Comments | geisha_guy: Lost in the euphoria

geisha_guy

Lost in the euphoria

Nov 10, 2008 10:51

Along with the main event on Tuesday last, a very important amendment was being proposed to a number of states' constitutions around gay marriage rights. Sadly, both California and Florida (where a 60% majority was needed) both passed state-constitution propositions codifying marriage as being between a man and a woman - some of this was lost in ( Read more... )

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stabarinde November 10 2008, 17:37:55 UTC

Quoting from another friend's LJ ( ... )

geisha_guy November 10 2008, 20:00:43 UTC

Well that is good news. I admit to not having followed the story any further than the salon link this morning. Having said that, it really is a difficult subject for America as a whole.

stabarinde November 11 2008, 01:36:39 UTC

Indeed. It's not so long ago that Colorado, a very republican state, voted not to rule same-sex marriage outright in the mid-terms. Other states have not been so understanding. The subject elicits polar opposites, it seems, in a country not noted for it's recognition of grey areas.

solo1y November 11 2008, 07:26:11 UTC

Prop 8 has been called. It's a YES. Californians should feel shame.

In other news, the gays have decided to take the thing to California Supreme Court, which will probably annoy the Christians even more, so I say do it. Fuck em. I'm sick of trying to understand their stupid, narrow-minded, fuckheaded point of view.

Fuck em.

Also, failing that, they can always go federal.