I love that quote. It pretty much summarizes why prop 8 was stupid. One of my friends from Minnesota was asking me today why Prop 8 was such a big deal, since it was only one state's decision on this matter, and not the whole country's. I couldn't really tell her why, except that it was stupid to have that many conservatives in California. Granted, the governator is Republican, but he said today "For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves." Yeah! You tell them, Mr Freeze!
The Mayor of LA said today "Today, the sun is shining is little brighter on the Golden State, because by overturning Prop 8, a federal judge has affirmed what a majority of Californians know to be true: love doesn't discriminate." Boo yah!
The real verdict from the Judge is:
"...because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional."
I know that we Californians love our state, love our liberalism and our granola and our colorful movie star celebrities, and we embrace famous gay and lesbians (mostly). We are not a perfect state-we definitely have our flaws (education system! public transit in socal!) but damn, when Prop 8 passed in 2008, I wasn't expecting it. So it's fitting that it has been overturned. On the flip side, it's most troubling that Obama is not in favor of gay marriage, and it troubles me to think of the decision in the future on the matter. There's so much to read about this particular issue, and so many facets, but I do hope that we can stay out of other people's business, and let some folks get married and have legal rights.
so we'll see.
on the flip side, today (8/5) is Andy Warhol's birthday! A very fabulous gay man indeed, if ever there was one.
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