It looks like Proposition 8 is going to pass. (It is currently 52-48 in favor, with 95% of precincts reporting.)
This is a minor setback in an inevitable push forward. We will all tell our children and grandchildren about the fight to legalize something they will completely take for granted.
This is not over.
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November 5, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Same-sex marriage is not just about equal rights or lifestyle or shared love or a positive example. It is about sneaking into your brother’s room at night and taking back the baseball mitt he he stole from you the day before. It’s taking back what’s mine. My word. My marriage. Keep your laws off my language.
This country has voted for “Change We Can Believe In“, but is not yet ready to change what we believe. We are a careful and comfortable people, in words and deed. We like to think we are livingfree, but we are not yet thinkingfree.