I won't be talking about real (personal) things

[muffinear]

I'm planning on attending the protest in Northampton tomorrow against Proposition 8 and all of the other anti-gay propositions passed on the 4th. I feel I should attend because, (a) most importantly, it's a distraction, (b) I feel guilty for not being in California during all of this Prop. 8 stuff, and (c) I'm excited that the LGBTQ community is

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[muffinear]

yeah, and it's not surprising since the yes on 8 commercials were full of very misleading information, and the no on 8 campaign didn't seem to care much about black/Latino voters.

[girmo2003]

I feel so conflicted about this, too! For all of the same reasons you spell out. There are so much bigger fish to fry than marriage. (I am--like you--very skeptical of the institution, as well.) But I am going to a rally tomorrow, too.

Hugs.

[foryourhealth]

I think people are pissed about Prop 8 because polls showed that it wouldn't pass. People thought that California was better than it is. Arkansas is, well...Arkansas. The adoption ban is absolutely ridiculous and it's simply embarrassing that somewhere in our country would put together a proposition like that, let alone pass it.

I am really pissed about the No on 8 campaign as well. They needed to swiftly address every lie the Yes on 8 people put out there. They needed to make sure people knew what a No vs Yes vote actually meant (there was a lot of confusion about this). I think it could have been a lot more organized and effective especially with the support of the elected officials that were against it.

[speaksiren]

I also feel guilty for not being in California, while this is happening.
But I am pissed that this is what gets everyone to rally together about, instead of gender violence or AIDS activism.
I also feel a slap in the face for all the "Thanks for making me a 2nd class citizen posters and banners" while at the same time blaming Black voters and making it into an "us vs. them" context, because obviously there's no such thing as a qpoc community! It's all incredibly infuriating to me.