Tuesday, November 4, 2008. A great and horrible day for America.

[xpha]

I am shocked. I'm shocked that just about every single (California isn't final yet) state passed the ban on gay marriage. Seriously. What the fuck. Every single time I heard the phrase "I want to preserve the idea of marriage" I should have written down who said it so I could go back and punch all of them now. Fucking assholes. That shit had

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[vorozheya]

Couldn't agree with you more. Except, I don't think it can all be chalked up to increased minority turnout. I'm not that familiar with the Arizona amendment, but Prop 8 and Amendment 2 were deceptively worded and had huge funding. For example, in California, a prominent Mormon group was dumping millions into advertising and a tightly run field program.

I think part of the problem, as fucked up as it may sound, is the success of the Obama field program. They had such huge momentum and the number of people enthusiastically engaged made it seem more like a movement than a political campaign. I think this may have taken away from some of the efforts down ticket campaigns like HRC could otherwise have relied upon.

Point is they were up against the last dying thralls of the - very well funded - bigoted wing of conservatism. It was an uphill battle in any case, let alone when people were so motivated and inspired by the top of the ballot.

(PS: I'm in no way laying any of the blame on Obama - he did all he could I think.)

[mockturtlesoup]

this is the most detail i can find. I think it's kinda odd what passed and what didn't

[mockturtlesoup]

hey, look, pot got decrim' in MA and medical mj in mich, neat. oh and thank fucking god CO's 26(? 28?) didnt pass, i mean, i was hoping it wouldnt stand a chance. that would have been like ave maria crazy.

[mockturtlesoup]

ooh and SD abortion ban failed, good.

at least fewer people will get life-threatening infections from back-alley gay weddings, i suppose.

[xpha]

now that's what i call looking at the positive!