Patrick Range McDonald

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Queer Town: Big Gay Night at Armani

Christoph Babka, a handsome blonde with a keen sense of duty, was burned out working in Hollywood, so he decided to shake things up. "We try to get the younger generation involved," he said, holding a clipboard inside the Armani Exchange store on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. "There's a......
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Queer Town: The Fat is in the Fire

The court has not only ignored the will of the people and imposed a redefinition of marriage on Californians, it has inflicted years of legal chaos, quite possibly on the entire country. Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, in the New York Times These are not happy......
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Queer Town: June Weddings For Gays

This morning, the California Supreme Court denied a request to rehear its May 15 ruling that legalized same sex marriage. Gay and lesbian couples can now wed, starting on June 17--the date set by the state. Now it's only a question if county clerks throughout California can quickly change the......
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Queer Town: No Time For Gay Losers

On Monday, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen officially certified the anti-gay marriage ballot measure. If passed, the initiative would overturn last month's California Supreme Court ruling--which legalized same sex marriage--and insert one sentence into the state constitution. It would read, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is......
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QUEER TOWN: Obama and the Gays

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party will finally wrap up its long, hard fought primary season. There will be a lot of talk about who will ultimately be the best candidate to defeat Senator John McCain on Election Day, but gays and lesbians--in California and anywhere else--may want to consider something......
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LA Times Polls Gays, Not the Opposition

Yesterday, the LA Times released an amazing poll of Californians' views on same sex marriage. One startling fact--from the gay point of view, at least--was 58 percent of female registered voters would vote "for" the anti-gay marriage ballot measure to ban queer unions. But only 43 percent of male registered......
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June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was hoping for a quick injection of gay dollars into California's ailing economy this summer, it may not happen. Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the state's Supreme Court on Thursday to delay its decision to allow queer weddings until after November 4, when an expected anti-gay......