Comments on: Why McCain lost

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:52:29 +0000

Pink is the new black. And we face just as steep a climb as the African Americans have.

Ignorance is deadly. Education is our only defense against this kind of pervasive social injustice. If these people understood we were real people *just* *like* *them* then it wouldn’t be an issue. But we’re demonized and used as a modern day bogeyman.

By: drumdiva

drumdiva — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:39:59 +0000

WTF is right… These people have no problem allowing Wiccans and atheists to get married, but when “those people” want to get married, it’s Chicken Little all over the place (“This spells the end of marriage and society as we know it! We’re all gonna die!”).

I say we have civil marriages for everyone, and if couples want to get married in a church/synagogue/temple they can. No one is forcing churches to marry gay couples, so again, WTF????

By: alex

alex — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:38:44 +0000

Exactly. I heard an interview on NPR with someone who voted for Prop 8, who identified himself as African-American and a Christian. He said something along the lines of “they can do whatever they want as long as they don’t force it on us,” and I was just blown away by this. Especially given the not-so-long-past laws on miscegenation, how can someone not see the issue here.

I have absolutely zero problem with some Christian congregations deciding not to marry same-sex couples. But what they have done in California is apply a religious code to all Californians. If I were part of a church that married same-sex couples in California, I now have to deal with a state that says my religious rite is not as valid as that of another church. W. T. F.

I really hope California finds a way out of this. I don’t understand why amending the constitution requires a 2/3 majority in the legislative body, but only a simple majority for an initiative. That’s wrong.

By: drumdiva

drumdiva — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:30:12 +0000

Speaking of intolerance, I just can’t get over the fact that the very same people who voted for Obama in California also voted for Proposition 8. 7 out of 10 black voters were in favor of Proposition 8!! How could people help strike a blow against discrimination by voting for Obama, and then allow discrimination to be written into their state’s constitution?? I just don’t get it! Well, actually, I do get it – we can chalk it up to their religious beliefs. How would they like it if we took a vote to decide whether or not they could go to church? Religion has no place in politics – period.