By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| Proposition 8 has been appealed by a 2-1 ruling in a federal appeals court. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the voter-approved ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional last Thursday. The recent court ruling has some Californians thinking the momentum behind this battle could be geared toward something more important. Supporters of Prop 8 have to decide quickly whether they want to appeal the recent ruling handed down by the Federal courts. “ProtectMarriage, the Christian conservative sponsor of Proposition 8, is expected to announce next week whether to ask a larger panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of … [Read more...] about Federal appeals court deems Proposition 8 unconstitutional
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Military personnel trained for tolerance
By Omar Guzman |Staff Writer| Nearly five months after the U.S. Senate repealed the “Don’t ask don’t tell” (DADT) law, leaders of all four military services announced that training for the tolerance and acceptance of the new law dealing with gays and lesbians serving in the military is underway and going well. “I was happy when it got repealed; it was about time for gay and lesbians to serve openly in the military. But it should not have been a policy in the first place, because there was no statistical evidence for it to have been made a law,” said Amaris Simmons, a student assistant of the Pride Center. One of the most controversial laws is slowly, but effectively, coming to an end … [Read more...] about Military personnel trained for tolerance