President Barack Obama.....holy shiitake mushrooms, Batman! Never have sweeter words been typed. I'm still reliving the moments the great states fell blue...Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Florida..... It almost makes me want to go to Florida, which is a sentence I've never envisioned typing...EVer... And then the glorious trio of California, Oregon and Washington...popping up blue at the exact same time...like an angelic Three Stooges....Ta Da!!! President Barack Obama....
I must confess that while watching his victory speech, I felt anxious for him to wrap it up and leave the stage. I couldn't wait to hear every word he was saying, but my fear of inane bigotry and hatred kept creeping up in an evil attempt to steal that glorious moment. How sad that my first concern was whether some idiot with a gun could have made his way into the adoring crowd.
That very same feeling did, indeed, make its way into that near-perfect night after all. No, nothing bad happened to Obama or his family....and thank God for that. But as the night wore on it became clearer and clearer that voters in California made a colossal, hideous mistake. They voted (52% of them!!!) yes on proposition 8. I'm still in a state of sadness and disbelief. I don't take a stand on too many issues (unfortunately). But this one has always been important. Not just important, actually....but crucial. How can people truly be so afraid of the way other people live their lives that they would want the State constitution altered to specifically prevent that group of people from pursuing what us married straight people take as a given right? It makes absolutely no sense to me. And I've heard all the arguments for passing such a ridiculous measure. Not one of those arguments makes it okay to willfully discriminate against people who are in love and wish to show that in the same way as the "rest of us".
But on another note, proposition 2 passed with overwhelming clarity from the voters of this great state. No more small enclosures for farm animals!! Every chicken should have the right to spread its wings and stand up/sit down without feeling too cramped. Yes, I most certainly did vote yes on proposition 2. It makes sense. It seems silly NOT to vote for that, right? I want the chicken I eat for dinner to have lived with dignity and some decent elbow room. Glad it passed. Glad to see Californians stand up and speak out for the rights of these animals who can't help the fact that they were indeed born as chickens. Way to go California!!
So about that prop 8 thing again....
I must confess that while watching his victory speech, I felt anxious for him to wrap it up and leave the stage. I couldn't wait to hear every word he was saying, but my fear of inane bigotry and hatred kept creeping up in an evil attempt to steal that glorious moment. How sad that my first concern was whether some idiot with a gun could have made his way into the adoring crowd.
That very same feeling did, indeed, make its way into that near-perfect night after all. No, nothing bad happened to Obama or his family....and thank God for that. But as the night wore on it became clearer and clearer that voters in California made a colossal, hideous mistake. They voted (52% of them!!!) yes on proposition 8. I'm still in a state of sadness and disbelief. I don't take a stand on too many issues (unfortunately). But this one has always been important. Not just important, actually....but crucial. How can people truly be so afraid of the way other people live their lives that they would want the State constitution altered to specifically prevent that group of people from pursuing what us married straight people take as a given right? It makes absolutely no sense to me. And I've heard all the arguments for passing such a ridiculous measure. Not one of those arguments makes it okay to willfully discriminate against people who are in love and wish to show that in the same way as the "rest of us".
But on another note, proposition 2 passed with overwhelming clarity from the voters of this great state. No more small enclosures for farm animals!! Every chicken should have the right to spread its wings and stand up/sit down without feeling too cramped. Yes, I most certainly did vote yes on proposition 2. It makes sense. It seems silly NOT to vote for that, right? I want the chicken I eat for dinner to have lived with dignity and some decent elbow room. Glad it passed. Glad to see Californians stand up and speak out for the rights of these animals who can't help the fact that they were indeed born as chickens. Way to go California!!
So about that prop 8 thing again....
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