I had another blog all ready to go. A trivial one about my winning a wet t-shirt contest. But after hearing the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Prop 8, I feel it would be inappropriate today.
I was making coffee this morning when I heard the news from the other room. Remi heard it too and came running down the hallway to hear the ruling with me. We stood there anticipating …. and when we heard that it was upheld my heart sank. I don’t like to think of myself as an overly teary eyed kind of girl. But hearing the ruling brought an unexpected wave of emotion up.
I didn’t want to look Remi in the eye to see her reaction either. I just hurried back to the kitchen to finish making coffee.
I don’t think there’s anything I could possibly write about on this topic that you haven’t already said yourself, read somewhere else already or just plain feel yourself. All I can really articulate is that what hurts the most is feeling the overwhelming hatred, bigotry and outright injustice that is being heaped on us as a group and individually through this prop 8 debacle.
I’ve always been proud to be born and bred in California. We’ve always been known as trailblazers in social issues. But not today. Not lately. Today I am ashamed of California.
What a very sad day.
Someone texted me this morning and asked me “how are you?”. My response was “ashamed to live in california.” Our constitution is being manipulated. Prop 8 was a corrupt campaign that did no good, and caused much harm.. To all the people in favor of equality for all, keep your heads up. Our day WILL come. Keep fighting, keep the peace. And learn something from this, to never, EVER make anyone you meet or know feel like they deserve LESS. Much love to all. Keep fighting, we will win.
Prop 8 blows. We all know that and we’re all pissed about it. So why don’t you tell us about the wet t shirt contest and cheer us up a little?
I’m moving to Canada.
I was so proud to move to California from Ohio where LGBT peeps had rights. Now I am hanging my head.