rosiedoes | (no subject)

Yesterday, there was a huge step forward for the USA, but at the same time there seems to have been a huge step back, as Prop 8 and several propositions like it, seem to have been passed across the country.

Well, that is depressing. It is. It's fucking atrocious that people will allow such small minded hatred to dictate and destroy the futures or others. But I find hope in this document and this statement:

Obama Supports Complete Repeal of DOMA.
Obama believes we need to fully repeal the
Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation
that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal
rights and benefits currently provided on the
basis of marital status are extended to samesex
couples in civil unions and other legally recognized
relationships.

We may have lost those battles, but we haven't lost the war, and the Democrats now hold the Senate and the House by some margin. There's still hope.

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Absolutely. I think we Brits are rather more down to earth about it than some nations. We have much less in the way of Christian Evangelism, and the religious groups we do have seem to be much more dignified and - for the most part - more rational.

always reminds me of the eddie izzard sketch - religion in this country is much more of a hobby. "hello! do come in! you're the only one today." xD

Hahaha. Very true.