CA prop 8

[jan_andrea]

I'm really happy that Obama won... but completely and utterly disgusted that Prop Hate (8) passed in California.

Personally, I think all the people who voted "Yes" should have their state-sanctioned marriages dissolved. See how they like it when a simple majority says, "Fuck you, you can't get married because we think it's icky!"

I'm really appalled by this.

In all honesty, if you live in CA and you voted to support Prop 8? Please remove me from your friends list, because I don't want to be friends with anyone who can support that sort of repulsive use of a ballot initiative and still look themselves in the mirror in the morning. This is especially true if you voted for it against your own conscience. That is just fucking wrong. What is your conscience for, if not to tell you what's right and what's wrong? Blind obedience is worse than ignorance. If you can vote to take away someone else's rights, you're no friend of mine. Period. I can tolerate/sympathize with/understand a lot of things in a friend, but some things are just deal-breakers, and this is one of them.

ETA: This is a nice summation.
And this an even better one.

Comments

[thinkdanni.livejournal.com]

98% of precincts have reported in with 52% yes and 48% no, they are still saying that they can't call it yet so right now there is no "official" word, but its not good :(

[thinkdanni.livejournal.com]

sorry 95% reporting....

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/ballot.measures/

[mollyf.livejournal.com]

I'm holding out hope! I can't believe it. I'm astounded.

[thinkdanni.livejournal.com]

at least my county was 62% no..... I just wish the rest of the state was the same.

its Monetery county! they are the last that needs to finish reporting in.

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

How does Monterey tend to lean? Is there still hope (I hope!)?

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I just looked at the county-by-county results, and it doesn't look like it's going to be defeated, numerically, based on what's left to report. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/county/#CAI01p1

[thinkdanni.livejournal.com]

yeah I don't think there is hope :( Monterey is currently slightly in favor, but then down south riverside also has some more reporting to do and they are strongly yes :( ugh!

[mollyf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my county is 66% no.

Is there hope? It's looking grim. Damn.