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Ballot results: Pro-choice, anti-gay
I'm ecstatic about Obama. I want to believe it is a fundamental change in America, but the anti-gay amendment results are terribly disheartening.
We still have a lot of work to do.
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From Feministing:
Ballot results: Pro-choice, anti-gay
Not to rain on anyone's post-election parade, but the news on
gay-rights related ballot initiatives is really grim. I'll admit that,
seeing these results, it rings a little false for me that this election
was supposedly all about hope and change, for all Americans. (I know I
am being a bit melodramatic given Obama's landslide victory, but
somehow that made this news even harder to take.) I was, however,
thrilled to see the news that every radical anti-choice initiative
failed.
As an update to my pre-election ballot initiatives post, here are the results:
ANTI-GAY
Proposition 8 in California: Passed. This is such a crushing loss. I went to bed last night before the final results were in, and woke up to the news that the people of California actually approved the gay marriage ban. So devastating.ANTI-CHOICE
Amendment 2 in Florida: Passed. Yet another gay marriage ban.
Proposition 102 in Arizona: Passed. As Dana noted previously, "Arizona became the first state in the nation to reject an anti-gay marriage amendment in 2006, but they're likely to pass the measure this year, now that it has been stripped of language that also denied domestic partnership benefits to hetero couples." Looks like that was the magic change to make bigotry palatable to Arizona voters.
Act 1 in Arkansas: Passed. Now gay couples are unable to adopt or foster-parent children. This from a state with 3700 children in the foster-care system, and only 1000 foster homes. Disgusting.
Question 1 in Connecticut: Failed! Lindsay at Female Impersonator explained earlier that this initiative would have allowed the state constitution to be changed -- essentially clearing the way for anti-gay and anti-choice amendments to be tacked onto it. Glad it didn't pass.
Amendment 48 in Colorado: Failed! By huge margins -- 73% voted against granting fertilized eggs full rights. I'm so glad voters saw this amendment for the radical piece of garbage it was.ANTI-IMMIGRANT
Measure 11 in South Dakota: Failed! Voters rejected another radical abortion ban.
Proposition 4 in California: Failed! Voters said no to a parental-notification requirement.
Measure 58 in Oregon: Failed! As Alas, a Blog summarized, it would have mandated "that school districts limit foreign-language instruction for non-English-speaking students to one or two years, depending on their age."ANTI-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Amendment 46 in Colorado: They aren't calling this for either side yet -- it's neck-and-neck, with the "yes" side slightly ahead, unfortunately. The initiative would ban programs that work to eliminate the gaps between white dudes and everyone else. Let's hope the final reporting precincts swing the balance to "NO."
Initiative 424 in Nebraska: Passed. Voters said they're ok with re-writing the state constitution to eliminate equal-opportunity programs. Sigh.
Re: Ballot results: Pro-choice, anti-gay
thanks! that was a great post.
::cries for gay rights::
Agreed. It breaks my heart.
no wonder everyone here is not as happy as I thought they'd be.
my read shelf:
I'm looking forward to seeing Prop 8 go to the courts. I believe it will be struck down as unconstitutional.
See, America?! This is why we don't do referendums. We have a legislature and constitution to protect us from your crappy bigotry!
Today is so bittersweet for me. That's the first thing I said to my H...
I am so beyond thrilled Florida FINALLY went blue; I am over the MOON that Barack Obama is our next president.
But I want to weep that 62 percent of the people in my state think it's perfectly okay to write discrimination into our state constitution.
Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting!
Damn double-posting and non-delete allowing nest!
I think we need to take the happiness where we can get it. We'll get there one day. And I hope we stop putting props on the ballots. Would interracial marriage have ever been made legal with a referendum? Integration? No, because Americans often cling to petty crap. We need civil rights forced on us for our own good. Take it to the courts!
I went to bed before I heard the OR results. ?H and I were pretty surprised about that ballot measure. ?I didn't think of it as anti-immigration. ?I just thought as it as stupid pro-English people regardless what your immigration status is. ?We both voted against it.
Surprised they're not calling CO's 46 yet. ?I've already told you about all the Christian talk radio being all for it. ?I just don't get that connection to theology. ?It seems like it would be a very personal philosophical call, not something on wihch the bible would give a definitive answer. ?I do remember a few pissed off callers, saying they were against the bill, that they still experience discrimination and that the gaps aren't close to being closed. ?Then the obviously white person running the show would basically just call them liars since he doesn't see any gaps. ?He doesn't know of discrimination.?
Freaking Prop 4! This is the third time Cali has voted down parental notification!
STOP PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT!