sorry to be a rain cloud but. . .
I was ecstatic about all our victories last night. I got misty-eyed, and a bit drunk on champagne. However, my joy is a bit overshadowed today by the reality of prop 8.
This story:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_10898684
absolutely disgusts me. wtf??? A 35 year old man walks across the street to knock-out a 17 year old girl??? You are a fucking sorry excuse for a human being. I hate San Mateo. I saw the "yes on 8" people yelling and chanting on street corners for the last few weeks and was reminded that though I live right outside the city the people here are NOT of the same mind, and I am in the minority. What really drove that point home was all the people driving by and honking in support of those assholes. Really California, I am profoundly disappointed in you. Writing discrimination into the constitution is a really disgustingly bad president to set. I cannot respect others opinions when they don't respect me enough as a fellow human being to allow me the same rights that they enjoy, even if it does go against their beliefs. In fact, they are so disrespectful that they would write that into the fucking constitution so that it will be that much fucking harder to change. Fuuuuuuuuuck you so hard in your stupid tight wad assholes. I fucking hate you and i hope you die. This issue is so incredibly personal. I realize it's personal to the other side too, but they aren't having their human rights taken away. I don't think I realized just how much this defeat was going to get to me. I knew I'd be upset, but I'm really fucking disheartened. I was listening to the radio this morning, and heard of a man who had been planning to marry his partner, and now that he can't he was so disappointed that he "felt like killing himself he was so depressed." How can people think it's okay to do this to one another? As Larissa said, how would the Christians feel if we were wrote a proposition telling them they could no longer go to church? I don't think they'd be too happy about that. But this damn country is so blinded by religious propaganda that nothing like that would ever happen. Did you know that $20 million was put into the "yes on 8" campaign by the Church of Later Day Saints, in fucking Utah? Unbelievable. This is doing nothing but making me more upset, so I'll stop now. This decision needs to be, and will be, fought. And I will help out in any way I can. But for now, I'm just really disappointed in a state that i thought was a little more enlightened and evolved than this. I'm blaming socal.
This story:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_10898684
absolutely disgusts me. wtf??? A 35 year old man walks across the street to knock-out a 17 year old girl??? You are a fucking sorry excuse for a human being. I hate San Mateo. I saw the "yes on 8" people yelling and chanting on street corners for the last few weeks and was reminded that though I live right outside the city the people here are NOT of the same mind, and I am in the minority. What really drove that point home was all the people driving by and honking in support of those assholes. Really California, I am profoundly disappointed in you. Writing discrimination into the constitution is a really disgustingly bad president to set. I cannot respect others opinions when they don't respect me enough as a fellow human being to allow me the same rights that they enjoy, even if it does go against their beliefs. In fact, they are so disrespectful that they would write that into the fucking constitution so that it will be that much fucking harder to change. Fuuuuuuuuuck you so hard in your stupid tight wad assholes. I fucking hate you and i hope you die. This issue is so incredibly personal. I realize it's personal to the other side too, but they aren't having their human rights taken away. I don't think I realized just how much this defeat was going to get to me. I knew I'd be upset, but I'm really fucking disheartened. I was listening to the radio this morning, and heard of a man who had been planning to marry his partner, and now that he can't he was so disappointed that he "felt like killing himself he was so depressed." How can people think it's okay to do this to one another? As Larissa said, how would the Christians feel if we were wrote a proposition telling them they could no longer go to church? I don't think they'd be too happy about that. But this damn country is so blinded by religious propaganda that nothing like that would ever happen. Did you know that $20 million was put into the "yes on 8" campaign by the Church of Later Day Saints, in fucking Utah? Unbelievable. This is doing nothing but making me more upset, so I'll stop now. This decision needs to be, and will be, fought. And I will help out in any way I can. But for now, I'm just really disappointed in a state that i thought was a little more enlightened and evolved than this. I'm blaming socal.