Forum (Forum & Focus)
May 28, 2009
California's Step Back
As in every civil rights movement, there is progress and there are setbacks. Prop. 8 is but a roadblock in the path to equality for all Californians, writes Russell S. Roeca.
FORUM COLUMN
By Russell S. Roeca When installed as president of The Bar Association of San Francisco, I described my feelings post election 2008 as "bittersweet." How proud I was our state overwhelmingly helped elect President Obama, yet how incredibly sad it was to see this same state vote to eliminate a group of people's civil rights, my rights, with the passage of Proposition 8. It was a classic case of the majority imposing its will ov...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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