From "The Stump" section of the Portland Oregonian News Paper Nov. 7, 2008
A blow to gay rights
It's painfully ironic. Just as the first African American president was elected, that minority group was also overwhelmingly casting ballots in California in favor of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. It's "success" this week was a crushing blow to gay right. Barack Obama did not support the proposition, but he also does not support same-sex marriage for religious reasons. He hopes to steer from the center, so his stance is no doubt reassuring to some who apposed him. But some gay-rights activists say his failure to more strongly assert his influence in the California race set back the civil rights cause of our time.
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