Two weeks ago, California passed Proposition 8, a referendum that barred gay couples from getting married within state lines, by a relatively small margin (2 percent). Since then, members and supporters of LGBT groups have shown their discontent with the state’s decision by organizing protests across the country.

At Princeton, however, very little has been done to help overturn the decision – and by very little, I mean nothing.

No, instead of standing alongside their outspoken LGBT brothers and sisters, Princetonians are awaiting the passing of the storm, and their collective silence is deafening.

The Daily Princetonian reports:

Chris Simpson ’09 said he is organizing a satirical campaign on Thursday that would ban freshmen from walking on campus sidewalks to parallel the injustice of the proposition.

“I think it’s a shame that there is so little debate taking place on a campus that is as well-informed as ours,” Simpson said in an e-mail urging students to participate.

Matt McMahon GS, an openly gay first-year architecture student who tried to organize a sit-in at the Nassau Street office of the National Organization for Marriage, the biggest funder of support for Proposition 8, said he has received few responses to his campaign.

He explained that he felt obligated to act because campus felt like a “radiant silence.”

What’s wrong with you, Princeton? Do you have no sense of justice? No compassion for the plight of your fellow man?

I guess Princetonians are too busy studying for finals to care about the real world.