Why Gay Marriage Is an Asian-American Matter (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/why_gay_marriage_is_an_asian-american_ma.php)
or http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/22/why-gay-marriage-is-an-asian-american-matter/ (http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/22/why-gay-marriage-is-an-asian-american-matter/)
Filed by: Prince Gomolvilas (http://www.bilerico.com/contributors/prince_gomolvilas/) November 24, 2008 11:30 AM
When Asian Week asked me to write an op-ed piece about the aftermath of Proposition 8 and how the issue of gay marriage ties into the Asian-American community, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. After the an article exploring why San Francisco Chronicle ran Asians were the only ethnic minority to produce a majority of voters against Prop. 8 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/06/DDPC13TT3V.DTL), a reader commented on the Chronicle's website: Why in the world would the Asian American community ally itself with the gays? The Asian American community [has] virtually nothing in common with the gays except maybe being minorities. Of course, I had something to say about this. Read "Why Gay Marriage Is an Asian-American Matter." (http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/22/why-gay-marriage-is-an-asian-american-matter/)