UK PM blasts Prop 8

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(London) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has blasted the California law banning same-sex marriage. Brown called Proposition 8, as it is known, “unacceptable” and said it was a setback for civil rights in the United States.

Brown made the comments during a speech to British gay rights leaders during a reception at the Prime Minister’s official Residence 10 Downing Street the British Broadcasting Corporations reports.

“This attempt to undo good that has been done is unacceptable,” Brown said. “This shows why we have always got to be vigilant, always got to fight homophobic behavior and any form of discrimination.”

The Prime Minister praised UK gay leaders for pushing to have civil partnerships legalized in 2005, giving same-sex couples all of the rights of marriage except the name.

He praised the rights leaders for “changing opinion” about same-sex unions.

“You have shown how the legislative process, by your pressure, can respond,” he told the group.

Last May the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. Some 18,000 gay and lesbian couples married before voters by a slim 52 percent approved Proposition 8.

Brown’s comments came only hours after the California high court heard arguments challenging the legality of the proposition. It could be up to 90 days before a ruling is made in the case.

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