I would like to suggest that we be kind to North Carolina progressives (who worked damned hard to fight this) and avoid stereotyping the entire state based on the Amendment One vote. 39% of North Carolina residents voted against it. I remember how depressed we Californians were over Prop 8 passing so I feel a sense of solidarity. Conservatives are ( Read more... )

I am pleased and awestruck that Barack Obama and Joe Biden won by such a large margin today. In Barack Obama I see a president whose election insures that my half-Mexican grandsons and my half-Iraqi grandchild-to-be have a chance to run for president someday or achieve anything else they set their hearts and minds on and work hard for. In Joe Biden ( Read more... )

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My husband often thinks of my home state as conservative, and it's about half so. But the other half is firmly liberal, often passionately so, as this story proves ( Read more... )