While President-elect Obama may be
a vindication of Martin Luther King's vision, another group with a long history of oppression did very badly out of the US elections.
Connecticut voters
rejected calling a Constitutional Convention to overturn same-sex marriage (59% to 41%) and the Democrats getting control of the New York State Senate for the
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I think these propositions represented the only things that the evangelical christian right got their voters out for in this election and I think mainstream America will strike them down in the next few years.
These propositions are actually unconstitutional for starters and a strictly constructionist Supreme Court would have to agree.
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As for unconstitutional, reasonable folk can reasonably agree on that. And since much of the drive behind the bands was precisely about reigning in allegedly overweening judges, not sure the judges would be willing to go there.
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http://insomnimusing.blogspot.com/2008/11/as-promised-my-rant-against-gay.html
It's titled, "My rant against the gay marriage bans." It is a point-by-point counterpoint to all the standard arguments against gay marriage. Any comment you might have is appreciated. Thank you.
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