Gay, Straight, Black, White Marriage is a Civil Right
Filed by: Guest Blogger
November 17, 2008 2:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/gay_straight_black_white_marriage_is_a_c.phpEditors' Note: Justin B. Smith is a 28 year old Air Force veteran and gay and AIDS activist from Baltimore, MD. He writes Justin's HIV Journal.
I first decided to record my life with HIV using live video feeds because of the lack of representation that we as African American men have when it comes to documentation of this disease. With all the recent strides the United States has been going through such as the first Black President and Gay Marriage being legalized in Connecticut, I felt it only right for me to take my watchers and readers to the Protest on Proposition 8 held in Washington, DC in response to the constitutional vote in California banning same sex marriage.
This recent vote is but one example of when a majority has institutionalized discrimination. People have to know that banning anyone from having a legal marriage is discrimination. Let's look at it from both a Civil Rights and Religious stand point.
