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I was thinking of something really eloquent to say. About this election, about Obama, about my mixed feelings of incredible joy at the overwhelming Democratic victory and crushing despair at the evident pass of Prop 102 here in Arizona, the sheer strangeness of having hope at all when the last eight years have made me from a naive girl into a very cynical woman, and about my flickerings of new resolve.

But I apparently don't think well when tipsy. Mom and I had a drink to celebrate. We got some Cosmopolitan mix out of the freezer, got down the martini glasses, and had a toast.

(The glasses are cobalt blue. I think that's an amusing bit of serendipity.)

We toasted President Obama and the next four years. And I'm a damned lightweight and I'm already feeling a little woozy and drunk, so the most eloquent thing I think I can say is:

Yes.

the bit about the creepy gender definition amendment thing is gone, upon

levade's observation that. it's. probably satire. XD OPTIMISM HAS NOTABLY INCREASED.

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HAHA

I GOT LIKE A SHOT OR TWO OF SOMETHING CREAMY AND VANILLAY

And became very, very warm.

Stupid laws.

Yeah, the night was going awesome until I heard a lot of the same sex marriage proposals that are going on, especially in California, are being voted down. This really needs to be on a federal level >:|

That Gender Definition Amendment is just wrong on so many levels.

8D

Are you sure that's not a joke site of some kind? Because this. And most serious sites don't use terms like destructive gay energy.

It's good to see some positive change is happening. The energy in the air over here in Oakland is magical. A town with a large black population? You better believe my coworkers were crying when the results were announced.

On a bitter note, Prop 8 seems to be headed towards an inevitable pass here in California. I'm trying to remain optimistic seeing as we went from 60%/40% in 2000 to a clean split this year, but I get depressed when I think of one thing: California gave all people the right to marry, and then because of people being close-minded or simply ill-informed, that right is more than likely being taken away. That, somehow, seems more tragic than any slap in the face that marriage "protection" amendments gave in the past.

But like I said, remaining optimistic. For gays and allies, today is not our day, but Obama--a great man (also: a black man with a fucking ridiculous non-white name wtf awesome) with the potential to do much good--was elected today. And our generation of young voters voted against Prop 8 with a near-70% rate.

So yeah. "Protect" marriage. Delay equality one day longer. This is only the beginning.

YES WE CAN.

Propositions like that are just the screams of a dying dinosaur. It's destructive, yes, and appalling, but its days are numbered. And now they know it.

*hugs* Stay strong.

I am so fucking pissed.

I'll join you in the 'fuck you, Arizona' if you'll join me in a 'fuck you, Florida' >( I am SO not happy about that Amendment 2 bullshit passing.