This is an excerpt from a Harvey Milk speech. Gotta give 'em hope. Gotta give 'em ALL hope.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Wanda Sykes is Pissed
On Saturday in Las Vegas, Wanda Sykes addressed the Prop 8 protesters. Wanda is proud to be a woman, she is proud to be black, and she is proud to be gay. And she is pissed!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Equal - for Six Months
The New York Times got it right today. In an op-ed piece entitled What It Felt Like to Be Equal, Judith Warner talks about the passing of Prop 8 from the perspective of a straight person. She saw the passing of Prop 8 and the other bans passed in Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas, as oh well, too bad. Not realizing that a right had been recognized, and almost as quickly taken away. Then she started getting emails from people and had her eye's opened. As one of the emails stated,
“I don’t feel equal anymore. It was a great feeling, while it lasted.”
“I don’t feel equal anymore. It was a great feeling, while it lasted.”
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Irony
It seems that the large voter turnout for the Presidential election may have cost us the No on 8 initiative in California. African Americans are typically a very religious group and as a group they tend to be against gay marriage. Based on the exit polls as shown on the Advocate website, as a group they voted for Prop 8 in large numbers.
72% of black women voted Yes.
51% of Latin men voted Yes, while 54% of Latin women voted No.
The majority of voters (66%) ages 18-29 voted No, while the lion's share (57%) of those age 65 and older voted Yes.
Higher-educated voters who had completed college or post-graduate studies voted No, 54% and 64%, respectively.
Voters who had a high school degree or some college under their belts voted Yes, 52% and 53%, respectively.
72% of black women voted Yes.
51% of Latin men voted Yes, while 54% of Latin women voted No.
The majority of voters (66%) ages 18-29 voted No, while the lion's share (57%) of those age 65 and older voted Yes.
Higher-educated voters who had completed college or post-graduate studies voted No, 54% and 64%, respectively.
Voters who had a high school degree or some college under their belts voted Yes, 52% and 53%, respectively.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Voting History
November 4, 2008. Today I was part of an historical election. We got to the polling place at 6. Stood in line with a couple hundred of our neighbors. Joked about being sleepy and needing coffee. One woman was filming the line to show to her grandkids.
We all stood there as the dawn broke on this crisp autumn morning. Knowing that we were part of a new dawn for our country. Patriotism alive and at its best!
We all stood there as the dawn broke on this crisp autumn morning. Knowing that we were part of a new dawn for our country. Patriotism alive and at its best!
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