welcome back to the blog....

the election is over and i'm hoping to return to blogging as usual. life here has been pretty normal, just trucking along in classes and starting to think about what i'm going to do this coming summer. i have a few options for different internships and i need to figure out where i want to go. yesterday there were a few different things that really stuck out to me. the number of people who went out and voted for the first time was pretty awesome, and the fact that obama was elected in a landslide. it was so great to go to bed knowing who the president was and being happy with it. balancing out my joy for these two things is my sadness for the different amendments/propositions/bans that passed regarding gay marriage. from feminisiting:

"Proposition 8 in California: Passed. This is such a crushing loss. I went to bed last night before the final results were in, and woke up to the news that the people of California actually approved the gay marriage ban. So devastating.

Amendment 2 in Florida: Passed. Yet another gay marriage ban.

Proposition 102 in Arizona: Passed. As Dana noted previously, "Arizona became the first state in the nation to reject an anti-gay marriage amendment in 2006, but they're likely to pass the measure this year, now that it has been stripped of language that also denied domestic partnership benefits to hetero couples." Looks like that was the magic change to make bigotry palatable to Arizona voters.

Act 1 in Arkansas: Passed. Now gay couples are unable to adopt or foster-parent children. This from a state with 3700 children in the foster-care system, and only 1000 foster homes. Disgusting."


that we can be embracing change and at the same time adopting laws that relegate so many of our citizens to second class status is just heartbreaking for me. my thoughts and prayers go out to all of you directly affected by these decisions as well as a country that still needs to work on their legacy of hate and separation.