Proposition 8: The Musical
Posted by sparliamentary on 5 December, 2008
A star-studded cast answer the tough questions regarding Proposition 8, which was passed in California during this year’s US elections.
Proposition 8 reads as follows: ”Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
This sentence not only disallows future marriages for gay and lesbian couples, but essentially annuls those marriages which took place in the months before Prop 8 was passed.
If you don’t already know about the proposition, some great posts about the topic and its controversies can be found at the following links:
- The Mormon (Church of Latter Day Saints) involvement in getting the proposition passed
- The legal basis for overturning the proposition in the suit being filed
- Fact vs. Fiction from the No on 8 campaign, addressing the lies told to voters from the ‘Yes on 8′ campaign
- A summary of the claim that African Americans and other minorities were to blame for Prop 8 passing
To see what happened after Prop 8 passed, see this post on Feministing. Basically the LGBTQ (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer) community mobilised and unified in protests across the nation. I have a feeling that Prop 8 might have actually strengthened determination for equal rights rather than hampered it.
