Is Gordon Brown the first world leader to speak out against Prop 8?
Speaking at a reception held inside Downing Street last Thursday:
"What I saw in America tells me what we have got to do... This Proposition 8 in California, this attempt to undo good that has been done, this attempt to create divorces for 18,000 people who were perfectly legally brought together in partnerships... this is unacceptable and this shows why we have always got to be vigilant, always got to fight homophobic behaviour and any form of discrimination. I want to say to you all, you have broken new ground, you have shown what can be done, you have shown how you can change opinion in our country, you have shown how the legislative process, by your pressure, can respond."
It's all delivered in Brown's usual cack-handed way of course, but the sentiment (from someone who we're to believe is quite religious) should boost the morale of anyone seeking change in this area.