Losing California
Mostly, my heart breaks for the gay couples and their children who had a five-month window in which their families could celebrate the ultimate expression of commitment and love our culture knows. There was nothing academic about any of this for them....They want their families and communities to understand how much their relationships mean and how fiercely they will fight to protect the children they love....Today, they have no idea whether they have just ... Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
Many California's joy of having Obama win was dampened by the passage of Prop 8. At a rally I attended an elementary school teacher had a sign that resonated that said 'Popular bigotry is still bigotry '. That No on 8 rally was taken over by zealots on the other side who claimed they were protecting children and had no idea that the Yes on 8 proposition was being funded by the LDS. After reading Glenn Greenwald's article on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Obama's position on it. I am hopeful that it will be overturned by Obama who called it an abhorrent law. Link to Greenwald's story on DOMA included. There is a movement to boycott Utah, ski in Colorado instead, move the Sundance festival to another state, and not to stay at Marriott’s.