Around Town
As I'm sure you all have heard, the Supreme Court decided that it was unconstitutional to ban Homosexual marriage, meaning all 50 states now recognize Gay marriage as equal to traditional marriage. This equality comes after decades of civil debates, lawsuits, and freedom speeches. In Tucson we all have a voice on matters that occur in our country, and as such they have a right to have them expressed. In the following logs only two persons wished to remain unnamed, and they will remain as such, as well as no identifying information will be given. The people have a voice, now its time to listen.
John & Caroline
John and Caroline are two friends that I met during our summer session lab at the University of Arizona Medical center. They were the first ones interviewed (as such the sound was the worst) because they are both current students not much younger than myself. It gives a solid opinion of the college population, and works well with the next two interviewees. We interviewed in my apartment for convenience and a more casual feel. The best opinions come from when one is relaxed. There was a general theme of acceptance, but not exuberance about the decision, but that's perhaps because we all grew up with the idea of it being ok.
Sean
Demmy
Sean and Demmy are also UA students who agreed to be interviewed for the class. They originally were helping my room mate with another class project but took the time to interview for the site. Like before, the interview took place in my apartment for comfort and convenience. The overall theme from Sean and Demmy was similar to Caroline and John; happy, but not overflowing. So far it seems that this monumental decision is really just another fizzle in society.
Someone New
Here I was going to place the recording I took of an interview with a local member of the Gay community, but unfortunately my recording software did not function correctly. In addition, he asked to remain unnamed for job security, but considering the possibility I wrote the interview down.
To begin, he found out the same day that they announced the decision, and his initial feelings were indifferent. I was initially surprised by this, expecting him to feel overjoyed or excited that he could be married in any state. When pressed further, he explained that to him the decision was no big deal. We live in a state that had already allowed gay marriage so nothing had changed there. He felt the this wasn't a court issue. When I asked to explain, he didn't go too in depth, but left it as that society needed to make this progress on our own, like interracial marriage. We didn't need to make laws about marrying different races, or the courts to decide for us. Society made the change itself, and he felt it should have been the same for homosexual marriage. Due to this, he felt that the marriage acceptance has come too soon, and that it may cause more issues to come later.
Our interviewee is a Tucson local who was able to spare time after his work shift to give me a phone interview. That was the problem with the recording, my phone wouldn't do both. I walked around Tucson trying to find someone outside of my cultural/sexual opinions and found him not to difficultly.
To begin, he found out the same day that they announced the decision, and his initial feelings were indifferent. I was initially surprised by this, expecting him to feel overjoyed or excited that he could be married in any state. When pressed further, he explained that to him the decision was no big deal. We live in a state that had already allowed gay marriage so nothing had changed there. He felt the this wasn't a court issue. When I asked to explain, he didn't go too in depth, but left it as that society needed to make this progress on our own, like interracial marriage. We didn't need to make laws about marrying different races, or the courts to decide for us. Society made the change itself, and he felt it should have been the same for homosexual marriage. Due to this, he felt that the marriage acceptance has come too soon, and that it may cause more issues to come later.
Our interviewee is a Tucson local who was able to spare time after his work shift to give me a phone interview. That was the problem with the recording, my phone wouldn't do both. I walked around Tucson trying to find someone outside of my cultural/sexual opinions and found him not to difficultly.
The Golf Course
Below is the interview with two more senior members of the community that I was able to catch after a round of golf. They kindly agreed to be interviewed, but left unnamed.
There were four men golfing when I arrived, and once they finished they invited me to sit in their post game circle and talk. It was here that I was able to record two of them discussing my questions, not just with me but each other as well. We interviewed outside at one of Tucson's many golf courses in the afternoon. It was casual, but more proper than the last few interviews. One of the gentlemen actually has a son who is gay, so he was able to give a rather unique view to the decision as a whole.
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