Prop 8

[celandineb]

Prop 8 passed. Fuck

Comments

[jelazakazone]

Ugh. I was just posting in someone else's LJ that I didn't know what happened with Prop 8. Boo:( That just sucks.

[celandineb]

Yeah, it does. :-(

FYI, the NYT map lets you look at what happened state-by-state (pulldown for state results on the right), both elections and ballot measures.

[tiruncula]

This does, indeed, suck. One dark spot (if a big one) in an otherwise amazing night.

I am very cheered at the pro-choice victories in SD and CO, though.

[celandineb]

Yes - and the one in CO went down almost 3 to 1.

(How can anyone say that life begins at fertilization? It's like trying to define pi as 3. Ridiculous. Survival is not possible without implantation at the very least.)

[celandineb]

Yeah, that's why I put it in... *g*

*hums Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"*

Gotta laugh somehow...

[aome]

Where are you seeing this? All the news I'm still seeing says it was leaning toward "yes" but still too close to call.

[celandineb]

The NYT state results is pegging it at 51.9 yes, 48.1 no, with 92% reporting.

[aome]

This article from an hour ago says it's still too close to call. So ... I'll still hope.

[celandineb]

Hmmm. I'm not going to hope too hard, though.

But thanks for the article link; I hadn't seen that Washington state passed the physician-assisted suicide measure, and I'm very much in favor of that.

[a_d_medievalist]

Fingers crossed. And then there's the inevitable wrangling with the CA constitution.

[celandineb]

That's my hope - that it'll be challenged and shot down.

At least from what I understand, the recent Connecticut decision ended there, and can't be overturned.