Conflicted, joy for Obama, sadness for prop 8

Bradjo

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Saturday November 08, 2008 · 3:24 AM PST

2008/11/08 · 03:24

I feel a profound sense of hope and joy. It feels like a new day is dawning after eight long, dark years. Though if I'm honest, it's been much longer than that. For longer than I've been alive, this country has been divided against itself. Our politicians have used fear and hate to divest from our future (cutting money for education, the arts, science) and line their own pockets. By electing Obama, we've shown that we are capable of better things. He appealed to our higher selves and we not only listened, but also acted.

Unfortunately, I also have a sense of sadness and disappointment. In my great state of California, where I was born and raised, where I have always had friends of different colors, religions and ethnic origins, where i felt that we embraced our diversity and saw it as our greatest strength, a majority of voters chose to enshrine discrimination into our Constitution.

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