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Helen Engelhardt
Helen Engelhardt is an activist,Moriarty, Rick, and Mark Weiner. "Wounded families suffer new pangs of injustice; want probe of BP role in Lockerbie bomber release." ''The Post-Standard'', 20 July 2010. Web. 23 July 2010/ref> author, poet, storyteller and independent audio artist;"The Longest Night." ''Midsummer Sound Company''. Midsummer Sound Company, n.d. Web. 23 July 2010. Activities She has been active in peace, justice and environmental causes for over thirty years. She is a supporter of gay marriage and donated $500 in 2008 to help defeat California Proposition 8 (2008), Proposition 8 in California, a gay marriage ban. She is involved with A Better Choice For New York and was a signatory of a 2010 open letter to Governor David Paterson and members of the New York State Legislature in which she supports a 1–3% tax increase for the wealthy in New York (state), New York state to help avoid cuts in state services. Engelhardt is the widow of Tony Hawkins, one of the 259 victims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Proposition 8 (2008)
Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage; it passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned in court. The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of the California Supreme Court's May 2008 appeal ruling, ''In re Marriage Cases'', which followed the short-lived 2004 same-sex weddings controversy and found the previous ban on same-sex marriage ( Proposition 22, 2000) unconstitutional. Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by a federal court (on different grounds) in 2010, although the court decision did not go into effect until June 26, 2013, following the conclusion of proponents' appeals. Proposition 8 countermanded the 2008 ruling by adding the same provision as in Proposition 22 to the California Constitution, providing that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
