Backholm also anticipates significant support from out-of-state donors, volunteers and agencies for the repeal effort, and noted ballot-measure campaigns tend to draw more attention when they coincide with a presidential election, as these will.
"There's an awareness that no state is an island on this issue," he said. "It's a national discussion that we're having. What happens in other places affects where you are."
On the other side of the debate, gay marriage supporters under the Washington United for Marriage banner got a head start, having organized months ago to lobby state legislators to pass same-sex matrimony.
But its members predict a tough battle, especially with the millions of dollars they expect to pour in from outside contributors to help the referendum backers, as happened with California's Proposition 8.
Annual gay-pride celebrations scheduled across Washington in June, after the R-74 signatures are due, will double as fundraisers and "Vote Yes on 74" campaign events.
Thinking ahead, Anna Schlecht, 54, a gay rights advocate from Olympia, got the governor and dozens of supportive state lawmakers to autograph two rainbow flags as they concluded the signing ceremony on Monday. She plans to auction the banners off for the "vote yes" R-74 campaign.
"Getting this far was a lot of work," Schlecht said. "Getting to November is going to take a lot of time, passion and money."
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Prop. 8: US Supreme Court might not take gay-marriage case
Legal experts said that a federal appeals court's ruling that Proposition 8 -- California's 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage -- is unconstitutional is so narrowly written that it is an open question as to whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case.
The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was written to limit its scope to California's borders and possibly even avoid review by the U.S. Supreme Court, legal experts said.
That could mean the 9th Circuit might have the final word on Proposition 8 because the ruling was so pointedly limited to California, a state where, the justices ruled, voters stripped a minority of a right that already existed and where the usual justifications for a same-sex marriage ban -- responsible parenting and procreation -- are undercut by domestic partner laws.
PHOTOS: Prop. 8 ruling
Proposition 8 passed as a constitutional amendment six months after the California Supreme Court struck down a state law that limited marriage to a man and a woman, and an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples married during that time. The initiative also did not affect parenting rights of gays and lesbians, which are protected under other state laws.
"That legal background does not exist in most states," said University of Minnesota Law School professor Dale Carpenter, who has followed the case.
Loyola law professor Douglas NeJaime agreed, noting that Tuesday's decision allows the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone a pronouncement on same-sex marriage until a more sweeping case comes along.
FULL COVERAGE: Prop. 8
"The 9th Circuit decided the case in a way that would allow the Supreme Court to affirm without having to significantly expand on its existing jurisprudence and without having to rule on marriage for same-sex couples on a national scale," NeJaime said.
The pro-Proposition 8 group ProtectMarriage could ask a larger panel of the 9th Circuit to review Tuesday's ruling, which could keep the case in the circuit for another year. If the group went directly to the Supreme Court and won review, the high court could rule on the case next year.
ProtectMarriage has long said it wanted the high court to get the case as soon as possible, but its representative said Tuesday that the organization has yet to decide its next step.
The court concluded that Prop. 8 served no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians."
Derek and Donnie Adoption Process
My partner and I are in the process of adoption and we would love your help in helping us find a birthmother match. Check out our profile:
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