especially when the bigots who pressed for this insanity are the ones usually so keen on their freedoms and keeping Government out of everything.
I've often been angered by that obvious duality of those who call themselves "conservatives". It used to be they called for less government intrusion. Now, it seems they want that for themselves in matters such as whether they own assault rifles, but not who their neighbors sleep with.
Sadly, although the money and power to spin the proposition their way was from conservative groups, they aren't the only ones who voted. The same people of color who turned out in droves to elect Barack Obama, namely blacks and hispanics, are traditionally anti-gay.
This fact was brought up Wednesday in a National Public Radio interview with a lesbian couple who worked for the Obama campaign in California. The bitter irony of energizing these groups to vote having the side effect of passing Prop 8 by a small margin was not lost on them. They were married during the brief time it was legal to do so and their status is now in limbo.
I, too, am shocked that something that should be so stable as a state's constitution is able to be redone with a simple majority vote. I guess they should just write the thing in pencil and have a big eraser handy.
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Date: November 8th, 2008 03:09 pm (UTC)I've often been angered by that obvious duality of those who call themselves "conservatives". It used to be they called for less government intrusion. Now, it seems they want that for themselves in matters such as whether they own assault rifles, but not who their neighbors sleep with.
Sadly, although the money and power to spin the proposition their way was from conservative groups, they aren't the only ones who voted. The same people of color who turned out in droves to elect Barack Obama, namely blacks and hispanics, are traditionally anti-gay.
This fact was brought up Wednesday in a National Public Radio interview with a lesbian couple who worked for the Obama campaign in California. The bitter irony of energizing these groups to vote having the side effect of passing Prop 8 by a small margin was not lost on them. They were married during the brief time it was legal to do so and their status is now in limbo.
I, too, am shocked that something that should be so stable as a state's constitution is able to be redone with a simple majority vote. I guess they should just write the thing in pencil and have a big eraser handy.