Prop 8 Overturned! Win!

So I couldn't sit back and not write something about the Californian federal court decision that Proposition 8 (the California law that prohibits gay marriage) violates the constitutional right to equal protection.

I'm elated, this is a huge step in the right direction for gay rights and civil rights. Hopefully this goes all the way to the Supreme Court.

However, I'm not sure I could do this story justice like the Huffington Post and others can so here are some awesome links!

Proposition 8 Reactions (even a surprising majority of viewers of Fox News believe Prop 8 is unconstitutional)




And from the Washington Post:


The New York Times:

In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court


Also:


Equality trumps all. No one should be disallowed anything based on their sexual orientation. After all, love does not discriminate.

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All posts are written by Will Wrigley -- a politics nerd, music-lover and a barely comprehensible writer.