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[trenchkamen]

I am beyond furious right now. I'm actually shaking a little bit.

Prop 102 passed. It actually PASSED.

And it looks like Prop 8 might actually pass in California.

Of course I'm stoked that Obama won (YES WE CAN, AMERICA, AND WE DID), but the bigotry and hatred and fear and homophobia my state and my closest neighbor (both in location and in terms of how many friends I have there) have displayed today is almost making me physically sick. Electing Obama is a huge step forward for the entire nation, but GOD this is a huge blow.

I cannot imagine the fear and despair same-sex married couples in California must feel right now watching their neighbors vote that they have no right to be married, to vote that they want to rip their marriage licenses out of their hands. It's sick. It's beyond wrong in a way Prop 102 is not, as prop 102 is not revoking rights already rewarded. It shows a greater level of dedication to bigotry.

Shame, Arizona and California. SHAME.

I'm proud of the nation as a whole for electing Obama (Arizona still elected McCain, but I'm not nearly as pissed about that as I am about Prop 102), but I'm still overcome by an overwhelming sense of rage and despair.

This is not the end. We will never, ever, ever give up, not until justice is served. No matter how many times conservative bigots try to deny equal rights, no matter how long it takes, I and my fellow LGBT allies and friends will not give up.

Comments

[feuervogel]

Until the laws change so that civil rights are not up for popular fucking vote, we're pretty much doomed. If in 1968, the abolition of Jim Crow laws had been on the ballot, it would have failed. It required Congressional and Supreme Court action to secure equal fucking rights for people with a different shade of skin color, who make up about 1/4 of the country. It's gonna need the same to secure equal rights for people who comprise about 10% of the population.

[ja-baby-ja.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, even if it is bad news. I can't even fathom what goes through people's minds when they think, you know what, let's not give some types of people civil rights! You can't just fucking pick and choose who gets human rights. It's deeply frightening and angering and fucked up, and I really hope that the USA takes the necessary steps against this decision sooner rather than later.