LaDoris Cordell is a graduate of Stanford Law School and a former Municipal Court and Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County, California. She also served four years on the Palo Alto City Council. She is now special counselor to the president for campus relations at Stanford University.

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Thursday, Oct 30, 2008 03:13 PDT

Proposition 8 vs. black homophobia

An African-American lesbian explains why she's hopeful that an "Obama Effect" won't kill gay marriage in California.

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