Bittersweet

[kproche]

My mood is classically ambivalent.

I'm thrilled about Obama's election.

I'm saddened by the fact that 52% of the electorate apparently want to erase our marriage.

I can respect that this is a matter of deep conviction for some of them. I hope that our public presence as a committed, loving couple may make some people rethink their positions.

My anger, however, is reserved for those supporters of 8 who in their zeal to push the amendment through, resorted to lies to trick people into voting for it.
If they are so certain their religious interpretation is righteous, how could they be so blatantly sinful as to bear false witness?

I'm not locking anyone out of my friends-list over this. I will confront them with that question if I discover they voted yes on 8.

Comments

[kayotae.livejournal.com]

As a health care worker, I feel a need to interject a correction in one statement regarding HIV risk. Intravenous drug users are currently the highest risk group for contracting HIV. Those engaging in unprotected intercourse are second highest, (regardless of sexual orientation.) Anal intercourse is the third highest risk group, (whether hetrosexual or homosexual), though is closely followed, sadl, by being African American, (I suspect this is largely influenced by the prevalence of AIDS in Africa.)

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I am an RN who works with HIV clients. See my comment above- those are his assertions, not necessarily correct, and not something I agree with. There's a reason we don't discuss politics at my house...

[kayotae.livejournal.com]

Ahh. My apologies for not catching that in your original post. I simply wanted to assure that was understood, but can certainly understand where, for the sake of harmony, politics are left at the threshold.