Are you a responsible citizen?
Ted and I voted this morning. Virginia is a key toss-up state in the Senate race, so it felt important this time. I would have voted anyway, because I think voting itself is important, but not every time feels like it really matters. This time did. So I hope that the electronic ballot machine (which did not say Diebold) gets my vote counted correctly. Besides the close congressional races, Virginia is also one of several states with a marriage amendment proposition on the ballot, and ours seems to have the most sweeping, restrictive language of them all. I am afraid that a lot of conservatives and moderates will assume it pertains only to gay marriage without reading the second paragraph, which is worded so that it would also remove the rights of not only same-sex couples, but common law or unmarried straight couples with children. It is a not-so-veiled attempt to define not only marriage, but family, as a religiously sanctioned union between two heterosexual partners and the children produced within that legal status. It is moral, religious legislation in its most bald and blatent form. So I feel personally concerned and invested in the outcome of today's elections on several fronts.
I've got my sticker that says I Voted. I hope you get yours before the day is done, as well.
I've got my sticker that says I Voted. I hope you get yours before the day is done, as well.