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[rachelmanija]

This is a really bittersweet election-- Obama won, but so did the loathesome, cruel, discriminatory Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in California. The legal status of thousands of married couples is now completely up in the air.

My hope is that the next four years will either let more Californians meet the married gay couples in their midst and see that they're not that scary after all, or, as is more likely, that the legal battle to divorce married couples against their will is going to be so mean and hateful that it will end up convincing those same Californians that it's wrong to force couples to divorce and also wrong to refuse them the right to marry. One way or another, I can't imagine not having a "reverse Proposition 8" proposal on the ballot four years from now. And I hope we've gained four years' worth of feelings of compassion and justice.

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[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Spit on a Mormon today.

I think we need to repeal tax-exemption for religious organizations that engage in lobbying and campaigning on civil legislative issues.

We also need an extensive "Mind Your Own Business" education push.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Let's not blame all the individuals, some of whom were on the other side, for the ones who weren't.

[seajules]

I'm LDS, and I voted no on proposition 8. My baby sister is engaged, and I was really looking forward to her wedding next summer. Now, thanks to small-minded members of all sorts of religions, and no religion at all, that's not going to happen.

[cristalia.livejournal.com]

Spit on a Mormon today.

I suspect that'll be a real help (she said, dryly).

[gnarlycranium.livejournal.com]

You know what? Stupid is entirely cross-cultural.

Fact is, some of the people who came out in droves to save all our asses are the same people that screwed us. In California, according to CNN exit polls, black voters went FOR prop 8 to the tune of 70%.