Der San Francisco Chronicle schreibt heute, dass, ungeachtet der Unterstützung von Barack Obama gegen Proposition 8, die afroamerikanischen Wählerinnen und Wähler kein Problem darin sahen, “ihren” Kandidaten über überwältigender Mehrheit (96%) zu unterstützen und gleichzeitig, entgegen seiner Auffassung, zu 70% für Proposition 8, also gegen die Ehe für Lesben und Schwule, zu stimmen.

PS. Danke, Sissa, für den Beitrag zu Del Martin und Phyllis Lyon. Wenn du weiterlesen willst – L-talk hat auch schon über die beiden geschrieben :-)

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, 87 and 83, who have / had been through Civil Right Movements, together with each other for more than 50 years, finally were granted the privilege of marriage in 2007 and married on June 16, 2008 in San Francisco.

Ms. Martin died later on August 27. Here is the direct quote from her surviving spouse.

“Ever since I met Del 55 years ago, I could never imagine a day would come when she wouldn’t be by my side,” Lyon, 83, said in a statement Wednesday.

“I also never imagined there would be a day that we would actually be able to get married,” she added. “I am devastated, but I take some solace in knowing we were able to enjoy the ultimate rite of love and commitment before she passed.”

For me, personally, it’s so heart-breaking just to think of it. Their marriage license is

stripped away only after a few months. At least, Ms. Martin died with happiness and dignity. She would never know that one of her most precious memory is dashed relentlessly by her fellow Californians.

If a “change” has already happened, but people choose to turn their head and revoke it, nothing wonderful will ever take place unless they brace themselves and choose to see with their soul open.