Who Are These People?!

The jubilance expressed in this picture might lead one to think that this is a group of avid Obama supporters for whom hope is indeed still alive.  But it’s not. This is a photograph from Wednesday morning’s LA Times of Proposition 8 supporters last night upon hearing that their measure passed.

Proposition 8 is the California initiative that is 14 words in length: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

The fact that half the citizens in a state like California can’t overcome bigotry, fear, and ignorance in the name of equality shows that the fight for fairness and “justice for all” in this country is only just starting with the election of Barak Obama and his mandate for hope and change.

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