Comments on: Prop 8 update the gazillionth: the day before

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:19:25 +0000

Ruffian, I’m up a little later (6am), and headed elsewhere (the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, to be told what to do. But it makes a world of difference to think of you there, of everyone putting their heart (and dollars, and encouragement from afar) into this so so good good fight here.

Consider yourself heartily hugged and sleepily high-fived right back.

By: Ruffian706

Ruffian706 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:39:21 +0000

Like hundreds of other folk up and down CA, it’s 4:30 election day and I’m up, getting ready to go dispatch hearty, time-giving, sleep-sacrificing volunteers over in Santa Monica. (OK, hundreds of other folk aren’t getting ready to dispatch in Santa Monica, but ya know what I mean.) As I have a number of other times, I turned to LD for a quick pick-me-up to hold me over until I can make it to the coffee shop. I have to say LD, you’ve played such a role in helping to remind me why I’ve very willingly left the rest of my life to the vagaries of entropy, I felt I would be remiss were I not to comment here on this historic day.

For all of you folks volunteering today, a heartfelt thanks, a hug, and a big high-five. Let’s bring this thing home!

By: merrilyrolling

merrilyrolling — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:45:33 +0000

I just wanted you to know that I’m thinking about you. I’m not a California voter, though I wish I was so I could cast a vote with you tomorrow. Since I cannot, I’ve done the alternatives: donated money, ensured that friends and family are doing the right thing, etc. I hope you know that people around the world are supporting you and hoping that the outcome is just.

By: sara

sara — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:27:14 +0000

I wish I could vote in California. Instead, I get to vote in Alabama. Good luck– I’m hoping for a No on 8 almost as badly as I’m hoping for a Yes on Obama.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:08:10 +0000

Barf bags all around, barkeep! I appreciate your optimism, Maggie. I'm thinking that for the likes of Mr Lady, tessita & me, it'll be more like New Year's Eve, 1999, when a surprising number of people thought there just miiiiight be a global meltdown, due to a cascading series of computer malfunctions. I will be so, so glad if it all turns out like January 1, 2000. The whole lead up was so much worse than the actual event.

By: Mr Lady

Mr Lady — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:39:04 +0000

I can’t vote here guy was a solid #8. And what #8 said to you is the perfect example of why this is even up for a vote. They really think they know BETTER than you. As if you’re less of a human, having less of a human experience. It’s that lack of humility that scares me, Ms #8.

I am going to throw up 15 times tomorrow until the results come rolling in. Thank GOD I’m on Cali’s time zone.

By: tessita

tessita — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:37:06 +0000

i’ve only had one conversation with a friend/relative who was unsure of how they are going to vote on prop 8 (luckily all others = big no). it was my friend’s grandmother, whose house i went to yesterday to pick persimmons. i was there with my girlfriend, though she didn’t know as much. we had a meandering conversation about her niece who is a lesbian and her partner is just a fine lady and about how she feels her marriage of 60 years ago will somehow be ‘mocked’ by the ‘hollywood pretending’ of ‘gay marriage.’ she showed me the article in the sf chronicle from yesterday that she said had touched her – even pointing out to me which woman was ‘the man’ and which was ‘the woman’ from the lesbian couple. she said she just didn’t know how she felt about it all, though she knows she is very old-fashioned. i tried to speak slowly and take some deep breaths. i had a script in my head about constitutional rights and everyone being entitled to an opinion, but that our laws should reflect the most openness we can muster to afford rights and freedoms to all people. i told her about a two-mama family that i worked for as a nanny, trying to personalize this without making it too personal – like sitting in her living room personal. she responded that i’m “really on the front lines of this yes on 9 business”…right i responded, only it’s “no on 8.” she said she liked the part i said about everyone being able to have an opinion despite what laws we have, seeming to say that she may continue to be unsure of how she feels, but vote in a way that lets others choose to make up their own minds, legally.
but really, i don’t know how she is going to vote tomorrow on prop 8. that to me might be the most frustrating part for me – that this decision will be made by those who might decide their vote the morning of the election – who don’t nearly care as much as i do, i tell myself. i don’t know what to make of that.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:25:43 +0000

I passed some “No on 8″ sign holders on my way to work this morning (in LA), and it put me in a great mood…I smiled at them as I drove by. Then I turned a corner a little further down the road, and saw “Yes on 8″ sign holders on a corner. I felt sick, deep down. Someone had their kids holding signs on the sidewalk. One couldn’t have been older than 4, and the other WAS IN A STROLLER holding a sign. I mean, REALLY?!

I’m psyched to vote YES on Obama and NO on 8 tomorrow…I think tonight will feel like Christmas Eve when I go to bed…