November 4, 2008 – a day history was made. Crowds gather around their television sets waiting for the poll results to come in. A collective breath was held. Parents were holding their children’s hands in anticipation. Celebrations were ready to go. Then the results of the vote were announced – Proposition 8 had passed in California. The shock, the utter disappointment, the insult. Human rights were not being gained, but stripped away from a class of people in one of the most so-called “progressive” states in the nation.
Read Rev. Roland Stringfellow's full commentary here.
