Thoughts on recent voting

[spk1121]

For those of you reacting negatively to the Sarah Palin icon, you can relax because I voted for Obama.  When it all came down to it, I am looking for the guy who is going to have the proper temperment, and McCain could run too "hot" for me at times.  People say Obama is too cool and analytical -- shouldn't we want those qualities in the leader of

Comments

[shygirlj]

ok - number 1: that Glad album is nice - but my fave is the Acapella Project II.

as for the Prop 8 thing: Personally, I don't have beef with gay people getting married. Not in the least. But I think if folks want to have a 'separate but equal' deal with the whole civil union v. marriage thing, then it should be clear-cut. Government will grant civil unions, churches will grant marriages. All married couples will be viewed by the state as being in a civil union - since that's what it is when it comes to the state, anyway. And if a church does or doesn't want to grant gay people a marriage, that decision is left up to them - as it always has been.

I don't see where anyone would lose in my proposal. And I certainly can't be the first person to whom this occurred....

[tv_elf]

points and nods

[sarah_mae13]

I have to say that the "Yes on Prop 8" campaign was very misleading. They kept saying that if it wasn't passed it would affect churches tax exempt status and that schools would be teaching gay marriage. Both of these were untrue. The law had been in effect for 5 months and none of that had happened. Plus I don't consider 52% to be any kind of mandate.
Same-sex marriage has nothing to do with church marriage and everything to do with civil ceremonies. If a heterosexual couple has a civil ceremony, it is still considered a marriage even without a church. I really don't see what the big deal is, no one is forcing churches to marry same-sex couples.

[tv_elf]

Agreed. I can't explain how physically disgusted I got when the Yes on 8 people played the Hate card in their commercials. These were not good Christians pushing stronger family values. These were lies dressed up in hypocrisy.

I know you'll never agree with me < g >, but this law scares me as I've mentioned many times in my journal. I do see the blatant racism in this bill. (By the way; rich gays? Wow so very stereotypically prejudiced. Just... Wow.) And as someone who experiences very similar reactions when going down the street, you're right, I must be imagining these prejudices. We aren't all treated like the master race

[silentknight]

I agree with you about McCain (and most other stuff).

He always struck me as the old guy who'd yell at you for stepping on his grass and let loose his mean dogs.