I am sickened by the results (expected unfortunately,) in North Carolina.
I am alarmed by the percentage of 61-39 passage of Amendment One.
I am disgusted by the venom, hate, narrow-mindedness, and Borg-like behavior of the citizens there in passing this amendment with an almost 2:1 margin.
I am convinced that this vote is the direct the result of the ever increasing control/impact of the religio/fascists who are trying to establish a theocracy in this country with their partners, the oligarchs. This vote is a win for the Christian Nationalists.
These forces are determined to take over this country like A RED PLAGUE and kill off all decency, tolerance, self-sufficiency, communal support and rule with a despotic mercilessness.
I will do two things in response. First, I will also vote with regards to North Carolina. I will vote with my feet and my $ and my voice. I refuse to ever go to North Carolina or do business with any business residing in North Carolina. I JUST WON'T. I WON'T FORGET EITHER. TEN YEARS, TWENTY YEARS, I WILL STILL REMEMBER. And I will try to dissuade anyone I know of having to have anything to do with this state that just instituted hate and intolerance.
And secondly, I will speak out about this amendment as a prime example of the power of the religio/fascists who are trying to orchestrate a coup of our country.
I know that there are many worthwhile diaries up today, expressing dismay and anger about the passage of this Amendment. But I am so angry that I just need to write my own.
There are two things that I believe are needed in response to this sickening result.
1) To Boycott North Carolina and to make that boycott public.
2) To ask people to finally see just what damage the Religious Reich intends to do to our country and to become educated on this and not keep on saying this is CT. Is it CT that North Carolinians have just smugly voted away human beings rights? No. We must take the outspoken intents of the religious reich and their bedmates, the plutocrats, at their word. They want a theocracy. Pure and simple. This is what it will look like. Is this how you want you and your loved ones to live?
The Guardian UK has posted a brilliant chart showing Gay rights in the US, state by state.
which shows at a glance all the constituent elements impacted by the gay marriage issue. Although expected, the regional differences are stunning in their clarity as well.
I would like to suggest that when you look at that chart not just see it as a profile of gay marriage, but also a profile of how profoundly the culture wars are being waged by the theocratic plutocracy. How the Gospel of Hate and Intolerance is being used to divide this country. This vote on Amendment One, is not just a vote against gay marriage and/or civil unions, this is a vote to install theocratic perspectives on the country at large.
Please become more educated about:
Christian Nationalism and their desire to LITERALLY TAKE OVER OUR GOVERNMENT. (This diary has many, many links to resources to learn about this subject.)
Truly, the 'price of freedom is eternal vigilance.' but that 'eternal vigilance' must be based on knowing what is really going on. We cannot ignore any longer the role of the religio/fascists in this country and must learn from their sweeping victory in North Carolina what they plan to do to the rest of this nation.
And once armed with knowledge, then we can effectively fight back.