...California has seen an outpouring of demonstrations ranging from quiet vigils to noisy street protests against Proposition 8, including rallies outside churches and the Mormon temple in Westwood as well as boycotts of some businesses that contributed to the Yes on 8 campaign. Full Story »
Posted by Kelly Garrett
This story, while fair to both sides, barely scratches the issue, and concentrates only on the contemporary reactions. It raises more questions than it answers.
Prop 8 is a shameful example of social intolerance by a country that touts the myth of "freedom for all." Worse, it shows how ridiculously easy rights of a people can be abrogated. And it's a graphic demonstration of the power of outside big money by religious groups that mounted expensive anti-Prop 8 campaigns. It’s one thing for Christianity preach the gospel; it's quite another for Christianity to go about lobbying.
Interviews were conducted on both sides of the debate on Prop 8 in California. The article is balanced and informative but does not convey a sense of the upheaval and divisiveness this proposition has caused.
It is more than gay activists who are organizing to overturn this proposition. Many feel that a simple majority should not overturn the state's constitution and that everyone should have equal protection and not be discriminated against. There was a lot of misinformation and lies told by the Yes on 8 campaign and that fuels some of the outrage.
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