"Elevation, don't go to my head"
Nov. 4th, 2009 05:01 pmSo I'm really depressed and disappointed by how Question 1 in Maine turned out last night. (For those of you who don't know, voters there by a slim majority revoked same-sex marriage rights that were passed in the state legislature earlier this year. I'm not linking to an article -- you can find one online somewhere.) It's extremely frustrating that we had a repeat of what happened in California one year ago today, especially since the state legislature legalized same-sex marriage earlier this year. And yet, what I feel most out of all this is a sense that I'm not being outraged enough. I should be, given this is probably the most important civil rights issue we're facing today, that this sort of thing shouldn't be up for popular vote anyway, and that as someone's who's gay (I guess), I shouldn't have to be treated as a second-class citizen. But I don't, and trying to explain why is too much of a hassle I'm not willing to go into right now. All I will say is that as someone who's lived all his life in New England, it's far from the liberal paradise it's made out to be, so I'm not terribly surprised by what happened.
The only good thing that can come of this is how absolutely grateful I am that I currently live and go to college in two of the five states where same-sex marriage is currently legal. :/
(Also, I wish the media would stop making last night into a referendum of Obama and the Democrats -- in the big races where Democrats lost, it was more of a lesser-of-two-evils thing than anything else, and besides, I highly doubt that most people vote in state or local elections as a way to "get back" at the president or Congress [no matter who's in power], or if they do it's an extremely low priority. Besides, it's not as if last night was a total wash; R-71 in Washington, which would grant same-sex couples marriage in all but name, is likely to pass.)
Well, enough with all the depressing. Here's the latest meme going around, stolen from![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
edge_chan :
What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist/"friending me"? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head?
The only good thing that can come of this is how absolutely grateful I am that I currently live and go to college in two of the five states where same-sex marriage is currently legal. :/
(Also, I wish the media would stop making last night into a referendum of Obama and the Democrats -- in the big races where Democrats lost, it was more of a lesser-of-two-evils thing than anything else, and besides, I highly doubt that most people vote in state or local elections as a way to "get back" at the president or Congress [no matter who's in power], or if they do it's an extremely low priority. Besides, it's not as if last night was a total wash; R-71 in Washington, which would grant same-sex couples marriage in all but name, is likely to pass.)
Well, enough with all the depressing. Here's the latest meme going around, stolen from
edge_chan :What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist/"friending me"? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head?
