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Nov 8 06: morning in america

Well, it’s raining in NYC, but the sun is shining in my heart. I am doing the happy dance in my bedroom, naked and with abandon. With abandon, I say.

(I am turning into my mother. I spent last night shouting at the right-wing bloviators on CNN as they tried to convince viewers that the Democratic gains underscored the essential failings of the Democratic party, or some such piffle. Just as well nobody came over, because I’m sure I would have come off as a total loon.)

However. Let me leave off the delirium for a moment to point something out. As previously discussed, the Republican get-out-the-vote strategy was to lure in their voters with ideological bait. Not ready to come on down and vote for our guy? Okay, well, how about if we give you a chance to spit on some queers while you’re at it?

Courtesy of the daily kos, here are some of the ballot initiatives that passed last night:

Colorado
Amendment 43 - Add same sex marriage ban to state constitution (but no ban on civil unions) [43%] 57% Yes; 43% No
Referendum I - Domestic Partner Law [45%]: 45% Yes; 55% No

Idaho
Amendment HJR 2 - No civil unions [39%]: 65% Yes; 35% No

South Carolina
Amendment 1 - No civil unions [97%]: 78% Yes; 22% No

South Dakota
Amendment C - No civil unions [79%]: 52% Yes; 48% No

Tennessee
Constitutional Amendment on Marriage - One man, one woman (civil unions not banned outright) [96%]: 81% Yes; 19% No

Virginia
Prop. 1 - No civil unions [99%]: 57% Yes; 43% No

Wisconsin
Referendum 1 - No civil unions [53%]: 59% Yes; 41% No

I know that this, too, shall pass. Someday our nation will look back on this idiocy as a wave of petty, small-souled nastiness. And I know, also, that I can’t just lay this in the laps of the Right. If you look at the numbers it’s clear that there are more than a few Democratic voters who feel it’s important to protect America from the possibility of queers with inheritance rights and access to health-care and visiting their loved ones in the hospital. And not everybody fell for it. Arizona shot down their civil-unions ban. Yay, Arizona. So, having said this, that’s all the irritation I’m going to give this today.

Back to dancing. Then I go to work.

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