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On this page: Church | Marriage Movement | Marriage Issues | Public Policy Issues | LGBT Organizations | The Other Side
Please review these links thoroughly. They are in alpha order by category, so there are a lot of important movements and energies down this page!
| BLOGS Revoke 8, www.revoke8.blogspot.com/ Photo at right: Revoke8.blogspot.com Unite the Fight, www.unitethefight.org > Read the Mission post of November 8, 2008 |  |
| CHURCH + Don't live near Hollwood? Here are other welcoming and reconciling churches in Southern California, www.LutheransLove.org; and across North America, www.lcna.org. Other faith-related resources:
| Photo from Seattle, found at www.thefrisky.com |
THE MARRIAGE MOVEMENT, ETC.
Act Up NOW, www.Actupnow.org : News | Events | Tools | Discuss | Links
California Faith for Equality, www.CAFaithforEquality.org : Act | Reflect | News | Affiliates
| Courage Campaign, www.couragecampaign.org : Actions | Keith Olberman's "Special Comment on Prop 8 | Repeal Prop. 8 California Outreach, www.CaliforniaOutreach.com : Event Speakers | Where to Go After | Flyer | Press Release Californians Against Hate, www.CaliforniansAgainstHate.com : News | Blog | Dishonor Roll Community Organized for Liberty, Opportunity and Respect (COLOR), Ventura County : www.vccolor.org. Equal Roots Coalition, http://www.equalroots.com/ : Calendar | Face Book Equality Action Now, www.EqualityActionNOW.org : Events | Blog | Activism Tips | Articles/Links/Videos |
Photo: Equal Roots Coalition |
Join the Impact, www.jointheimpact.com : Discussion Forum | What's New | Photos | To-Do's | Invite | Project Postcard >
A great cheap action idea:
- Buy a postcard with a photo from your town.
- Write to President Obama (sample message: Dear President-Elect Obama,
Please ask Congress to repeal DOMA! All Americans should have the right to marry. Thank you in advance for advocating for the civil rights of your LGBT citizens.
Sincerely,
<Your Name>
<Your City and State>)- Mail it to: President Barack Obama
The White House
Washington, DC
Lambda Legal, www.lambdalegal.org : Newsroom | On-Line Newsletters | Our Work | Take Action | In re Marriage Cases Let California Ring, www.letcaliforniaring.org : Coalition Partners | Our Stories, Find Out More, Get Involved, Media Center Love Honor Cherish, www.lovehonorcherish.org : Working Committees include Media & Technology | Outreach | fund Raising | Ballot Initiative Marriage Equality U.S.A., www.MarriageEquality.org : Get the Facts | Media Center | Resources-National | Resources-Religious | Faith Community Voices Meet in the Middle 4 Equality, www.meetinthemiddle4equality.com : An event site to bring Californians together in the Central Valley the first Saturday after the Supreme Court decision, win or lose. National Center for Lesbian Rights, www.nclrights.org : Issues & Cases | Get Legal Help | Get Invovled | Press Center National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, www.thetaskforce.org : The Issues | Activist Center | Our Work | Reports & Research | Events | Press 
The Petition Site, www.thepetitionsite/tell-a-friend/2345860: Protect Marriage, Protect Children, Prohibit Divorce (!), another great idea!
A Petition for a California State Proposition that Prohibits Divorce Between Heterosexual Married Couples
Divorce destroys the sanctity of marriage and its powerful influence on the betterment of society. This proposition would keep the very meaning of marriage from being transformed into nothing more than a contractual relationship between two adults. Prohibiting divorce between heterosexual married couples will keep the interests of children and families intact. We will continue to celebrate marriage as the union of husband and wife, not as a relationship between "Party A" and "Party B." The marriage of a man and a woman has been at the heart of society since the beginning of time and it promotes the ideal opportunity for children to be raised by a mother and a father in a family held together by the legal, communal, and spiritual bonds of marriage. As a society we should put the best interests of children first, and those interests lie in traditional marriage. Permitting divorce destroys marriage as we know it and causes a profound harm to society. We should be restoring marriage, not undermining it.
