I am in a strange inverted state. For years, I was proud of California and vaguely horrified by the country as a whole. This morning, I am proud of our country and its vote, and utterly shocked and disgusted by the California vote.
I'm saddened, but not shocked. The vehemence with which the yes for prop 8 people fought against civil liberties told me that more people didn't understand the prop than did. I saw lots of teenagers on el Camino holding signs that said protect families, protect marriage. I'm saddened but not shocked.
I agree with your points. I also don't understand why more registered voters in California didn't vote. Only about 49 to 50% of registered San Francisco voters actually voted. I have a feeling that a lot more of the pro-8 voters turned out and this is very distressing. I hope proposition 8 somehow gets overturned. It is just not right, IMHO.
I think it maychewt0yNovember 5 2008, 18:43:22 UTC
I think it may become a national ACLU fight. Perhaps they will be better about advertising and campaigning. I think sadly, the No on Prop 8 people were a little too slow in starting their campaigning. I think after this summer, they/we felt complacent in the surety that civil liberties were finally being recognized. I think the people who didn't vote in San Francisco felt they didn't need to, it wasn't much of a possibility that prop 8 would get much support.
The problem isn't legislation that produces a law, it's that a constitutional amendment that says "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or legal" was voted on by the populace and agreed to. I fear for what may happen when it comes to amending the Federal constitution. It is no longer un-constitutional to not recognize a same sex marriage.
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