Comments on: A Letter to my Mom about CA Proposition 8 http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/ Confessions of a hipster in disguise Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Peter http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-551 Peter Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:05:20 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-551 Asinine, the whole damn thing. (Oregon has its own Measure 36 to answer for from a few years ago.) As happy as I was to see Obama win and see the thrilled African-American voters wait in long lines to cast votes in the election, that was the voting bloc that put 8 over the top. It was borderline in many populations, but that bloc tends to be very socially conservative. That this phenomenon has led to a new Jim Crow era is doubly disturbing. Another thing I found interesting was that there were Christian churches in California marrying same-sex couples years before San Francisco began doing it, so this is not only writing a religious tenet into the CA constitution but in essence legislating which flavors of Christianity are state sanctioned. Of course, you could say the government has been doing that since the Mormon polygamists were hounded west to Utah and persecuted even there. (Again, a group once pushed down doing the same to another.) I suppose being persecuted doesn't preclude one being a bigot. Asinine, the whole damn thing. (Oregon has its own Measure 36 to answer for from a few years ago.) As happy as I was to see Obama win and see the thrilled African-American voters wait in long lines to cast votes in the election, that was the voting bloc that put 8 over the top. It was borderline in many populations, but that bloc tends to be very socially conservative. That this phenomenon has led to a new Jim Crow era is doubly disturbing.
Another thing I found interesting was that there were Christian churches in California marrying same-sex couples years before San Francisco began doing it, so this is not only writing a religious tenet into the CA constitution but in essence legislating which flavors of Christianity are state sanctioned. Of course, you could say the government has been doing that since the Mormon polygamists were hounded west to Utah and persecuted even there. (Again, a group once pushed down doing the same to another.)

I suppose being persecuted doesn’t preclude one being a bigot.

]]> By: Bridget B. http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-547 Bridget B. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:18:01 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-547 As delighted as I was by the election results generally, this felt like a kick in the nuts, and I don't actually have any. But what if I did, and I wanted to marry my adorable and introverted boyfriend?! I can only hope that our children and our children's children will look back at this the same way we look at the Jim Crow laws and say, "Whoa - how the heck did that ever happen?" As delighted as I was by the election results generally, this felt like a kick in the nuts, and I don’t actually have any. But what if I did, and I wanted to marry my adorable and introverted boyfriend?! I can only hope that our children and our children’s children will look back at this the same way we look at the Jim Crow laws and say, “Whoa - how the heck did that ever happen?”

]]> By: ladykingslyk http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-545 ladykingslyk Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:41:40 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2008/11/03/a-letter-to-my-mom-about-ca-proposition-8/#comment-545 I completely agree.The people who voted for this should all be ashamed of themselves. Being happy and spending your life with the one you love should never have to be a lifelong struggle. Anyone who has been through the ringer with Cupid should already understand that. It shouldn't have to take being gay to understand this. I completely agree.The people who voted for this should all be ashamed of themselves. Being happy and spending your life with the one you love should never have to be a lifelong struggle. Anyone who has been through the ringer with Cupid should already understand that. It shouldn’t have to take being gay to understand this.

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