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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.

Posts Tagged Proposition 8

Federal judge strikes down California’s Proposition 8

By | 08.04.10 | 2:59 pm

A federal judge has ruled that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.

U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker struck down Proposition 8 today in a ruling that…

And now the District of Columbia …

By | 04.07.09 | 5:07 pm

holding-hands-imageIf I didn’t live in New Mexico where even the notion of recognizing domestic partnerships provokes major controversy and ends in lopsided defeat, I’d be tempted to think that those who push for something called marriage equality have the…

Focus on the Family spent big on Prop 8

By | 02.11.09 | 10:13 am

Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family gave $727,250 in cash and services to the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 campaign in California, according to records released by the California secretary of state, including a $100,000 check in late October, just days before the evangelical media empire announced it planned to lay off nearly 20 percent of its employees.

Same-sex marriage nixed by voters in CA

By | 11.05.08 | 2:53 pm

It’s back to the drawing board in California over the rights of gay couples. The citizens of that state continue their fight over gay marriage, passing an amendment to the state constitution yesterday that defines marriage as an institution solely…

Big money flows from New Mexico to California to support both sides of Proposition 8

By | 10.31.08 | 9:51 pm

New Mexicans supportive of the ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California have sent about $175,000 to organizers in recent days, mostly in the form of big-dollar contributions, according to a database that charts the money flowing into…