Friday, November 7, 2008

Prop 8 in general

I'm going to quote my very dear brother Jerry on his blog here while I'm still gathering up my thoughts about the election:

www.xanga.com/ch4n2o

To give you a little insight.  Jerry voted no on Prop. 8.  Oh, and he voted Green Party on the president ticket.

Friday, November 07, 2008
i'm tired of seeing all this feedback everywhere expressing negativity about results of the election, and most of all, prop 8.

it's done, bitches. shut the fuck up and wait your time before you can vote again. what, nobody's happy about the fact that there may very well be a high-speed rail in california and that teens don't have to inform their parents for an abortion?

for those not in california, what the fuck does prop 8 mean to you, anyhow? if you really cared about prop8, you wouldn't have voted for either republican or democrat. support your ideals to the fullest and don't be all shit happy that obama's elected, because he doesn't support gay marriages either.

damn, people whine a lot. want some breastmilk?

2 comments:

Jessica said...

I think the reason why Prop 8 passing has received so much attention is the nature of the proposition itself. Unlike voting for a candidate who you will have the opportunity to vote for or against in the future, Prop 8 changed the Constitution of California making it extremely difficult to overrule it, either through the court system or by another vote. Allowing changes in the very document that governs this state by a mere majority vote seems to be short-sighted and is partially why I feel the entire proposition system needs to be reworked.

toeknee said...

Maybe you're right and you can very well be. But if that's the issue, shouldn't people who are protesting Prop. 8 be protesting against the general proposition system instead of trying to get the high court to overturn a decision made by voters who thought their voices were heard by voting? Wouldn't that be the correct approach to the "big picture"?

I would've voted yes on 8, as you know. And I love the fact that you guys do not hate me for it (at least not openly). But if prop 8 was not passed, I would've accepted it without questioning the commonly agreed upon voting system, just like I accepted the outcome of Prop. 4. I didn't mean to sound like a self-righteous guy because you guys and God knows I'm not. Sorry this is stemming into such a mess.