Gay Right Activists Won New Hampshire Battle

Alright, before I start, I decided to completely abandon news paper summary since you guys can just click the link to read the actual source. I am definitely testing out many blogging strategy. If any of you have any suggestion, feel free to tell me.

The gay marriage bill has passed got signed earlier than I have expected. After Vermont legalized the gay marriage bill, my prediction was that New York will legalize gay marriage before New Hampshire. Obviously, I was wrong.

Now, there are total of 6 states that have legalized gay marriage:

• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Iowa
• Vermont
• Maine
• New Hampshire

Knowing how gay-right activists are concentrating their campaign on New England area, the next state to legalize gay marriage is most likely to be New York after the current governor leave the office.

At the Western front, the gay right activists lost the battle against Prop 8, and the California Supreme Court has recently upheld the ban on gay marriage.

However, according to my observation, these following states will be the next battle ground in the West:

• Oregon
• Washington
• Nevada (For Economic Reason)
• California (to overturn Prop 8)

Nevada gains substantial amounts of revenue from drive through marriage and so on. It makes sense for Nevada government to legalize gay marriage, especially since gay marriage isn't exactly secure at any states.

source: nytimes

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• California Court Upheld Prop 8
• Bush vs Gore Lawyer Challenge Prop 8
  
• Cheney Reveals His View on Gay Marriage

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• Overturn Prop 8 Campaign
• Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance
  

California Supreme Court Upheld Prop 8

It's been almost half a year since the gay right activists filed a lawsuit against Proposition 8 after the proposition passed with majority votes.

Today, California Supreme Courts upheld the ban on gay marriage stating that same-sex couples still have voter approved domestic partnerships that allows them to have equal rights as heterosexual couples. But the courts allows the married couple before initiative taken in are allowed to keep their marital status since the Proposition did not state anything about repealing the married status. The decision was made with 6-1 voters in the court. However, the decision did not end the political battle.

There was immediate reactions to the court's decision. The supporters of gay marriage rallied and marched across San Francisco streets to protest the courts decision. During the rally, some protesters got arrested by police for blocking the streets. However, compare to many rallies, this protests were rather clam since many people were probably expected the court to not overturn the Proposition.

On other hand, the supporter of Prop 8 was thrilled with the courts decision because the California's marriage is now "protected".

According to many critics, this proposition will be hard to overturn, but the opposition still has a chance to overturn the proposition, even though it is going to be a long shot.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/27marriage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

Related Post

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• Overturn Prop 8 Campaign
• Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance
  

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Taka Laka's Comment:
In the case of gay marriage, you either support or oppose it. In my case, I've been a big supporter of gay marriage. The constitution specifically states that "all man are created equal". Not all animals or aliens. In other words, everyone should be allowed to get married with a "loved one".

For the counter argument against the polygamy debates, why are we worried about polygamy when we are just broadening the definition of marriage between the loved one? "loved one", a noun, a single which means no one is allowed to have multiple partners.

However, just to be fair, the supporter of proposition has their own cases that makes sense to me. Obviously, they have their own religious belief against homosexuality and the fear of God's punishments if they allow same-sex marriage. In other word, Prop 8 was designed so the Christian community will vote "yes" on Prop 8.

If anyone should be blamed, it is probably California's legislatures for not reviewing Prop 8 thoroughly.