Additional Media Coverage of Prop 8 Decision
May 27, 2009 by Amanda Morgan, GLAAD's Digital Initiatives Fellow
Below you will find additional coverage of yesterday’s decision by the California Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the anti-gay ballot initiative that eliminated the ability of same-sex couples to marry in California.
Click here to read our original post from yesterday, with GLAAD’s statement, media coverage, as well as responses from various organization. We will be posting more coverage of the decision and of last night’s rallies as the day progresses. If you have pictures, video, or media coverage you’d like to share, feel free to email digital@glaad.org.
Video Coverage
- CNN Newsroom – California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
- MSNBC News Live – CA Supreme Court Rules on Legality of Same-Sex Marriage
- CNN Newsroom – Battle Over Gay Rights
- ACLU responds to Prop 8 loss
- KCRA Channel 3 Sacramento News – Protesters decry Court’s Prop 8 ruling
Print Coverage
Los Angeles Times
- Prop. 8: Assembly speaker says ‘tide of history’ will undo gay marriage ban
- Prop. 8: Sacramento lawmakers denounce decision
The Huffington Post
- California Supreme Court thinks Prop. 8 was no big deal
- The avoidable tragedy of California’s Prop 8
- Prop 8 decision: we won’t back down
CBS News
The Star Ledger
MSNBC
U.S. News and World Report
Blog Coverage
Pam’s House Blend
- Link farm: reactions to Prop 8 ruling
- Robert Gibbs on Prop 8 ruling – he hasn’t talked to the president about it
The Bilerico Project
Joe My God
- The complete Prop 8 ruling
- Governator urges calm
- SD Pride calls for civil disobedience
- Arrests begin in San Francisco
Organizations Respond
- National Center for Lesbian Rights – Advocacy groups vow to return to polls to restore marriage for same-sex couples
- Equality California - Equality California vows to restore marriage at ballot box in wake of Prop. 8 ruling
- National Organization for Women – NOW denounces California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop. 8: same-sex couples’ constitutional right to marriage denied
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Americans United criticizes California Supreme Court ruling allowing ban on same-sex marriage to stand
[...] Click here to read our original post from yesterday, with GLAAD’s statement, media coverage, as well as responses from various organization. Also, our post from this morning has even more coverage. [...]