Prop 8 Goes To Court

Prop 8

Due to the Ban of gay marriage a court trial took place due to the constitutionality of Prop 8. During the past two weeks some of the testimonies mentioned that sex marriage has been practiced in many cultures during the past years which included people from China, India, West Africa, North America and even Roman emperors marry men.

People who testified were against and for Prop 8. One of the persons who testified said that he believed that gay marriage leads to sexual intercourse, polygamy and having sex with children. Marriage would benefit gay and lesbians that testified on court are afraid of their physical safety and that they also have trouble explaining their relationship to others who may not understand them.

The defenders of Prop 8 have mentioned that gays and lesbians have little or no political power. They have also mentioned that Prop 8 violates their equal protection and that same sex marriage doesn't harm anyone. In fact if they would be able to marry their families would come closer and their relationships would be better understood.

People who are against Prop 8 and against gay marriage have argued that gay marriage is a threat to the society and that they should find a way to get protect families and mostly children from people like this. In other words they think that this is a virus but it doesn't work this way. Because if you are born gay you are going to be that way no one can change you in a blink of an eye. What i think people should do is to stop discriminating and begin to respect them.

U.S Policies

Pat-Downs For Nigerians, Pakistanis, and Cubans

Travelers that plan to come to the United States are going to face many roadblocks. Passengers will face the screening policies that were made due to the terrorist attempt on Christmas day which wasn't successful. Cuban passengers will face this scans and other inspections.

The State Department of the United States has labeled Cuba's government which is communist as a "state sponsor of terror". These Cuban passengers will face extra security check that falls under the TSA policy. This policy also applies to travelers that come from Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Sudan and many more will be added to the screening measures. TSA stands for Transportation Security Administration which is an agency that was established in 2001. The U.S transportation system build to insure safe air travel.

The U.S does not put in consideration the feelings of those travelers because they might see it as discrimination when they are put into those security screening while the other travelers do not have to. The are treating them all as terrorist even though they aren't.

A traveler stated "it makes me sad that we'll be treated differently", she said while she waited to board a Miami Flight coming from Havana's Jose Marti international Airport. Cubans see hypocrisy in American terror claims. When the U.S has anti-Castro militants that are living in the U.S who are wanted for terrorist acts.