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Nov. 5th, 2008 02:13 pmMy fellow Californians - very good on electing Barack Obama - I knew you had it in you. Congratulations.
However, at the same you elected an African-American president, you took away rights from another segment of Californians. Rights that already existed. You basically legalized discrimation and bigotry. Don't think so? Replace the word "gay" with "interracial."
That. Is. Shameful.
I drove home from San Diego Monday afternoon, and in Carlsbad someone had changed the "Yes on 8" signs by writing an "H" in front of the 8. While I don't condone defacing signs*, it's perfectly true. The whole campaign behind this proposition is based on hate and fear, that OMG, some grade schooler might be exposed to the horrible fact that people love other people, and some of them want to make permanent commitments to those other people, regardless of their packaging. As far as I know, anything about marriage is not taught in elementary schools; it might be mentioned in high school health classes, but I don't know for sure (health wasn't made a requirement until after I was out of high school). And if that's the case, your kids probably know that gay people exist, or maybe even have friends that are (omg, shock!!!) before they ever take the class; much like Sarah Palin's preaching abstinence-only to her daughter, your attempts to shield them have been futile.
In any case, on that issue, I'm ashamed to be a Californian. I thought as a state, we were more progressive than that.
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*Although I wish I'd seen that sooner. Would it still have been defacement if I'd made seperate, little signs with just an H on them, and posted them in front of the other signs? Because I saw plenty of candidates signs posted in right in front each other....
Edit: there are still mail-ins and absentee ballots to finish counting, so maybe this is premature, as it's been very close. Believe me, I hope I can retract this.
However, at the same you elected an African-American president, you took away rights from another segment of Californians. Rights that already existed. You basically legalized discrimation and bigotry. Don't think so? Replace the word "gay" with "interracial."
That. Is. Shameful.
I drove home from San Diego Monday afternoon, and in Carlsbad someone had changed the "Yes on 8" signs by writing an "H" in front of the 8. While I don't condone defacing signs*, it's perfectly true. The whole campaign behind this proposition is based on hate and fear, that OMG, some grade schooler might be exposed to the horrible fact that people love other people, and some of them want to make permanent commitments to those other people, regardless of their packaging. As far as I know, anything about marriage is not taught in elementary schools; it might be mentioned in high school health classes, but I don't know for sure (health wasn't made a requirement until after I was out of high school). And if that's the case, your kids probably know that gay people exist, or maybe even have friends that are (omg, shock!!!) before they ever take the class; much like Sarah Palin's preaching abstinence-only to her daughter, your attempts to shield them have been futile.
In any case, on that issue, I'm ashamed to be a Californian. I thought as a state, we were more progressive than that.
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*Although I wish I'd seen that sooner. Would it still have been defacement if I'd made seperate, little signs with just an H on them, and posted them in front of the other signs? Because I saw plenty of candidates signs posted in right in front each other....
Edit: there are still mail-ins and absentee ballots to finish counting, so maybe this is premature, as it's been very close. Believe me, I hope I can retract this.
