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Check out this protest against a Chick-fil-a store opening in Laguna Hills, CA!
Speak out against Chick-fil-a’s stand against marriage equality
Orange County Youth Speak Out to Support Seth’s Law Against LGBT Bullying
On April 3, 2012, Kearian Giertz , then a senior at Fullerton Union High in Fullerton California, was a contestant in the school’s annual “Mr. Fullerton Pageant”. During the pageant’s interview portion, he was asked, “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” Kearian responded to this question by discussing the awards that he hopes to win someday and then added that he hoped in ten years marriage equality would be legal so he could marry the man of his dreams. As he was speaking, a school administrator attempted to have the sound cut from his microphone. When Kearian left the stage, the administrator approached him, asked why he would say that, and disqualified him from the competition.
(Source: glaad.org)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way on Tuesday for the Supreme Court to consider California’s marriage equality ban, declining an appeal to revisit the case.
Supporters of the 2008 ban, Proposition 8, have lost two rounds in federal court but have made clear they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and hope for a favorable response from the conservative-leaning court.
The top U.S. court could agree to hear the matter in the session beginning in October, putting it on track to decide the case within a year. It could also decline to review Prop 8.
