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Ocho #22: Dear America, Don'T Be My Valentine
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Product Description
The call for this edition of OCHO went out as a response to several political events in the Fall-Winter season of 2008-2009. The first, a moment in the Vice Presidential debates early November between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden, in which both candidates seemed to befriend the gay community while denouncing our right to marry. What an awful laughter relieved both the candidates and the audience, as if everyone were too embarrassed to discuss the validity of a gay relationship in the national discussion. Then, the passing of propositions 8 in California, 102 in Arizona, and Amendment 2 in Florida changing state constitutions and making it illegal for gays to marry. This historic election brought with it the disappointment and dissolution of 18,000 marriages and families directly affected by the Prop. 8 vote in California and, in Arkansas, an amendment making it illegal for gay couples to adopt.....
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2040989 in Books
- Published on: 2009-02-04
- Binding: Paperback
- 104 pages
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About the Author
Miguel Murphy is the author of A Book Called Rats, a collection of poems from Eastern Washington University Press and Curating Editor for Pistola: A Literary Review of Poetry Online (www.pistolamag.org).
