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><channel><title>AKA William &#187; ACLU LGBT</title> <atom:link href="http://www.akawilliam.com/tag/aclu-lgbt/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.akawilliam.com</link> <description>All Kinds of Gay</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:14:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Boies-Olson to LGBT Legal Groups: Oh Hell No!</title><link>http://www.akawilliam.com/boies-olson-to-lgbt-legal-groups-oh-hell-no/</link> <comments>http://www.akawilliam.com/boies-olson-to-lgbt-legal-groups-oh-hell-no/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>AKA William</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ACLU LGBT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Foundation for Equal Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[California]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Boies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federal Prop 8 Challenge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lambda Legal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCLR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prop 8]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Olson]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.akawilliam.com/?p=18221</guid> <description><![CDATA[The big LGBT legal organizations &#8212; Lambda Legal, ACLU LBGT, and NCLR &#8211;who originally condemned the American Foundation for Equal Rights Olson &#8211; Boies federal challenge to Prop 8 eventually changed their minds and offered their support for the lawsuit.
Now that the lawsuit has been fast-tracked, these legal organizations want to join in on all [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
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href="http://www.akawilliam.com/federal-prop-8-challenge-faces-resistance-from-gay-organizations/">originally condemned</a> the American Foundation for Equal Rights <a
href="http://www.akawilliam.com/prop-8-to-be-challenged-in-federal-court-by-bush-v-gore-rivals/">Olson &#8211; Boies federal challenge to Prop 8</a> eventually <a
href="http://www.akawilliam.com/major-lgbt-legal-organizations-reverse-position-on-boies-olson-federal-prop-8-challenge/">changed their minds</a> and <strong>offered their support for the lawsuit.</strong></p><p>Now that the lawsuit has been <a
href="http://www.akawilliam.com/federal-challenge-to-prop-8-moving-speedily-ahead/">fast-tracked</a>, <strong>these legal organizations want to join in on all the fun</strong> &#8212; they now <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070804484.html">want to be included</a> in the Prop 8 lawsuit so they&#8217;ve filed a motion to be a part of the goings-on &#8220;to have the benefit of the presence of the community in all its diversity.&#8221;</p><p><strong>But the Olson &#8211; Boies boys ain&#8217;t having it! In response, they issued this smackdown: </strong></p><blockquote><p>On behalf of the plaintiffs and our board, donors and supporters, <strong>I am writing to ask that you not intervene in Perry v. Schwarzenegger.</strong></p><p>&#8220;Given our willingness to collaborate with you, and your efforts to undercut this case, we were surprised and disappointed when we became aware of your desire to intervene.</p><p>&#8220;<strong>You have unrelentingly and unequivocally acted to undermine this case even before it was filed.</strong> In light of that, it is inconceivable that you would zealously and effectively litigate this case if you were successful in intervening. Therefore, we will vigorously oppose any motion to intervene.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Ouch.</p><p>Read the full release. It gets better.<span
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