Gay Marriage ... Man?

Not only the United States are celebrating the promise of a new era: as far as my language skills reach ( a coverage of almost all of Western Europe), I read about Obama, being thé mainsubject in all newspapers. While this victory took place, a major loss remained fairly unnoticed at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. While the majority overhere celebrates, a minority and their like-minded fellow Americans are caught in mixed emotions.

The approval of Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages, will change the California Constitution in a such fundamental way - restricting the right of equality - that it will amount to a constitutional revision. This happened only six months after California's high court judged that same-sex marriages were supposed to be legalized in California. Straight after that decision pro's and contra's started the most expensive social issue campaign the USA have ever seen.

And now the Pro's of the ban, who received full support from the State Utah, got what the wanted. They restricted the rights of their fellow Americans and are proud of it.

This huge step back in the realization of equality, however, will not be accepted. Ever since the defeat on tuesday, people throughout the State have been marching the streets with signs of disagreement. And they will show that all of Obama's people will indeed 'can!'.

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http://www.noonprop8.com/


photo by Rick Loomes