La de dah.
So, lots doing, right? Barack Obama. Oh yes we can. I was in NY before the election and my 6 year old niece mentioned they'd had an election at school and, despite her having voted for McCain (!), Obama won. I think that should be one of those measures pundits use -- Primrose School shows 87% for Obama among first and second graders.
I am delighted. But also reserved. I went all out for Clinton in his first go round, believed the message, swayed to Fleetwood Mac, and anticipated change. Out of the gate with "don't ask, don't tell" he let me down. And I've never recovered. Wondering if BO will be able to keep his integrity once he's actually in the snake pit. Will he be able to hold to the identity that so many of us fell in love with?
I worry, people.
Heartbroken in LA: California voters passed Prop 8, banning same-sex marriage in the state. How can this be? Solidly blue and iconoclastic, yet California showed a surprising true color last week. Clearly, I think, it wasn't about denying legal rights as much as it was about "don't call it marriage." Either way, though, it's 2008. Can the Mormon church really pump millions into our political consciousness and have us lose our minds? I guess so...
I have gay friends whom I love. Love. Glorious people who now cannot marry or legalize their lives together, some after 20 years. Why?
Seriously. Why? My feelings run deep, I worked with patients in the early days of AIDS, watching people die alone because their loved ones were barred by the hospital or hostile family members. I'll never forget it.
Marriage shmarriage -- I want my friends to come into the circle. Fringe living should not be what we're about.
Not today. Not in America. Not when so many of us have said yes we can...
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