Posts Tagged: rights

After reviewing the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the legal challenge to Proposition 8, it is clear that those who would deny marriage equality to LGBT Californians have given increasing prominence to one argument in particular: Courts should not intervene to overturn Proposition 8 because to do so would interfere with routine

When Assemblymember Tom Ammiano proposed a Bill of Rights for the homeless, the response was swift – and sharply divided.

Many observers called it extreme, one newspaper described it as “an embarrassment,” while others defended it vigorously, lauding it as a move long overdue. Among other things, the bill would protect homeless people from