And the Greatest of These Is Love
As Election Day approaches, most of us will be focusing on Obama v. McCain, and perhaps to a lesser extent on Senate and House races. But the country will also be making history of a different sort this November, when Californians vote on Proposition 8, a proposal to amend the California constitution to eliminate the recently recognized right of gay couples to marry. The defeat of the proposal appears likely (but not certain), and if it goes down, it will be the first time in this country’s history that the right to same-sex marriage will be recognized through the direct will of the people (though it should be noted that Massachusetts’ elected legislature rejected a similar amendment). You can donate to the effort to defeat Proposition 8 here.
Meanwhile, this ad made me cry:
Comment by Anonymous on 2 October 2008 at 9:41 am:
Just remember, you are not a real American unless you’ve at least tried sodomy.
Comment by kofi the barack and joe apparently feel differently on 2 October 2008 at 8:38 pm:
IFILL: Let’s try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?
BIDEN: No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that. That is basically the decision to be able to be able to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths the determination what you call it.
The bottom line though is, and I’m glad to hear the governor, I take her at her word, obviously, that she think there should be no civil rights distinction, none whatsoever, between a committed gay couple and a committed heterosexual couple. If that’s the case, we really don’t have a difference.
IFILL: Is that what your said?
PALIN: Your question to him was whether he supported gay marriage and my answer is the same as his and it is that I do not.
IFILL: Wonderful. You agree. On that note, let’s move to foreign policy.