of prop 8 and the human condition

[la_destinazione]

I was chatting with P earlier today and he sent me a link to a segment on MSNBC, when Kieth Olbermann commented on the recent passing of Prop 8 in California. We've all heard enough about it, and to be honest, while I feel devastated about it from a personal point of view, I never did expect the whole issue to be so complex (70% of minorities voted for it, the mormons poured in 20million bucks alone etc). To me, I always thought it was a simple choice of embracing or rejecting something that we might not fully understand (and not understanding tends to leave to fear and hatred), and to me it seems obvious that a "no" is the right answer, but of course that's just the idealistic me speaking.

I loaded the video and while I was watching it I started crying and crying and crying. I don't know what got into me. So yeah, here you go:

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