Wednesday, May 20, 2009

D-Day


It looks like a decision has been reached.

The California Supreme Court decision on Prop H8 could be announced tomorrow, which, oddly enough, is the 30th anniversary of the White Night riots.

The riots were a reaction from the gay community in response to the extraordinarily lenient sentence--voluntary manslaughter--given to Dan White for the double murders of San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The ensuing riots on May 21, 1979 caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Even more strange is that the next day, May 22, would have been Harvey Milk's 79th birthday.

I hope the California Supreme Court makes Harvey proud, and moves this country one step closer towards equality for all it's citizens.
UPDATE: Now it appears the decision will not be announced tomorrow, so as not to coincide with the White Night Riots anniversary. It will, apparently be announced next Tuesday, the 26th, or Thursday the 28th or Monday June ist.

2 comments:

  1. OMG - I'm scared to be hopeful.

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  2. You should be - scared. The fact that they don't want the decision coinciding with the White night riots suggests that they're expecting another gay riot.

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