Of all news sources available in the world, I appreciate and value The New York Times the most. Their reporting is accurate, follows my own ethnical and social principles, and the overall quality of the Times keeps it at the top of the industry.

For California Proposition 8, or “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act,” I have no appreciation, it being beyond offensive, discriminative and ignorant in all its “family value” glory. It would destroy (not in legal terms) the decision made by the California Supreme Court, which turned California into the second American state to allow same-sex marriages — “marriages for all.” Is this the seventeenth century, people?

Luckily, the Times agrees with the responsible, sensible and intelligent part of our society, who all oppose Prop 8. As counter argument they present the following: “The proponents of Proposition 8 make the familiar claim that legalizing same-sex marriage undercuts marriage between men and women. But thousands of gay and lesbian couples have been married in California since the May ruling and marriage remains intact.” And so it is. The situation is nothing more plainly and to the point than that.

Thank you, Times! It’s a shame you have to do it in the first place, but it’s much appreciated.

The New York Times, “Preserving California’s Constitution”