On this week’s SoCal web exclusive video, African American academics, politicians and members of the LGBT community discuss Proposition 8. Watch the video, and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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Produced by: Juan Devis, Matthew Williams, Shereen Meraji; Edited by: Matthew Williams
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Very interesting...but I don't feel there was enough discussion on what exactly prop 8 is and what it says. What are the details of it and what explicitly will it be doing and how it affects race?
Nice work! Great to hear these voices that we aren't hearing anywhere else.
I am constantly blown away by hetero-arrogance that seems to claim the right to state what is "normal" and accepted. I can´t believe we are still talking about this in the 21st century. Free country my a**.
These are voices we never hear in the mainstream media - thanks for giving them time & space
thank you!!! super important, informative and interesting.
I would like to hear whether church leaders have met with GLBT activists to talk about Prop 8. Is there any outreach, from either side, across this ideological divide? I wonder if church leaders refuse to listen to those who disagree with them on Prop 8, or if the GLBT members of their congregations have chosen to remain silent rather than say something, even privately, to their pastors.