Mar 052009
Dennis Herrera discusses Prop 8 hearing on Rachel Maddow
activism, lgbt, politics, video Add comments (2)Rachel Maddow interviews Dennis Herrera after today’s hearing to determine the fate of Proposition 8.
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March 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I have a new found admiration towards SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera and his team with their strong and hard work. I watched the oral arguments yesterday and it did not leave me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
All that talk about revision vs. amendment gave me a headache but I hope that the CA Supreme Court judges will air on the fact that equal rights for a protected class of individuals should be upheld.
Thank you for this post.
March 7th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Guys there is a great LGBT civil rights organization called the Empowering Spirits Foundation. They are very creative in how they approach this hot topic issue of gay marriage, in that they engage in service oriented activities in communities typically opposed to equal rights to foster thought and change for LGBT equality.
A friend of mine told me about it and I thought it was a great, positive approach to the issue. We had so much fun at the last event and it was great to give back to the community. Plus it was great to converse with others on the other side of the table in a way that wasn’t confrontational.
Anyway, this can be such a heated issue and I thought this was a unique approach.