America may have won last night, but GLBTs lost
Around me everyone is happy and hopeful. And I feel numb. I sat last
night watching everyone celebrating and crying in joy at the change in direction
in America and the open future given to those who have felt oppression in the
past--and all I could feel was numb. The same voters who gave our country a
new future, took away my rights--they put discrimination into our state constitution,
and made their hatred of me and my girlfriend apparent. What a terrible feeling--the
citizens of my state hate me. I knew there were those who didn't want me to
'marry', and I chalked it up to mis-information given to them from their church.
But I didn't believe that they really wanted me to suffer....to not be able
to leave inheritance to the one I loved, not to be able to enter into contracts
with the one I loved, not have a say in medical emergencies, not be able to
share health benefits, or even to have a say in my loved one's final wishes.
But that is the ramifications in the evil Amendment 2 that was passed last night.
I am heartbroken.
No photo this Wednesday...sorry. I just don't have the joy in me.
9:07:30 PM 
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