In a fit of copyright pique, the good folks at Protectmarriage.com (sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban) took a whole bunch of umbrage with their political opponents at Prop8trialtracker.com (a website monitoring the current Prop 8 federal appeal trial). At issue was the Prop 8 Trial Tracker logo (right), which the anti-gay marriage organization claimed is a blatant knock-off of their design (left). First they sent a strongly worded cease-and-desist letter. Then they sued ‘em too.
As part of their court filing, the Protect Marriage folks argued that the family in the pro-gay marriage logo (featuring two women with two little kiddies) is “substantially indistinguishable” from the family in the anti-gay marriage design (featuring a man and a woman with two little kiddies). Yeah, replied the pro-gay marriage folks, no doubt savoring the irony. That’s kinda the point.
The judge in the case agreed, letting the logo stand, citing parody allowances. [Prop 8 Trial Tracker]
Speaking of California’s Proposition 8 and logos (you know we were), Cindy McCain, wife of Senator (and former presidential candidate) John McCain has joined a growing list of celebrities and public figures to pose for photographs as part of the NOH8 campaign. NOH8 (abbreviation of No Hate) is a campaign to overturn California’s controversial constitutional amendment, and a project in which subjects are photographed with their mouths taped shut and a NOH8 logo stenciled on their faces (visit the NOH8 website).
This is sorta ironic when we remember that hubby John McCain’s staunch opposition to same-sex marriage was a key part of his presidential campaign. To make matters more interesting in the McCain household (and in conservative circles), the McCains’ daughter Meghan also posed for the campaign. [Guardian]
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