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Freedom To Marry Discussion Panel

Central California Alliance will host a Freedom To Marry Panel & Community Discussion on Saturday, February 10th. The event will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, which is located at 4144 North Millbrook Avenue in Fresno. There will be a photo presentation and discussion of the issues. Scheduled event time is from […]

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STAND UP for Marriage Equality

STAND UP with us on February 14th! On Wednesday, February 14th, Marriage Equality USA will host the 3rd Annual Marriage Equality Demonstration in downtown Fresno at the County Clerk’s Office. This action will involve same sex couples, along with allies and supporters, gathering at the County Clerk’s office to request marriage licenses.   Under current

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Political Tools (Get Out & VOTE!)

An election is approaching, on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. While we can’t vote to abolish the current administration at the highest levels, we have a chance to in some way begin to change the structure responsible for the current devastating destruction of American principals and integrity. We’ve been force fed lie upon concept upon affiliation

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Olberman Almighty

Keith Olberman, over at MSNBC, is a true American. He chooses, regardless of public sentiment, to instigate controversial political dialogue.  Most importantly, he isn’t a partisan thinker, he operates from facts and presents them as evidence in order to call to task the management of this country by an inept administration. True Americans, usually not

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Fresno LGBT Meets with Governor’s staff

Fresno’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community, including their allies will meet with the Governor’s Fresno office staff.  Discussions will include the impact of SB 1437 (Bias-Free Curriculum Act) on valley residents, including eight other Equality California bills. If you are interested in attending, please join us, August 15th at 10:45 AM outside of the Governor’s

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Sex offender public hearing

On August 8, you are invited to attend a public hearing sponsored by the Governor’s High-Risk Sex Offender Task Force. This task force will tell Governor Schwarzenegger how closely he should watch sex offenders that are released from state prisons into your neighborhood.

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Gay Marriage Updates

The highest courts in two states dealt gay rights advocates dual setbacks Thursday, rejecting same-sex couples’ bid to win marriage rights in New York and reinstating a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Georgia. Read the full story at  CNN Howard Dean Responds To Ruling Schwarzenegger Opponent Supports Gay Marriage California Court To Hear Gay Marriage Case

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Pentagon: Homosexuality = Disorder

Despite the fact that in 1973 the American Psychiatric Association officially declared that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, the Pentagon disagrees. Displaying an unbelievable level of prejudice and denial, a Pentagon memo addressing gays in the military lists homosexuality as a defect alongside mental retardation and personality disorders.   Read the article at MSNBC

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KMPH FMA Debate

VIDEO LINK AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE… Gay Fresno was contacted by local television station KMPH  Channel 26 on Wednesday, June 7th, requesting our participation in an on air political debate that same night. The subject was the Federal Marriage Amendment, which had just been defeated in the Senate. The vote was 49 for

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Pride & President

UPDATE: THE AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED IN THE SENATE ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH  While the LGBT community and our heterosexual supporters gathered on Saturday, June 3rd in the Tower District to celebrate the 16th annual Fresno Pride Parade & Festival, the President of the United States had a much different agenda on his mind. On the

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