No, this isn’t about the new president-elect. I’ve come to admire Mr. Obama, and hope he can live up to the hype and hope. I am remarkably cynical about politics in general, though, so while I say that I hope for the best, I am not looking for it to actually come to pass.
This is about our stupid state. Amendment 2 passed, which amends the state constitution to ban gay marriage.
I have plenty of friends who walk all of life’s different paths. It sucks that they’re being denied the right to marry. I mean, really… if they want to be that miserable, why the hell not let them?
I kid… but only slightly. While I’m not a big fan of marriage myself, I understand that it brings a lot of useful traits with it. There are legal workarounds which can add these, to some extent, but they can all be contested or invalidated by determined hostile parties.
I voted against this turd of an amendment. I’m sorry we didn’t get enough smart people voting against it.
Things like this are why I hate living in the crotch of the Bible Belt.
Yep, I was pissed too. Pissed it was even on the ballot and then infuriated it passed.
~Ves
Comment by EV — November 7, 2008 @ 4:12 pm