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Gay Marriage (part 2)

Our conversation with Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights was amazing! For me, the biggest take away is that we've got to get the word out about the  ballot initiative in November.  If enacted it would ban marriage between same-sex couples by having it written into the California Constitution that only marriage between a man and a woman is allowed. This would really be it people. There's no appealing it. It would be part of the California Constitution and it would be final. Kate explains it all here with more expertise and passion than I ever could:

NCLR:

http://www.nclrights.org

Kate's Blog:

http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=blog_katesBlog

Gay Marriage

Last time I was at City Hall was Oct. 26, 2003 for the big  "Stop the War Against Iraq" march. Unfortunately, we're still fighting the battle to end the war. So glad to be visiting City Hall under celebratory circumstances this time.

There, I said it

Obsessive Sarkosis

Turns out the French are obsessed with more than cheese, wine and having mistresses....

www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/world/europe/24france.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Burma Recap

So we took clips of several of the Burma threads and with some fancy pants editing by Tom we are offering up a condensed version of the conversations about Burma. A recap if you will, a roundup, a wrap up, a, um, well a recap.

Burma Global Action Network

We've been talking about Burma quite a bit on Seesmic. One of our members, Derek told us about a group called the Burma Global Action Network and the Global Day of Action for Burma on May 17. So, I called them up and found out a young Canadian named Alex Bookbinder is the founder of the group. He's a really informed, super enthusiastic guy who will be on Seemic to take your questions about Burma at noon PST.

www.burma-network.org

www.dontforgetburma.org

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=286596165

Burma: It Can't Wait

Just talked to Jack Healy at the Human Rights Action Center who spearheaded the 30 days of short films about Burma called "Burma: It Can't Wait" that are distributed on Fanista and Youtube.

First one stars Will Ferrell, second one features Jennifer Aniston and Woody Harrelson....really good films....check them out here...