And for those of you who voted yes on Prop 8 but disagree with this petition... Why? This petition is copied and pasted from literature from your website, ProtectMarriage.com, but applied to Divorce instead of Gay Marriage. So how can you argue with your own words?
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life> Gay Marriage, http://pewforum.org/gay-marriage : Special Report: The Same-Sex Marriage Debate | Pew Forum Resources on Gay Marriage | The Constitutional Dimensions of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Prop 8 Films, www.Prop8Films.org : Current Projects | The Team | Community (Blog) | Video Blog
Towle Road, www.towleroad.com : Marriage Equality Protests
Unite the Fight, www.unitethefight.org : Blog United Against H8, Restore Gay Marriage in California, http://www.unitedagainsth8.org/ : Shop | Domestic Partnership v. Marriage | Event Calendar | Blog
Yes! On Equality, seeks to repeal Proposition 8 through a new amendmentment to the California Constitution, http://www.yesonequality.com : FAQs | About | Media 
White Knot for Equality, www.whiteknot.org : Get Knots | Info & Maps | Stories | Photos & Video | Badges & Artwork 
MARRIAGE ISSUES
"Is Marriage and/or Domestic Partnership Right For You?", www.SameSexLaw.com : proprietary web site of Oakland, CA attorney Frederick Hertz, co-author of Nolo Press' 14th edition of "A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples."
Continuing Education of the Bar "Case 'n Point" Newsletter. "AB 205 Transforms California's Domestic Partnership Registration," http://ceb.com/newsletterv9/fam_law.htm. Also see "Crticial Uncertainties" and "Four Options for California Couples" at the same URL.
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, www.au.org
California Council of Churches, www.calchurches.org
Independent Gay Forum, www.indegayforum.org
Lutheran Office of Public Policy--California, www.loppca.org
LGBT-Related ORGANIZATIONS and VOICES
COLAGE, www.colage.org: Equality and Justice for People with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and/or Queer Parents & Our Families
Human Rights Campaign, www.hrc.org
OUT CLERGY: Interfaith Gay and Lesbian Clergy Association of Greater Los Angeles, www.outclergyla.org
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, www.lagaycenter.org
Truth Wins Out, www.truthwinsout.org
THE OTHER SIDE (Don't go there, except at your own risk!)
Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO, www.focusonthefamily.org, which contributed $539,643.66 to the Yes on 8 side. This is small change for this tax exempt powerhouse created by James Dobson. They employ over 1,300 people to spread their message, and budgeted $129,000,000 (2005 figures).
Preserving the "Divine Institution of Marriage", www.PreservingMarriage.org, a Mormon (Latter Day Saints) propaganda site featuring short videos of photogenic models giving LDS spin on misleading questions.
California Renewal / ProtectMarriage.Com, www.ProtectMarriage.com, Ron Prentice, Chairman. The web site lists no other board members, no address, no contact information and no endorsers. The web site slogan reads: "Restoring Marriage & Protecting California Children." You get the picture.
National Organization for Marriage, Princeton, NJ, www.nationformarriage.org, which gave $1,041,134.80 to the Yes on 8 side of this battle.
Disclaimer
Hollywood Lutheran Church, its Church Council or Pastor Dan Hooper do not necessarily endorse the views or opinions of the listed entities and organizations. These links are provided for the reader's convenience in locating and contacting other organizations.
American Family Association, Tupelo, MS, www.afa.net, which contributed $500,000 to pass Proposition 8. According to its web site, "AFA exists to motivate and equip citizens to change the culture to reflect Biblical truth and traditional values.” Nice work: they brought in $22.5 million in 2007 as a tax exempt organization. AFA is so family-oriented that it has called for major boycotts against Disney, Ford, MacDonalds, and now Hallmark.