California's Referendum

Published in El País
(Spain) on 10 November 2008
by Francí Xavier Muñoz Sánchez (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Sarah Vaughn. Edited by Jessica Tesoriero.
The majority of Californian voters have voted in favor of prohibiting the marriage of homosexuals in their state constitution, which has now joined Florida and Arizona. It is the most homophobic decision that has been seen in the United States in recent times. To constitutionalize a restriction of rights is very serious and the homosexuals in North America have to take good notice of it collectively.

The struggle now should concentrate in introducing an amendment to the North American Federal Constitution that would permit gay marriage, eradicating the discrimination towards this collective group. What would be achieved is a historic milestone of equality like that of the 13th amendment of the Constitution of 1865 that prohibited slavery. Will Barack Obama be a president of civil rights like Abraham Lincoln? This we will see. The homosexuals that live in California, Florida and Arizona would be able to initiate a peaceful uprising by going to live by the masses in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut, which do allow gay marriage. They should start a large protest all over like the uprising Martin Luther King Jr. launched, in order to reach equal rights one day.


El referéndum de California

FRANCÍ XAVIER MUÑOZ SÁNCHEZ - Madrid - 10/11/2008


La mayoría absoluta de los electores californianos ha votado a favor de prohibir en su Constitución estatal el matrimonio gay, a lo que se han sumado Florida y Arizona. Es la decisión más homófoba que se ha visto en Estados Unidos en los últimos tiempos. Constitucionalizar una restricción de derechos es muy grave y de ello tienen que tomar buena nota los colectivos gays norteamericanos.

La lucha, ahora, debería centrarse en introducir una enmienda en la Constitución federal norteamericana que permitiera el matrimonio gay, erradicando la discriminación hacia este colectivo, lo que lograría un hito histórico de igual calado que la 13ª enmienda de la Constitución de 1865, que prohibió la esclavitud. ¿Será Barack Obama un presidente de los derechos civiles como Abraham Lincoln? Está por ver. Los gays de California, Florida y Arizona podrían iniciar una revuelta pacífica, yéndose a vivir en masa a los Estados de Massachusetts y Connecticut, que les permiten el matrimonio, iniciando así una protesta de largo recorrido como la que emprendió Martin Luther King, para alcanzar algún día la igualdad de derechos.
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