Boozhy Headlines: Misplaced Activism?
tThousands are rallying across the Country to protest Proposition 8 in California. And I don't get it. Why are New Yorkers and now DCers protesting a ballot that limited the rights of California gays, while ignoring the fact that New York and DC don't have equal rights either.
True, it sucks for California and I certainly think Californians are doing the right thing by taking to the streets to protest the Passage of the deplorable Proposition 8, but what about New Yorkers, or District of Columbians? Beyond showing solidarity, why do those protesters care more about Californians than themselves.
By protesting Proposition 8, all protesters outside of California are wasting their efforts. California politicians could care less what New Yorkers or DC residents think as they aren't beholden to them. And New York and DC politicians have no reason to attempt to make things right by the gays, because the message of the thousands of their own political flock that have taken to the street isn't directed at them. Granted, I'm in the Middle East and not the States and have missed this groundswell, but it seems misguided and the cries for equality for Californians by any non-residents of California are politically moot.





