Oh, and I'm at least thankful that I live in California, a liberal state, which went to Kerry and passed at least a few of the statewide initiatives I supported. We also have the most comprehensive domestic partnerships in the country, which are on par with civil unions and marriages. So, although moving to Canada sounds like a lovely idea (I did toy with moving to Toronto at one point), I'll be staying right here. Maybe I can improve things slightly if I stay.
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Sucks about the result - but take solice in the fact your 55 electoral votes put Kerry in contention to the very end...
no not killing nmyself
dead people can't run for president ....yet
(amazing that they vote though)
anyway just to damn depressing to stay awake anymore
Oh and be proud of PA we were blue too
But my choice of divinity schools is in California.
And I miss California.
The Independent Senator, Jim Jeffords, is also from Vermont and also caucuses with the Democrats. He's a former Republican from the old New England wing. He wasn't up for election this year -- it'll be 2006 -- but I think his seat is considered pretty safe, assuming he runs again.
It amazes me how people don't get that.
New laws can only be created in Congress or by the President, and each of them have to be ratified by the other. The Supreme Court is not supposed to be drafting NEW law by including them inside their decisions.
But, again, if racial segregation had been "protected" in the constitution like Bush is suggesting we "protect" marriage, it doesn't make it any less bigoted or discriminatory.
However, I do understand Bush's motives, as several US District courts were overstepping their authority and the only way he saw to shut them down was to launch a constitutional ammendment. He was wrong in that action, but it did expose the abuse of the system that was occuring in the courts.
For the record, if I were in congress, I would have voted against the ammendment. We know how 98 of the 100 senators voted and *only* Kerry and Edwards were not present to cast their ballot, and I suspect that was only because they would hurt their chances of re-election either way they voted. On the one hand, they'd lose the entire gay vote. On the other hand, they'd have to finally take a solid position on gay marriage (not just on gay unions, which their platform talks about, but actually on the subject of marriage) which woudl jeopardize another chunk of their constituency. By not voting at all, they were able to lead the gay vote into thinking that they would support gay marriage, without ever saying it (Kerry actually said the opposite in the 3rd debate) and still tell their more evangelical supporters that they would protect marriage.
Kerry and Edwards were both very clear on their positions - they opposed the amendment, but they also opposed gay marriage per se, although they supported civil unions and domestic partnerships (leaving it to the states). He also voted against the Defense of Marriage Act. In no way was the LGBT community "fooled" into thinking he supported marriage because he's been very clear about it throughout the campaign, but we (mostly) voted for him anyway because he was the lesser of two evils.
How sad - my civil rights are based upon the lesser of two evils. {sigh}
You can't leave. You pretty up the place.
That is my biggest fear of Bush being re-elected, that we'd just be opening ourselves up to more attacks.
Well that's the spirit! And that, in a nutshell, is a grand part of the american way.
If you believe in something, stand up for it. If the majority believes as you do, then you will get your way. Your right to speak up about your beliefs will always be protected.
If you run away from the fight, you've solved nothing.
I'm tired of all the depressed moaning in many of my friends' posts because their candidate lost. They should just be happy that they live in the most free society on the planet, and that their voices can always still be heard.
It's not the end of the world just because your candidate didn't make it. There's still a very strong system of checks and balances in this country, and that is never going to be taken away.
We here on the right cost (north) are holding the line with you guys on the left coast.