In a
post-Election Day press conference in Los Angeles,
California U.S. senator Barbara Boxer said the passage
of Proposition 8 by voters was not the end of the
civil rights struggle for marriage equality. Boxer said
that despite fellow Democrat Barack Obama’s historic
presidential win and gains in both the U.S. House and
Senate for her party, the loss of Proposition 8
“put a damper effect” on her election night.
In a
post-Election Day press conference in Los Angeles,
California U.S. senator Barbara Boxer said the passage
of Prop. 8 by voters was not the end of the civil
rights struggle for marriage equality.
Boxer said that
despite fellow Democrat Barack Obama’s historic
presidential win and gains in both the U.S. House and Senate
for her party, Prop. 8 “put a damper
effect” on her election night.
Prop. 8 bans
same-sex marriage in California. Though Yes on 8 claimed
victory this morning, No on 8 has yet to officially concede,
saying 3 million provisional ballots have yet to be
counted by the secretary of state.
“This is
so not over,” Boxer said at a Wednesday press
conference held jointly with California Democratic
Party chairman Art Torres. “The fight for
equality goes on and on. The fight for a more perfect union
goes on and on.”
Boxer said she
did not appear in TV ads that urged voters to vote no
on Prop. 8, like fellow Californian U.S. senator Dianne
Feinstein did, because she was not asked.
“The
campaign asked me to do certain things, send e-mails, do
calls,” she said. “I did whatever they
asked me. I would have done anything.”
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