Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay rights. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The battle continues...

Keith Olbermann’s special comment is the most eloquent and passionate response so far regarding this Prop 8

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

UPDATED: Yes, but what about Prop (h)8?



As we made history by electing our first African-American President, Proposition 8 passed. The election results come as a bittersweet victory for many as said proposition aims to eliminate gay marriage. Many wonder why, in a supposed liberal, equality-supporting state such as California, this prop was backed heavily.

There was a time when blacks couldn't even marry whites. It was deemed a felony just mere decades ago using the same scare-tactics displayed today; portraying it as some "abnormal", "detrimental" action among other mindless fodder spewed in campaign ads.

So here's a question: why eliminate someone's right to offically commit to their loved one? Religion? Homophobia? For those who voted Yes...why?

*If you were disappointed by the intolerance that many people still seem to possess in California, please sign the petition.

Click here.

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