Judicial Activism: Same Sex Marriage And The Aftermath Of Proposition 8
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With President Obama taking office this past Tuesday, I started to wonder what his stance on the California constitutional ban on gay marriage would be. I checked out his website at (http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/) and low and behold he had many things to say regarding the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
To begin, in big bold print, the website advocates support for the LGBT community. The website also quotes Obama from June of 2007 in which he said “_While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect._”
About four bullet-points below this quote, the Obama administration directly addresses the issue of gay marriage. The website states “Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: President Obama voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2006 which would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman and prevented judicial extension of marriage-like rights to same-sex or other unmarried couples.”
Clearly, our new President would not prevent same-sex marriages, as it goes against his core belief of treating all citizens of this country equally, and with dignity and respect. As this country continues to look to the new President for inspiration and leadership, I can only hope this state of California can adopt the new President’s true ideal of treating everyone equally, regardless of sexual orientation.
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