All men are considered equal?

[fingertrouble]

I posted this early this morning but like the result it was a complete FAIL.

Basically the jubilation about Obama faded within an hour, because of Proposition 8 in CA and Prop 2 in Florida being passed. President Obama is against the proposition but wimps out in the usual 'civil union' like we have here. Better than being against I suppose . Sigh.

So call me the party pooper but it's obvious there is a long way to go before my friends in US get the same rights we have here, and become equal rathere than second class citizens because of who they love.

And the scary thing? Some of those who voted Yes must've also voted from Obama.

So as I said elsewhere, great step but when are you going to get an atheist president? True seperation of church and state would be a good start...rather than it being a campaigning platform. Then maybe we could all get past the mumbo jumbo and be truly free at last.

Comments

Re: Yeah....I don't see that ever happening.

[timbearcub.livejournal.com]

Yes it's sad they don't see it that way - I know for a fact that the Gay Liberation Front people like my partner and' his friend fought also for black civil rights - my partner did so in South Africa much to his personal and physical loss (like losing his teeth in a a SA police cell)...eventually having to leave in '72. They are linked, totally, and had to be - if the civil rights movement hadn't won over the white majority it wouldn't have succeeded, and we'd never have Obama at all.

I'm glad they all fought for this, and they would've even knowing this result, but it's not great payback for those who did fight.

'your die-hard fundamentalist rejects.' - yeh that's why we chucked them out, well made them leave. We couldn't stand them either. Sorry...;-)

Re: Yeah....I don't see that ever happening.

[eskanto]

*chuckle*
Apology acccepted. How can I stay mad at the land that brought us Mel Brooks, Hugh Laurie, and Doctor Who? Not to mention those sexy accents....