Step in the Right Direction

CNN reported that a federal judge overturned a ruling on Michigan's ban of same-sex message and other statutory laws. The federal judge ruled that the state officials "had lost sight of what the case was really about...people." The case was help overturned by a couple that were fighting for the rights to raise their children. The judge proceeded to say that the decision made was a step in the right direction would it came to affirming the equal rights of all peoples.

This story relates to the article by Jeffrey A. Wilson named the "Republican Rhetoric of Identification." Here the article proceeds to talk about the huge influence that gay/lesbian voters had on elections, specifically George W. Bush. It is needless to say that the state of Michigan was stuck in time by not allowing the rights of gay/lesbians. It is undeniably the future that the community will have just as equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts. The article reminded me that there is an upcoming election, just around the corner and this issue about equal rights for the gay and lesbian community will be a huge factor for all candidate on how they handle certain issues that will be brought up. I see that the overturn of Michigan's ruling is a good sign that change will continue to come across all states for equal rights of all.