1. Since my protest topic is about Proposition 8, which was a law in California, my main location is the state of California. But since Proposition 8 and the case against it was brought all the way to the Supreme Court, a large part of that focus is in the Washington D.C. area, and as this case came to D.C. it became a large national headline and issue across the United States. So, it started in California, moved to D.C., and then moved to the rest of the US.
2. I think that California has always had this stigma of being "laid back" and a more progressive state in terms of getting things passed, for example it was one of the first states to legalize medical marijuana. When Proposition 8 was passed, it was a shock to the rest of the states because California had been the leading state and the poster child for legalization of gay marriage, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere this Prop 8 was passed which all of a sudden banned marriages of same-sex couples. I think it shifted people's viewpoints on what they thought the state of California was vs. what it really is.
3. I sort of already touched on that in the previous point but I would say that yes, the protest definitely changed how people understood California and also the Supreme Court of D.C. At the time in 2008, the Supreme Court was much more conservative and much less likely to rule in favor of those who had filed a lawsuit against Prop 8. In my own personal opinion I think it made people think less of California for passing Prop 8 and more for the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of striking down Prop 8 and making same-sex marriage in California legal again.
2. I think that California has always had this stigma of being "laid back" and a more progressive state in terms of getting things passed, for example it was one of the first states to legalize medical marijuana. When Proposition 8 was passed, it was a shock to the rest of the states because California had been the leading state and the poster child for legalization of gay marriage, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere this Prop 8 was passed which all of a sudden banned marriages of same-sex couples. I think it shifted people's viewpoints on what they thought the state of California was vs. what it really is.
3. I sort of already touched on that in the previous point but I would say that yes, the protest definitely changed how people understood California and also the Supreme Court of D.C. At the time in 2008, the Supreme Court was much more conservative and much less likely to rule in favor of those who had filed a lawsuit against Prop 8. In my own personal opinion I think it made people think less of California for passing Prop 8 and more for the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of striking down Prop 8 and making same-sex marriage in California legal again.
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