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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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[jinian.livejournal.com]

I am trying to be a little glad that it's gotten this far, that the bigots have to resort to manipulation to roll back civil rights that WE HAD, but I am still pretty fucking upset. People are bizarre, and in this case WRONG.

I just got back from having lunch with a friend whose lesbian mom living in CA voted for Prop 8. Between that and how many moronic initiatives my own state has passed in previous years, I don't see why most people should be let out without keepers.

But I am awfully pleased about Obama. And you were utterly awesome on fighting Prop 8, and that still rocks.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

Wait... did you just say a lesbian voted FOR prop 8, or did I misunderstand?

[jinian.livejournal.com]

No misunderstanding. The elusive gay Republican: does exist, is apparently batshit crazy.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

I know gay republicans, and none of them are that crazy. I mean, generally a gay republican is fiscally conservative, not a self-destructive loon. I cannot fathom what she is thinking.