WTF AMERICA?

[jhameia]

Now that we've got Obama into the White House, let's have a look at the local ballot measures, in particular Proposition 8 (in California, banning gay marriage) and Measure 11 (South Dakota, limiting abortion).

So far, it looks like

YES TO 8? WTF?

YES TO 11? WTF?

YES TO BANNING GAY MARRIAGE (yes, Arizona and California and Florida)

YES TO BANNING GAY COUPLES FROM ADOPTING (fuck you, Arkansas)

YES TO LIMITING ABORTION (South Dakota, leaning towards No in California)

NO TO HIRING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (fuck you too, Arizona, why won't anyone remember that white people were once illegal immigrants, too??)

Not all the precincts have reported in yet, but still, this is mind-boggling!

Comments

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

It's being challenged on (state) constitutional grounds as we speak, actually. That'll be one ugly court case, but California's judiciary leaning the sane way on issues like this is part of why people wanted the proposition in the first place, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

On a more, ah, fundamental level, there's apparently a move getting started to get the IRS to revoke the Mormons' tax-exempt status because of their open involvement in the Prop 8 campaign.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, that's excellent.