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There are lots of things about this country that grate and our history is a hodgepodge of greatness and shame. Yet election day mornings always stroke my patriotic genes. Sure at the end of the day I’m depressed all over again (being in the minority can do that for you), but there is something about a bunch of disparate people pulling a lever for politicians that gets me every time. USA! USA! USA! Get out the apple pie (I would prefer cherry)! Where is my baseball?
This wasn’t always the case, and I know too many liberals and conservatives who would have no problem returning to our past when it comes to voting (allowing only the “right” people access to the ballot). Thank goodness those backwood reactionaries are in the minority…at least for now.
Get out and vote, peoples. I’ll be here tonight, live blogging. Let’s go Maine and Washington! If you are in either state, let us know how things are going.
Regardless of the outcome of today’s elections, we must press on for full lgbt equality. For renewed strength, look at the C-Span online replay of the speeches at the recent Equality Rights march in DC. And for a completely different spirit building moment, take a look at the charterforcompassion website TED acceptance speech by Karen Armstrong – not lgbt specific but never-the-less a very worthwhile endeavor in which we all should participate.
So I just started “dating” this boy who hails from Maine and I told him how anxious I am about the outcome there today. He is probably going to think I’m nuts because while he is over tonight…I am going to be checking in often to see where “we” stand. As religious as I’m not…I am seriously going to be praying to something tonight that Marriage Equality stands in Maine and Washington. Will it set precident to other states populations opinions on such ballot initiatives? Who knows. But we’ll never know if it doesn’t go in our favor. I really REALLY hope we dont have another Prop. H8 outcome on our hands.
Move to CT. At least our legal system isn’t stuck in 1850 and they realized the inequalities in our “Snivil Unions” with out going to public opinion. Plus…out Constitutional Amendment wasn’t passed in ‘08, so we’ll have it for at least another 20 years!
Lets go USA…Make this really the land of the free..