Californians Protest Passing of Prop 8
Posted on November 10, 2008
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In what more than one protester has described as “the second Stonewall”, as many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles this weekend to protest the passage of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in May that allowed it.
Animal Rights in Puerto Rico
Posted on November 6, 2008
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All elections are over. Much quieter now in Puerto Rico.
Into our second month here. We have moved into our place on a hill overlooking the town of Rincon.
Very pretty and breezier, thank god. It can be extremely hot here in the afternoon 87º+ on a regular basis. We just constructed a screen door, so we can keep the front door open being that there is only ac in the bedroom.
A couple of days ago, while driving back from dinner, I almost ran over a few stranded puppies that were left on the side of the road. There are so many stray dogs and cats here. Not more than a month old, someone just dumped these 3 adorable dogs and cut out. We stopped and put them in the back of our borrowed SUV. Home with us they went. Fortunately, we were able to find a home for one of the puppies and shelter the other two for adoption in Mayaquez.
The island has a cultural disregard for animals. Last year a horrible incident took place when animal control workers seized dozens of dogs and cats from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta and hurled them from a bridge to their deaths. Since then, there have been laws put into place to halt the abuse and negligence of dogs and cats. Obviously, this has not stopped people from throwing them out of cars late at night. Very sad.
Pink is the New Black
Posted on November 5, 2008
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Americans have busted through the racial barrier and have elected the first African American President of the United States, but in California and in most parts of the U.S.A, Americans continue to be homophobic!
According to the NYT, California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, joining voters in two other states who went to the polls Tuesday to overturn such unions. The other two states being Florida and Arizona — but its success in California, a trend-setter in so many arenas, was seen as major defeat for gay rights activists. The measure came only months after California’s highest court ruled it constitutional, spurring thousands of gay couples to marry there. Ironically, exit polls in California found that 70 percent of black voters — and 74 percent of black women — voted for the ban.
“We pick ourselves up and trudge on,” said Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. “There has been enormous movement in favor of full equality in eight short years. That is the direction this is heading, and if it’s not today or it’s not tomorrow, it will be soon.”
“This city is no longer marrying people of the same sex”, Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, announced at a grim news conference at City Hall, where hundreds of same-sex couples had rushed to get married in the days and hours leading up to Tuesday’s vote.
Results in Arkansas show voters supporting a proposal to ban unmarried couples from adopting or acting as foster parents, which critics said was unfairly aimed at gay men and lesbians.
One step forward, three steps backwards.
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