morning after

[jaina]

I woke up this morning, and my first thought wasn't that Obama had won. It was that Prop 8 had passed. Last night, I was so hopeful about the election; today I just feel sick.

I'm sick because 52% of Californians voted to specifically *take away* rights from their fellow citizens, rights that our state Supreme Court said we are *all* entitled to.

(I'm sick because we *can* take away rights with a simple majority vote. What the hell, California? At least Florida had to get to 60%.)

I'm sick because the Yes on 8 campaign was a disgusting, shameful pack of lies and scare tactics, and it WORKED. It worked.

I don't want to hear anything about how we're just "not ready" for it. No. Fuck that. Should we have waited until the South was "ready" for desegregation?

I know that the fight isn't over; I know there are other paths to pursue. I know that minds change slowly, and that we *will* get there someday. But today, I'm sad, sick, and disappointed.

Comments

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

Although I'm a bit more annoyed now that I've found out that more Californians think farm animals should have rights than gay people.

[sirrogue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I find that particularly obnoxious that we get to spend a bazillion dollars on making sure food is comfortable while stripping sentient citizens of their rights.

There is still brief hope; turns out it's not quite over. Per the No on 8 stie, Prop 8 leads by 400K votes, but ~3-4M ballots still haven't been counted, so there's a chance we could still defeat it.

[remba24.livejournal.com]

and there's always the next election where they can vote to repel the amendment also.Although the fact that may be needed is reprehensible. As well as the legal battles, although they may be waiting for a couple of my Supremee court retirements now before bringing it up to that level

[kay-dee70.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think my mail-in ballot that was dropped off at about 7:00pm last night has been counted ;) It's not looking good for prop 8 though.

LOL - it is pretty ironic that people are so concerned about their food being comfortable, but screw the basic constitutional rights of PEOPLE.

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

HA!

That "HA!" is bitterly amused. Or amusedly bitter. Or something. Excellent point, at any rate. That's crazy.