(No) Freedom to Marry in Beverly Hills, and Gloria Allred Exclusive

Meet two couples who tried to get married in Beverly Hills today during Freedom to Marry’s marriage counter action. Despite application forms that read Person 1 and Person 2, these couples can’t be legally united because of Proposition 8.

Plus Gloria Allred speaks to us about the importance of today and the Supreme Court cases she’s filed to overthrow Prop 8 and to allow current same-sex marriages to stay intact .

10 Responses to "(No) Freedom to Marry in Beverly Hills, and Gloria Allred Exclusive"
Loo Hoo. | Friday February 13, 2009 04:37 pm 1

Good for Gloria. Ever looking for publicity, but still…


AwCrapBob | Friday February 13, 2009 04:39 pm 2
In response to Loo Hoo. @ 1

Not a huge fan of Gloria personally, but she does get into some good fights.


Teddy Partridge | Friday February 13, 2009 04:51 pm 3

If I was in a fight, I’d sure want Gloria Allred on my side!

Thanks, Lisa, great videos today. Why can’t everyone marry the person s/he loves?


macaquerman | Friday February 13, 2009 04:59 pm 4
In response to Teddy Partridge @ 3

because they’re already married?
That wouldn’t have stopped you, if you were named Joseph Smith.


Elliott | Friday February 13, 2009 05:00 pm 5
In response to Loo Hoo. @ 1

As long as she’s using her vanity for good


demi | Friday February 13, 2009 05:01 pm 6

Ah, the whole wedding thing again. Funny, I just talked to our family pastor, a Methodist, yesterday, to officially ask him to perform a wedding for my daughter and her boyfriend. He told me he’s not doing many weddings these days. Not that he isn’t being asked to do many. He told me that because of the whole Prop. 8 deal, that because he can’t marry just any couple of folks who want that, he’s declining doing it all together, for the most part. I teased him about taking the Pitt/Jolie approach. We laughed. He’s honored to perform the wedding because we are all family friends and he watched my daughter grow up. Of course, she could get a lot of people to agree to perform the ceremony. When it comes time for my son to make the plunge, things will be different, because he is on the roll of those who the state has refused to acknowledge as having the right to marry.
It was heartwarming for me that my daughter appreciates that her pastor will do this for her, even though his political view is giving him a moral distaste for the whole thing. I could be caught in the middle. Maybe I am. Maybe not.
I’m praying that by the time my son wants to make the same commitment, that it won’t be a problem. he’ll make the most beautiful bride/groom ever!


jayt | Friday February 13, 2009 05:16 pm 7
In response to Loo Hoo. @ 1

what Loo Hoo said….


Loo Hoo. | Friday February 13, 2009 05:26 pm 8

Hi jayt. How’s your son?


Lisa Derrick | Friday February 13, 2009 06:10 pm 9

In 1983 Gloria Allred represented Deborah Johnson and Zandra Rolon who had gone to Papa Choux Restaurant on Wilshire Blvd to celebrate a romantic Martin Luther King Jr. Day dinner. They were refused a “couples’ booth and hired Gloria allred to sue on grounds of discrimination. The restaurant closed rather than seat everyone/gays and lesbians. That case is among the many anti-discrimination suits Allred has handled. Her heart and astounding legal brain are in the right place.


jackie | Saturday February 14, 2009 06:56 am 10

Marriage is a legal and binding commitment between two people to each other (also gives the States/Gov a lot of control over the relationship, but that is a separate issue)
As long as each person has reached legal majority and it is not being forced on either or both of the individuals,
Why is it anyone elses business?


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