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Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson defends his speaker of choice at next month's Mayor's Community Breakfast. He has invited H. B. London, of Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian group that opposes same-sex marriage. Residents and activists upset about this choice are organizing two counterevents of their own. Activists are planning a "peaceful" demonstration March 4 outside Arcadia Community Center and a bar-b-que at Pasadena's Unitarian Church for all families. Focus on the Family was founded in Arcadia by Dr. James C. Dobson and believes marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman. Amundson said the event is not about sexuality but about the Arcadia family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32339
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Mayor's Community Breakfast
Focus on the Family
Gay rights
London, H. B., Jr.
Item ID
32537AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson's selection of Reverend H. B. London, Jr. to speak at the community breakfast on March 4, is drawing criticism from some residents and gay-rights activists. London is a vice president of ministry outreach at Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian group that opposes gay marriage. Some residents are asking Mayor Amundson to reconsider and they feel Focus on the Family delivers hateful messages. The city estimates it will pay between $5000 and $5500 for its contribution to the event, which will include the speaker's plane fare.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32299
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Mayor's Community Breakfast
Focus on the Family
Gay rights
London, H. B., Jr.
Item ID
32498AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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H. B. London, Jr., of Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian group that opposes gay marriage, spoke at the 2011 Mayor's Community Breakfast, about the importance of compassion and unconditional love in the family. Outside there were some 90 protestors that support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32342
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Mayor's Community Breakfast
Focus on the Family
Gay rights
London, H. B., Jr.
Protests
Item ID
32540AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1953
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1953
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Zimmerly, Joan Marilynn
Tucker, Charles T.
Item ID
12439AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 24, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 24, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Kelley, Lillian Rice (Mrs.)
Benedict, Daniel W. (Lt. Col.)
Item ID
12554AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 24, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 24, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Hemmick, Genevieve (Mrs.)
Hemmick, E. Thayer
Item ID
12555AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 31, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 31, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Holt, Eula (Mrs.)
Nelson, Martin B.
Item ID
12577AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 3, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 3, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Matthews, Mary Dyer (Mrs.)
Tumilty, Bernard
Item ID
12590AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Pearce, Mrs. Edward Glenwood
Gardner, Frederick Alfred
Item ID
12744AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1953
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Banks, Dottie (Mrs.)
Tucker, Arthur
Item ID
12745AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
November 23, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
November 23, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Anderson, Edith Carson (Mrs.)
Cooper, W. Fenimore
Item ID
12759AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
December 28, 1953
Pages
p. 5 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
December 28, 1953
Pages
p. 5 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Doherty, Irma Lee Keller (Mrs.)
Stadig, William P.
Item ID
12817AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Jones, Doris Nelson (Mrs.)
Eklund, William A.
Item ID
12822AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Goss, Madeline B. (Mrs.)
de Constant, Paul d'Edtournelles
Item ID
12823AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Bailes, Nina (Mrs.)
Reightley, Leonard
Item ID
12837AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Gongwer, Nellie (Mrs.)
Black, Martin
Item ID
12907AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 8, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 8, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Cox, Thomas
Cox, Mrs. Thomas
Item ID
12949AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1954
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1954
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Owen, Patricia Ann
Baldwin, Robert Prentice
Item ID
13048AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1954
Pages
p. 11
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1954
Pages
p. 11
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Joyce, Jean Marsh (Mrs.)
McCoy, Barney A.
Item ID
13157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1954
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 21, 1954
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Rigdon, Ernestine Fetzer (Mrs)
Smith, William Melbury
Item ID
13322AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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