I can't believe we elected an African American man to be President.
People always say, "why do you have to bring race into it?"
Because in America, race still matters. People can say they aren't racist, but they are. We as Americans are some of the most bigoted people in the world. Whether it's race, social class, sexual orientation, we discriminate, even though we learn it is wrong and the opposite of what this country was founded on.
But we are creatures of habit, and slowly, we bring in new generations who slowly change some of those habits.And now we've made history..... And I am so proud of my country right now in this moment..... As Arianna Huffington said, "Born Again Americans," people who have regained faith in their country.......And it's exciting.
Lets hope the dream is fulfilled and Barack Obama does bring change to America. I have faith right now. And that's all we can do right now. Believe in him and he will believe in us. And any other cliche kind of statement I can come up with.
But sorry to say , Prop 8 passed. In such an amazing day in history, gay rights were assaulted in states such as Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida. ...Arkansas outlawed gay adoption (who is going to take care of unwanted children now?) While Florida and Arizona passed anti gay marriage amendments.
And one fact that could very well be the nail in the coffin is that African Americans in California voted FOR PROP 8 70%.
70% of those people who voted for Obama also voted to TAKE AWAY the rights of homosexuals.
The same people who were DENIED the right to marry who they wanted to marry, and were granted said right by the very same court system .
How completely backwards can people be? .....
Lets look on the bright side, if Obama gets to nominate 3 Supreme Court Justices, we might just have a Federal Recognition of Gay Marriage, which would trump any Mormon funded Proposition and finally allow people the equality they deserve.
Still a great day for American but lots of work still left to do ....
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Kind of ironic that blacks are finally getting their due in equality yet they were a big part of holding back others from getting theirs...Just goes to show that every kind of person can be bigoted, even if they've experienced it themselves. Very sad...
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