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depressing irony
Nov. 5th, 2008 10:06 amAfrican American voters turned out in California in record numbers to support President-Elect Obama.
African American voters were, according to exit polls, the only ethnic demographic to have supported Prop 8. It lost among whites and was 50/50 among asians and latinos, but blacks lopsidedly favored it. Full citizenship for me but not for thee.
Oh well. We'll put a repeal initiative on the ballot and we'll keep hammering away until we win. Four years ago same-sex marriage was unthinkable radical crazy-talk, and now it's one voter in fifty away from winning. Bigotry is doomed.
And my kid, who was appalled when I told him what prop 8 would do, is eleven years from voting age. Never give up.
African American voters were, according to exit polls, the only ethnic demographic to have supported Prop 8. It lost among whites and was 50/50 among asians and latinos, but blacks lopsidedly favored it. Full citizenship for me but not for thee.
Oh well. We'll put a repeal initiative on the ballot and we'll keep hammering away until we win. Four years ago same-sex marriage was unthinkable radical crazy-talk, and now it's one voter in fifty away from winning. Bigotry is doomed.
And my kid, who was appalled when I told him what prop 8 would do, is eleven years from voting age. Never give up.
