It’s Tuesday March 26th, 2013 and a familiar scene is being played out in America. You know, the one where a group of citizens is forced to bite, scratch and claw for something that should be a right, a given.
Today we wait to see if the case for equality will move forward. How will the court weigh in on the case(s) against California’s travesty of a law, Proposition 8 and the equally heinous 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?
As I say, this is not the United States’ first rodeo.
Just in the past one hundred years we’ve watched protests against a woman’s right to vote:
These brainiacs even had a handy, dandy pamphlet spelling out their (nonsensical) “logic.”
There was the shame of our Jim Crow laws, an unequaled expression of hatred if ever there was one.
A few years later in the same decade America was divided over the issue of interracial marriage, settled by the Supreme Court’s landmark 1967 decision, Loving v. Virginia.
So here we are, waiting. Of course, we have these yahoos to keep us company.
Women gaining the right to vote, the abolition of segregation and the legalization of interracial marriage all brought this country, our society, even we as a people to a better, stronger place. How gay marriage is still an issue is beyond me.
And for crying out loud, Prop-8’ers, stop dressing up your hate in morality and claiming to be defending my marriage. My marriage is doing just fine, thank you, and I do not wish to enable your bigotry in any way, shape or form. As parents, one of the first things we teach our children is that you can never build yourself up by tearing someone else down, or in this case, holding them down. The hatred here is no different than that of a schoolyard bully or a tyrannical despot and just as constructive. Put your signs away- if only for the sake of your children and grandchildren.
They’re going to be so embarrassed when they see the pictures.
Waiting to move forward… come on, Supreme Court.
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Waiting to Move Forward- Will The Supreme Court Support Equality?
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Erika Gardner is a sixth generation San Franciscan of Irish and Basque descent. She attended the University of California at Davis and completed degrees in Medieval History and Biological Sciences.
A lifelong lover of books and a scribbler of many tales from a young age (her first story was completed at age five), she turned to writing full-time in 2025.
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Sometimes I understand that other side. I really do. Change is difficult, admitting one is wrong is really hard. Equality. How difficult a concept is that to understand?
I guess we might have to wait until the generation of those who don’t get it to die out, however long that will take.
Such a shame.
Amen, sister! The world needs more love, respect, and tolerance…
Preach it, my friend! We should all be able to say who gets to be in the hospital room with us, who we can file taxes with, and so much more. Come on, SCOTUS!
Accidentally replied to your column twice. I didn’t think the first one took. Please delete one! I don’t want to be one of those people…
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Done!!!
Yes indeed!!!