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Keep Informed!Events, legislation and direct actions can happen on short notice. Check back here for updates, or join the GLBT Alliance Yahoo Group to receive notices via email. Santa Cruz County No on Prop 8Our next campaign committee meeting will be: Tuesday, August 26, 6:30-8:00 pm at the campaign office in The Galleria, 740 Front Street, Suite 250, in Santa Cruz On November 4, the people of Santa Cruz County will have an opportunity to lead California in standing up for equality and justice - and protecting ALL marriages - by voting No on Proposition 8. So - The GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz County has launched a local ballot measure campaign, Santa Cruz County No on Prop 8 - http://www.SantaCruzNoOn8.org.While it might not seem all that imperative to conduct such a campaign here in Santa Cruz, we have to remember that this will be a statewide initiative, and we'll need to get our numbers as high as we can to offset areas in which we'll not do so well. We know that many of you have been, and will be, donating to or volunteering with the statewide campaign, Equality for All; that's good, but it isn't enough. We know from experience that what works is local grassroots organizing, since every community is different.
Join our coalition - Santa Cruz County No on 8 - and stand with us.
Donate to Santa Cruz County No on 8 at http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/20776.
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Or on our campaign website: http://www.SantaCruzNoOn8.org
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To keep abreast of news and organizing, join the Santa Cruz No on 8 Yahoo Group. 2008 ElectionsAs we do each election cycle, The GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz County has sent endorsement questionnaires to candidates for state and local offices.
Federal offices
As we get responses, they will be posted here. To be part of our endorsement decisions, Join The GLBT Alliance by 9/1/08. Endorsements will be posted as they are made. ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Register to vote online! Visit the California Secretary of State Online Voter Registration Page. ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Marriage Equality UpdatesOn Thursday, May 15, the California Supreme Court ruled in re: Marriage cases: ...in light of the constitutional questions brought to us for resolution, we determine that the language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union "between a man and a woman" is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples... Read the entire ruling. Read a summary. Watch and/or listen to the March 4th in re: Marriage Cases California Supreme Court hearing at: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/ or at: http://www.calchannel.com/. FAQs compiled by The GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz County about the Supreme Court ruling. . FAQS from the office of Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin. Wedding photos from Tuesday, June 17 View photos of the 5/15/08 rally and celebration at the Town Clock. Read the first Field Poll on "same-sex" marriage.
On Saturday, June 7, local attorney Morgan Taylor spoke with us about the legal implications of the California Supreme Court decision, and some of the ramifications of marriage; download the information he handed out. Stay tuned for further updates. Latest Newsletter (Pride 2008)Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (typically already installed on most computers). File will usually open in your browser.Latest Legislative Update
Read the latest Legislative Update (Microsoft Word .doc format), find out what is happening in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. and use our sample letters to write your representatives.
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