Extremely bad

[solarbird]

We're fucked.

President Bush has won re-election by running, essentially, to the evangelicals. Most of his campaign was based on winning mostly with them.

Anti-queer initiatives passed in 11 out of 11 states. All of the amendments ban queer marriage. Most also ban civil unions. At least one makes queer marriage a crime outright (a misdemeanor), not just prohibited.

NPR exit pollers are being surprised by how many people are giving "moral values" as a big reason for voting, and voting Bush. "moral values" means anti-abortion-rights and anti-gay stance.

I don't think we'll get the anti-gay Federal amendment revote next year. I think we'll get year after next, to whip up the vote again by lashing into us.

But if Bush really does name another Scalia or another Thomas to the court - as he's said repeatedly he wants to do - and that person replaces one of the five in the 5-4 decision overturning last year's repeal of the anti-gay sodomy laws - we could be kicked back 20 or 30 years in a very, very short period of time.

The evangelicals won this election.

It's bad.

It's really bad.

Comments

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

What really irks me is the number of people I talked to last night that DIDN'T bother to vote, and said "I would have voted for Kerry, but what would it matter? One vote doesnt matter much." UH hello? Wake up people! One vote may not make much difference, but how many millions (esp. in states like Ohio or Florida) have said the same thing, and didn't bother to vote? People piss me off. Ah well, if Shrub wins this one, which seems likely, maybe we'll be lucky and he'll die in office. At least he won't be able to run again in '08, unless he finds some way of amending that law.

[bloolark.livejournal.com]

Do you really want Cheney as President? I think I'd prefer Bush living out this term.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

If they're both in the same place at the same time... two birds with one stone...