The only thing worth posting about.
My vote. My president. The first time I have been proud to be American since I was a child. I wish I could go back abroad and show them we are NOT all ugly Americans, we are NOT all selfish tourists, and we do NOT all support agendas of hate and self-betterment at the expense of the rest of the world. We are NOT the greatest nation in the world; we are a collection of people doing our best against what we've been given, like every other nation in the world. The disappointment I feel about being a Californian today is proof of that. But the pride I feel at casting my vote for our 44th president-elect and the FIRST black man in office (how depressing is it that it took us until 2008 to say that?) AND voting against the disgusting lie-filled hate movement that is Prop 8 helps quell that a little, since all signs show that we have until December 2nd for ALL votes regarding Proposition 8 to be counted so don't lose hope yet. We also seem to be enacting some pretty powerful movements to get this turned around.
CHANGE - YES WE CAN!
Sign the petition to bring our displeasure with the passage of Proposition 8 to Gov. Schwarzenegger's attention - http://www.petitiononline.com/seg5130/petition.html
And a few things to think about, stolen from some of my dear friends --
Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights. Ratified 7/9/1868.
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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Prop 8 consists of only 14 words:
"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California."
Let's interpret this statement with some simple transpositional logic [(P → Q) ↔ (~Q → ~P)]
If only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California, then everything else that's not a marriage between a man and woman is invalid and not recognized in California.
-Speed limits? Not recognized.
-Income & Sales Tax? Invalid.
-Your claim of ownership of your property? Not recognized.
-Etc, Etc, Etc.
Logical argument#2:
Wouldn't this law determine that only one marriage out of the millions of married couples be recognized in California? After all, it specifies only A (singular) man and A (singular) woman can have A (singular) marriage that is valid and recognized. Keep in mind the law uses the word "marriage", not "marriages". I wonder who gets dibs on being that one valid married couple?