A historic day

[louiselux]

America ♥

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[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

<3

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

It's not often that a headline can make me cry, but the ones this morning did.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Yay!

But Boo to this :( (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122586056759900673.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_mostpop)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Dammit, that is not good. Is it just me, or wouldn't on expect California to be generally more liberal than this?

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

One would hope, but Arnie is obviously more persuasive than I'd have expected :(

I get disappointed when certain freedoms aren't granted, but actively upset when existing ones are taken away.

[kanzenhanzai.livejournal.com]

Arnie was actually a "No on 8" supporter. I'm so upset over California right now!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

The black vote that helped put Obama over the top helped sink the initiative. And some other logistical mistakes. It's depressing.

[fedal-fangirl.livejournal.com]

~ insert rafa sized fist pump ~

[7veilsphaedra.livejournal.com]

Lots of very happy people on my f-list this morning!---except in regards to Prop8. But ... a new national government with a president that began his acceptance speech with the words:

"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."

He could make it a constitutional right.

[aluragayle.livejournal.com]

♥

I cried most of last night, a little this morning and am still constantly on the verge of tears.. *chuckles at self*

Oh, and when I pulled out of my driveway this morning and turned down the street to get some gas before going into work - up in the wind-whipped clouds, what should I see but a rainbow! An honest-to-god rainbow, glowing softly and happily in the early morning, as if to say "Good job, America. Change is here."

*is getting all choked up again*
^__^
*hugs you and anyone else in sight*

I'm still holding out hope that Prop 8 won't make it - it's looking grim, but it's not called yet. Though, like 7veilsphaedra said, maybe there's another way if this one falls...