Gay Day
California has a long history of direct votes with regards to different policies. They are similar to referendums, and occur on nearly every election that takes place. They are called Propositions (or Props) and the most contentious one this year was Prop 8. Prop 8 wanted to ban Gay marriage. Gay marriage was made legal by a Californian Supreme Court case which ruled that the Californian Constitution makes discrimination of any kind illegal. Californians are rightly proud of the fact that slavery was never allowed in their state and this tradition of inclusion has long extended to the gay community.
San Francisco is well known as the gay capital of the world and in some parts of America, San Francisco is seen as being the prime example of everything that is wrong with modern USA.
Prop 8 was passed which mean that the Californian constitution now has to be amended to define the marriage as that between one man and one woman. This does lead me to wonder will divorce be made illegal. I guess it will depend upon the wording of the amendment.
The vote was close, and now the ramifications are being felt. The Attorney General is reviewing the Prop to see if it is legal. Surely this should have been done before the Prop was even put on the ballot. Regardless of your personal opinion on the measure it does seem a bit like poor sportsmanship to wait for the result and then challenge the rules. If you don’t like the rules before you start a game that is when you should challenge them.
There is also a group on Facebook trying to get Gay, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transsexuals and their “straight friends” to join together on 10th December to strike. The day is being billed as “A day without the Gay” and they are encouraging supporters to not go to work, not spend any money and not engage in any activity that will boost the economy in any way. A similar thing was done in 2007 by immigrant workers, who held a one day strike to flex their economic muscle. The gay community has significantly more financial clout than the immigrant community so it will be interesting to see how effective this day is.
San Francisco is well known as the gay capital of the world and in some parts of America, San Francisco is seen as being the prime example of everything that is wrong with modern USA.
Prop 8 was passed which mean that the Californian constitution now has to be amended to define the marriage as that between one man and one woman. This does lead me to wonder will divorce be made illegal. I guess it will depend upon the wording of the amendment.
The vote was close, and now the ramifications are being felt. The Attorney General is reviewing the Prop to see if it is legal. Surely this should have been done before the Prop was even put on the ballot. Regardless of your personal opinion on the measure it does seem a bit like poor sportsmanship to wait for the result and then challenge the rules. If you don’t like the rules before you start a game that is when you should challenge them.
There is also a group on Facebook trying to get Gay, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transsexuals and their “straight friends” to join together on 10th December to strike. The day is being billed as “A day without the Gay” and they are encouraging supporters to not go to work, not spend any money and not engage in any activity that will boost the economy in any way. A similar thing was done in 2007 by immigrant workers, who held a one day strike to flex their economic muscle. The gay community has significantly more financial clout than the immigrant community so it will be interesting to see how effective this day is.
posted by Nick at 4:13 PM
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