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Barbara Boxer: Marriage Fight Not Over

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, Prop. 8 “put a damper effect” on her election night.
An Advocate.com exclusive posted November 5, 2008
Barbara Boxer: Marriage Fight Not Over

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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  • Name: Chuck
    Date posted: 2008-11-07 6:05 PM
    Hometown: Tucson AZ

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    Our politicians let us down. We voted for them, however they did not vote for us. Kind of hard now to know where to turn. The passing of Prop 8 in California and Prop 102 in Arizona lessened the awe of Obama's win. There are those who will not live to see themselves married. However their spirit will always be there when equality in marriage becomes the norm. Please remember and thank them in your wedding vows when the time comes for they remembered and fought for you.


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