Proposition 8 Results, Civil Rights, and Idiots

[idolstar]

I rarely decide to share on my livejournal (this is the first public entry), but I feel compelled to say something about Tuesday's vote on Prop 8. I am disappointed that it passed and California added discrimination to the constitution and became the fist state to legalize and then take away the right of all citizens to marry. However, I was more

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[d777b]

Boooo! Hisssss! That sucks. That suck, suck, sucks! I am so angry about this issue. When I can string a couple of intelligent thoughts together I plan on writing my own post. For now, you suck apathetic queers! You suck, destroyers of civil rights! Boooo! Hisss!

[idolstar]

I know... I don't really like that there are people who disagree with me, but I accept that they have their opinion and it will take time to change it. I generally just think the apathetic are clueless and it is best they just stay home, but people who supported gay marriage in principle, didn't actually do anything about it, and then got upset that prop 8 passed really piss me off.

[sachem_head]

I, too, was dismayed by California's Prop 8 vote. It seems like a setback to what was looking like a trend toward greater acceptance of gay marriage, in a state where I wouldn't have expected. Voter turnout in SF county of 50 percent seems surprisingly low. Not only with the Prop 8 question, but also the presidential election.