Hallmark, Having Dipped Toe In Gay Greetings, Plunges In

Hallmark Cards is set to ramp up its greeting card business for those “non-traditional” families on your list, supplying its stock of wedding and civil unions greeting cards to all 500 corporate-owed stores.The firm, the very name of which is synonymous with wholesome greetings on any occasion, is responding to consumer needs by making the cards more available starting this summer.Last year, Hallmark made a splash by introducing its first congratulatory greetings for two-groom and two-bride weddings and civil union ceremonies, noted a May 14 article at Contra Costa Times.Now, Hallmark is poised for a mass release of greetings. See Hallmark, Having Dipped Toe In Gay Greetings, Plunges In
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More than 50 other California labor organizations Oppose Prop 8

The California Federation of Labor and more than 50 other California labor organizations filed friend–of–the–court briefs in support of Lambda Legal’s position that Prop 8 is invalid. Joining them through other briefs were civil rights and community groups, California municipalities, leading legal scholars and nearly a thousand religious organizations and faith leaders. National Marriage Project Director Jenny Pizer says the labor brief is “putting a special emphasis on how high the stakes are here for everybody in California.” Read the Contra Costa Times article and more in Lambda Legal’s “In the News.”