America did right with Barack, California screwed the pooch with Prop 8

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Last night was an interesting night.  The Head watched poll returns, and resfrehed web sites to get the latest voting updates.  For the first time in a long time, The Head felt a degree of hope from you folks south of the border.  After you somehow managed to re-elect W to a second term, The Head was pretty much thinking it was Game Over.  However, last night I saw Barack Obama sweep the country, and become the 43rd PotUS.  The Head actually doesn’t have anything against John McCain.  He actually seems like a decent enough guy, a bit old, but tough.  In another situation, he might have been the go-to guy.  However, this just wasn’t his time.

I think that Americans did the right thing, at the right time, and for the right reasons.  It’s time for a changing of the guard.  It’s time to try and refresh things a bit.  It’s time to rejoin the rest of the world, to be a part of it, rather than try and boss it around.  It’s time to care about human rights, time to do the right thing, time to have the rest of the world like and respect America again.  Barack Obama brings this.  He has the potential to heal the wounds of mistrust, to bring about the “change” needed for the world to embrace the United States, rather than condemn them.  Americans should be proud.  They picked a man who is different.  Who can lead and be loved.  So thank you USA.  Thank you for having faith that change can be a good thing, showing that the color of a man’s skin is meaningless, and for showing the rest of the world that you want to be a part of it.

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Now, on to California…  WHAT THE FUCK?  Seriously, what the fuck is going on over there?

You can vote in what is effectively a man that is helping eliminate discrimination, and then go ahead and discriminate against the homosexual population of the state?  REALLY?

Here are a few facts:

• The Head is married.
• The Head is a straight dude.
• The Head doesn’t particularly care one way or the other about a whole lotta things.

But, one thing that The Head does believe in, is that we are all equal.  That discrimination is wrong.  Sure, The Head’ll make a fag joke once in a blue moon.  The Head will make a racist joke.  The Head will poke fun of anyone and anything.  Why?  Because they are jokes.  The Head fully expects to be made fun of as well from time to time, because it’s just a fucking joke.  But to go ahead and say to the gay/lesbian/tanswhaetevered community that they do not deserve marriage?  To say that, in essence, a straight relationship is “better” than a same sex one?  Go fuck yourself!  C’mon now!

Gay marriage does not affect *anyone* other than that couple and their friends and family.  Because Adam and Steve are married, it does not magically hinder the marriage of Joe and Jane Bigot.  Nothing for you has changed.  Your marriage is still intact, and your day to day life goes on as normal.

Here’s a quote to think about.  It’s from Animal Farm by George Orwell: “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”

Let that sink in.  Take out the word “animals” and replace it with “relationships”.  That’s California.

So congratulations to those that supported Prop 8.  Congratulations to people that wave Bibles around and want eveyone to believe what they believe.  Ah well, even if you don’t believe it, you still have to follow it apparently.  Congratulations to those who think that they are protecting “the family”.  Thanks for clearly indetifying what a family is.  It’s nice to have people like you around to tell us what’s what.

But most of all, thanks to those who voted for Barack Obama.  For his meesage of change, tolerance, and an end to discrimination, and then voted Yes on Prop 8.  Really, thanks.  Great job.  I’m really glad to see that the message sunk in.

Way to go California.  Way to go…

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