Reply #6: K&R, Prop 8 is the perfect example of theocratic control in the US...

[AntiFascist]

the ONLY argument supporting Prop 8 is that a bare majority of citizens in CA found marriage equality to be offensive to their religious beliefs and fear the consequences for their children being exposed to it. (The same goes for DOMA at the Federal level).

People may not understand the similarities between the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the US and the uprising in Iran, and certainly what is happening in Iran affects a greater percentage of people much more profoundly, but religious oppression is religious oppression and a true secular government should accomodate the needs of all the people without forcing them to subscribe to a singular hardline religious ideology.