On April 28, 2009, I went to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) or the legislative building of my city to fulfill an invitation to become a guest speaker to give a success testimony for this year’s induction of Davao City’s Pag-asa Youth Association (PYA) city-wide officers. PYA, as it is popularly known, is an out-of-school youth program spearheaded by the City Social Services and Development Office.
If I was Californian, I would absolutely vote "NO" on proposition 8 without hesitant, without second thoughts. Not because I feel that it’s just right, it’s because it is threatening a very fundamental right to all Californian citizens to be able to marry to whom they love, regardless of theocratic affiliations and personal ideologies. I voice this out in the middle of my technological world, as I strongly believe that the state of California is the bellwether and a trendsetter that could finally end discrimination against gay people and begin a new era that will encourage everyone worldwide to accept people regardless of their age, sexual orientation, religious affiliations, race and ethnicity.