HUGE Day for gay rights in the States - DOMA declaired Unconstutional - Prop 8 gone!

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Zappykins said:

Icy-Zone said:

KHlover said:
Gays gain rights while black people seem to lose them. What a day...

I'm sorry, I'm not from the US. What do you mean black people seem to lose rights?

I am going to paraphrase, but basically the US Supreme Court through out the landbreakng 1965 Civil Rights act.  To make sure minorites had the same opportunites to vote.

Congress now has to make a new one.

That wasn't great paraphasing. What changed was that now certain states do not have to get approval from the feds for voter laws. so basically its making all states equal by having them follow the same law making options with out a need for federal appproval. Why should some states be forced to go to the feds and not others? its only fair this way.