Along with a side of Hope came a big ol' helping of Nasty.
So I was planning to celebrate Obama’s win the way I mark most occasions, with mediocre lesbian word porn. Now I may not be a ‘concerned party’ (more concerned than party) but I was still unequivocally on his side. So I was happy for Americans and cautiously optimistic for the rest of us. Also, thanking the Holy Fucking Intelligent Designer that the presence of Republican idiocy on my TV was going to be diluted. I was as near happy as I can get.
Then I found out that every single anti-gay ballot initiative up for a vote on Election Day passed with flying colors. Every. Single. One.
Now I’m not very surprised that Florida voted to pass proposition 2 and ‘protect’ straight marriage (everyone knows everything you have is less special if everyone can get it), after all they voted for Bush. Twice. Arizona is McCaine country, so again, not too surprised. I’m not even surprised that Arkansas decided to do their best to prevent gay couples from adopting or fostering children (hey maybe their Child Welfare can afford to turn away decent parents). So what if it’s an incredibly dick move that stems from nothing but ignorance and selfishness? So what?
What really knocked me on my ass was California’s passing of proposition 8. Apparently even LA county decided to go with yes on 8. Really? Really? Because ‘and Gomorrah’ sounds so much better?
So no America, you did not do as well as you thought you did. No girl on girl fiction of questionable quality for you.
The United States: All of the Prejudices of Home, None of the Comforts
*Puts another line under USA on list of places I’m definitely not immigrating to if I was actually going to immigrate.*
On a less Oh God Oh God This Can’t Really Be The Twenty First Century note: Colorado voted down Amendment 48, which would have defined a "person" from the point of egg fertilization. (You have to wonder what the authors were smoking when they penned this gem.) Anti-abortion Measure 11 in South Dakota which would have started the ball rolling on a challenge to Roe Vs. Wade and Proposition 4 in California which would have mandated parental notification for girls under 18 and mandated a 48 hour waiting period were also rejected. (California this makes up for nothing.)
See this article for more ballot initiative results.
What I'm Listening To Right Now: Never Gonna Change - Drive-By Truckers
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I once went to a university debate tailored around the topic of “the sanctity of marriage”. All the usual suspects were in attendance. They went back and forth all night, talking past each other like there was a chance in hell someone on the opposing side would suddenly shout out “Oh, I see your point! You’ve converted me!”
Towards the end my friend (and professor) Dr. Wolfgang Fuchs and I stood up and took the third side of the debate; we argued that ALL forms of marriage should be outlawed.
Needless to say, it was all downhill from there as we tore apart every argument posed by each side (he’s a logistician). By all accounts, we ruined the debate.
Nothing is more perverse then marriage.
Great post.
I understand that their are some constitutional challenges. Let's hope that this issue gets airtime over there. The Australian right follows the US rather closely so, like wall street, gender politics here depends greatly on happenings state side.
@DcBc
"Nothing is more perverse then marriage"
>> only the good ones mate, only the good ones.
de campo: I think I'm a little bit in love with your logistician. (get out of my head business school, this has nothing to do with supply chains)
Nothing quite like ruining a debate to work up an appetite.
I think for any progress to be made, a clear distinction needs to be made between religious and civil marriage, one of which that state has nothing to do with. The latter is about things like the right to make medical decisions for one another if need be, and tax returns, and adopting together without paying lawyers crazy amounts of money.
I don't know if marriage is my thing but I think that the choice should be left in the hands of those who are getting married.
stephen Thank you. You know someone said the other day that in the US minority rights are never decided by the majority, they're decided by the courts and by congress so... there's still hope.
What America does is very important, because like it or not they have the loudest Voice, and a lot of places take their cue from them.
I must admit that I know very little about the issues that you speak of, but it struck me during the whole US election campaign that if people will come out and vote for McCain just because Sarah Palin is "beautiful", then there's a good chance that the vast majority of voters didn't really study their chosen candidates policies in too much depth.
Whether they had nice teeth or could put their hands above their head was far more important.
Apparently.
Well, ballot initiatives don't really have much to do with people.
Think of the ballots as a multiple choice test, with more than one question.
Here what I understand.You vote for the president (electorate actually but that's unnecessarily complicated so let's just go with president). You vote for whoever is running for House or Senate where you are. You vote for or against proposed amendments to your state's constitution. The last are what I was talking about.
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