re: #217 Alouette

Does Prop 8 really cause suffering and hardship in the gay community (other than hurt feelings). Don’t they already have full civil partnership rights just like married heterosexuals?

Agreed — the whole Prop. 8 thing is way way way overblown in my opinion, because all we’re really talking about here is terminology. “Civil partnership rights,” which no one voted against, are essentially the same thing as marriage, except for the name. The benefits etc. in California are basically identical for “domestic partners” as for “married couples,” so it’s a big hoo-haw about nothing, if you ask me.