wow. That's all I can say. People are talking about California's Proposition 8 and not even mentioning the slaughter and carnage in Florida with Amendment 2 passing. Billed as the "Gay marriage ban" it passed. All that was needed was 60% plus one vote. Before the last precincts were even reported, the total was:
62% or 4,589,831 for the ban
37% or 2,800,945 against it
Either way you look at it, that's a lot of haters. Over four million, five hundred and eighty-nine thousand, eight hundred and thirty one. And like I said, that wasn't ALL the votes. This is what it was last night, the last time I looked at it.
I'm just in shock. I have always felt out of place growing up and living here. Why I stayed and made a home here was purely due to economics. As a single parent in the late 70's the closer I needed to be to my so called support system, i.e.., family no matter how homophobic. Yes there were battles with that. I even endured my parents threatening to take my son away because I wanted to live with a woman. But, I persevered.
Maybe Amendment 2 won because it is where all the haters come to die. It also has as many rednecks as Georgia and Alabama. After all, we do have the largest Confederate Flag in the Nation flying in this town at the I-4 and I-75 junction. Maybe the 'Vote No on Amendment 2'folks didn't have the celebrity clout or money that California has. After all, people by nature down here are like sheep. In the end who really knows. But honestly, the older I get the more I think about my 'golden years' and how they may not be so golden down here. I've watched my grandparents, my Uncles, and finally one parent, age, become ill and die. It isn't pretty. None of mine had any strength to fight in the end. I can't imagine being in a similar situation and dying alone in some room because my life partner will not be allowed by my side and no one to speak up for her, for me, for us. Nope, I can't see that as being golden. All I can do is hope that our new President leads us all out of the bleak cavern of despair that exists here in Florida.
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I'm sorry I didn't mention Florida on my blog -- I felt the same way when everyone was talking about voting no on stuff and hardly anyone was mentioning Connecticut -- I'm sorry I made you feel the way that made me feel...
Please believe me, I am sad for Florida too.
I'm sad how much hate and intolerance was demonstrated yesterday.
I'm very sorry. :(
I think the reason California got so much publicity surrounding prop 8 was because they just won marriage in August and tens of thousands of wedding have already happened and were taken away.
That does not make the amendments in FL, AZ, AK and less important. My heart aches for you and everyone else in FL, AZ and AK who were affected. So many families..
It's disgusting the way these creepy freaks can control government. So much hate in America.
We need to do something about it. What can we do?
Tina, I wasn't referring to you. I know how you feel. I was speaking of the news media. All I heard was Proposition 8. Even today that is what I heard. How they were planning on lawsuits and how Gloria Allred was representing the first two married. In FL nothing. It is what it is. But, no you didn't make me sad. Florida voters did that all by themselves.
And Jess, you are correct and 100% on the mark. Californians were given rights and now they want to take them back. Florida never had any rights so, it really isn't the same other than it is to the same group of peoples. I understand that. I don't know what we can do either but, thank you for being there. You guys are awesome.
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