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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1977
Page
5
San Francisco scene grows tense as State Sen. John Briggs announces a bill to bar homosexuals from teaching in California. Police escort him away after jeers from about 50 to 150 gay residents. Briggs defends the measure while facing questions about timing and feasibility.
A bill to bar state recognition of gay marriages passes the Senate Judiciary Committee 5-3 and moves to the Senate floor. Opponents call it discriminatory, while supporters say marriage is a male female contract and note existing laws reference two persons rather than sexes. The bill would bar county clerks from issuing licenses to gays despite current law tongue references.
The U S Civil Rights Commission press conference released a 201 page report urging President Carter to personally direct the federal civil rights enforcement program or appoint a Cabinet aide. It criticizes Nixon and Ford for weak White House leadership and calls for stronger OMB resources and comprehensive oversight.
Attorneys for ACLU NAACP and LA Center for Law and Justice ask Judge Paul Egly to throw out the Board of Education’s limited integration plan and write his own. The motion, to be considered today, argues the board’s plan does not comply with Gitelson 1970 desegregation ruling or 1976 state court decision.
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