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...hoping that with an African-American president, our ideals of equality will be stronger and we’ll be able to move forward.” Proposition 8 passed on Tuesday with 52 percent of the vote, ending almost five months of legal same-sex marriage in California that was ushered in by a May ruling by the state’s highest court. Since mid-June, over 11,000 people have tied the knot in California, surpassing the total number of same-sex weddings in Massachusetts, which became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage...
...business. Propositions 7 and 10 are initiatives that would curb greenhouse gas emissions from utilities and vehicles. Environmentalists and others have opposed these initiatives, saying they are gravely flawed and costly. By far the most heated is Proposition 8, which would amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex couples from marriage. Proposition 8 protests which have sprung up throughout Northern California in recent weeks are still raging. Over the weekend, 1,000 people stormed Fresno City Hall for a No on 8 Rally. On the eve of the election, over 100 people gathered on a busy street corner...
While the Obama-McCain face-off is dominating the national stage, in California an equally important drama is playing out. A 4-3 decision by the California Supreme Court in May made the state the second to recognize the legality of same-sex marriage. Opposition to this decision has built quickly, however, culminating in Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would amend the state Constitution to prevent people of the same sex from marrying. To give gay couples the legal protections and respect they deserve, Californians should vote “No” on Prop 8. As the Court...
...Surprisingly enough, one of the few major issues on which the two campaigns have agreed is a rather conservative approach to gay marriage. Although Senator Obama has not supported legislative efforts to ensure marriage rights for same-sex couples, we believe that it is far more likely that same-sex couples will be treated equally under Obama’s watch, should a case involving the Defense of Marriage Act make it to the federal court system. On the other hand, the vocal support given to Governor Palin (and, by extension, Senator McCain) by the intolerant and extremist representatives...
...years." Some Cabinet members also donated tens of thousands of dollars in certain Iowa and New Hampshire races in 2006, when Democrats regained control of both states' legislatures. Those states' Democratic majorities now ensure that, among other things, efforts to amend the Iowa and New Hampshire constitutions to ban same-sex marriage will fail...