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Founder of group seeking to elect conservative judges dies of heart attack Thursday, 03/18/10
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Pastor Don Hamer, the founder of a new Chula Vista-based group that is working to elect conservative judges in local elections, died of a heart attack on Wednesday morning, Hamer was pastor of the Zion Christian Fellowship in San Diego and was a leading voice locally for Proposition 8, the initiative passed by voters in 2008 which ended same-sex marriages in California.

In December, Hamer founded a group called BetterCourtsNow.com. Its stated goal is to target local judicial elections and elect judges who oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. The group's website includes video testimonials by Hamer and 20 different supporters.

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Props 8 and 187 - The republicans shoot themselves in the other foot Friday, 01/23/09
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Millennials will soon dominate our politics. They will legalize gay marriage.

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Demographic trends suggest Prop. 8 may have a short life Wednesday, 12/10/08
Capitol Weekly

According to the group Religious Tolerance, 90 percent of Americans disapproved of interracial marriage when it was first legalized by the California Supreme Court in 1948. Nineteen years later, when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the practice, 72 percent of Americans still disapproved. The magical 50 percent threshold wasn't crossed until 1991-a change of 50 percentage points in 53 years. Coincidentally, people born in 1991 start voting next year.

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Group aims to put Prop. 8 repeal on 2010 ballot Thursday, 11/13/08
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