And the fight continues

As you probably know by now, proposition 8, the ballot initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage in CA, won by a narrow margin yesterday.

But we haven't heard the last of it. Protests have been happening all over the state, and there's still some hope that the Supreme Court will overturn the prop.




(the sign above is in reference to a proposition that passed to treat chickens and other farm animals more humanely)



Last night I had the chance to go to the protest here in West Hollywood. When I arrived, a large group of people were blocking a main intersection (Santa Monica Blvd. and San Vicente) during rush hour.





Then a bunch of speakers talked about the issue while another group segmented off and headed up to Sunset Blvd. to protest up there.



This afternoon a group of people went to protest and have a press conference at the Morman Church in West L.A. (I had to work so I couldn't go). During the rally last night, we learned that 45%-65% of the money donated for proposition 8 was from the Morman Church. It's important to add that the movement against prop 8 is careful not to judge Mormans as a group. There were a significant amount of Mormans that spoke out against prop 8, and this was acknowledged during the rally last night. Nevertheless, the leaders of the Morman church are accountable for the massive amount of money donated in favor of the proposition - money that mostly came from out of state and that was used to run TV ads with false information.

On a positive note, we know that time is on our side. Change and progress are inevitable; it's more of a question of when than if. Proposition 22, which passed 8 years ago to ban same-sex marriage in the state (which was overturned by the sumpreme court recently, hence this new proposition) won by a 22% margin, compared to only a 4% margin this time - a huge change in such a short amount of time. There is no doubt that we are headed in the right direction.

"In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis." -Quentin Crisp