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Title: Introduction to Themed Articles
Author : Issues in Teacher Education
Release Date : January 22, 2010
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 50 KB

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As I began writing my Introduction to this special collection on LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) issues in education and teacher education, the announcement that many of us had been waiting for came over the newswires: Judge Vaughn Walker issued his position reversing Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, passed 18 months ago in California. He stated: California's obligation is to treat its citizens equally, not to "mandate [its] own moral code ... what is left is evidence that Proposition 8 enacts a moral view that there is something 'wrong' with same-sex couples ... [the passage of proposition 8 is] a desire to advance the belief that opposite-sex couples are morally superior to same-sex couples" ... Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. (Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 2010)