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Elation and sadness

Last night I was pretty excited and happy about Obama being elected ... this morning I realized gay marriage was being banned again. I can only imagine how the gay spouses in Cali feel right now because I'm single and I feel devastated. I don't even live in Cali. Maybe it's because I'm hormonal but I've been trying not to cry over it all day long. Fact is, it's personal. My feelings feel personally hurt. I'm tired of my deeply personal romantic life being speculated upon and denied validation in the realm of politics. People shouldn't be able to vote on the rights of other people. Rights should be a given. I was celebrating for black people yesterday and today I feel kicked to the curb.
Found this blog post that expressed my feelings pretty accurately ...

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/election08/704/op-ed%3A_w...

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Comment by Buffy on November 5, 2008 at 10:17pm: So when do we get to ban their marriages? Better yet, when do we get to ban their *religion*? After all, if it's OK to ban things we don't approve of then their religion is first on my list.

Comment by Naugh405 on November 5, 2008 at 7:16pm: wow...well put charlie

Comment by Naugh405 on November 5, 2008 at 6:35pm: I hate how people feel all righteous about having abolished savory, passed the civil rights movement and elected a black president while a similar struggle is going on THIS VERY MINUTE to award equal rights to people whose only crime is a different sexual preference! The hypocrisy is mind boggling. Although I am heterosexual some of my closest friends are gay. Guess what? none of them are drug dealers. None of them even have fangs! Why do these people feel so threatened by gay couples???

Comment by Daley on November 5, 2008 at 6:27pm: I'm right there with ya, Krista.
I can't imagine finally being able to marry my partner and then suddenly it's all taken away.
I don't see how anyone could be that cruel. Well, we all know how religion can be so cruel.
Try not to be sad. This is only one fight. I have to believe that we will eventually have that freedom. There are other countries (and states) that have made it happen.

Personally, we're saving right now for a cross country move (that won't happen for a while) out of our ruby red state (GA) and heading out for new adventures in the wild blue.
I don't have much faith in Georgia's decency, but I do have faith that I can make my own life better with change...even if it shouldn't be that way.