No on Prop. 8

For California Voters



Way to Go Ugly Betty!

Post-Election Follow-Up:

It’s interesting how hypocrisy discolors everything. When president-elect Barack Obama took the stage in Chicago last night, he spoke about change and overcoming discrimination and reinvention. Unfortunately, this historic moment was juxtaposed with the early returns on Prop 8, and the news was very, very bad. As it became clear that more than 1.5 million members of Obama’s California constituency had voted to write discrimination into the constitution of the most populous (not to mention “bluest”) state in the country, I found myself questioning everything this moment was supposed to represent. When supporters gushed about how proud they were to be able to tell their children that they could be president, I found myself thinking, “Well, not your daughters” and “Better first make sure he’s not gay!”

This morning I’ve backed away from my Scully posturing and am allowing myself to enjoy the fact that you are no longer required to be a white male to hold the nation’s highest office. And it is nice that the NY Times could responsibly refer to the election as “post-race.” But if you think that means we’ve dealt with our social injustice issues, or that we can be “post-gender” or “post-sexuality,” you have seriously not been paying attention. The entire nation, not just California die-hards, needs to realize that not every move yesterday was a move forward.