NO WE DIDN’T
For gays and lesbians of California, there certainly was change. For six months, they had enjoyed the rights of full citizenship. For six months, society had recognized that their relationships are just as meaningful, serious and valuable as those same-sex couples. And today, fueled by ignorance and fear, gays no longer enjoy that most basic right. How could California, a state that prides itself on its openness, tolerance and social farsightedness do this?
To say that I’m disillusioned with California is a understatement. I was filled with such pride when my state, the state that is deployed as an avatar of social liberalism by the GOP, a state whose repersentatives are portrayed as dangerous radicals and whose great cities (San Francisco and LA) are shorthand for everything social conservatives fear, put Obama over the top. I’m still proud of my state for supporting Obama, but that pride has certainly been tarnished.
