November 5, 2008

  • The election is finally behind us.  I am overjoyed at the election of Barack Obama to be our next President. Its been some time since I've had a President I could like.  Seeing the nation in celebration of Obama, I think how different this feels from 2000 and 2004.  Bush was not worth of dancing in the streets for. Obama is.

    On the other side, I feel defeated. Prop 8 has passed it seems. So California will now add a ban on Same Sex Marriage to the State Constitution.  Now, I dont have a boyfriend, let along a fiancé, or even a current husband. But its a real slap in the face to the gay and lesbian population of our state.  That half of the voters dont think we deserve the privilege to have a legal marriage. But, almost half the voters did, so perhaps in time this will change.

    The yes on 8 folks really seemed to focus on gay marriage being forced in the face of children in schools.  Which quite frankly is a poor argument, for on one side gay couples still exist, gay marriages exists in our state now, and in other states and nations. Children will hear of their classmates with 2 moms or 2 dads, with or without 8. I suppose Prop 8 supporters think that these families should in some way be censored from the world.  They dont want us to be visible; well we are going to be. And now, even more. We just have to fight on.

    And if anything, Obama has shown us, YES WE CAN!