Thank God.

[jaina47]

There are no words for how happy, excited and giddy with relief that I was both last night and this morning. I'm not as up as some on the electoral map. I only knew vaguely which states Obama was supposed to win and which ones were a lock for Romney. It looked pretty scary as the electoral votes came in. First Romney was in the lead, then Obama caught up, then Romney led again. And it was getting seriously nerve wracking. I remember Bush/Kerry. It was nerve wracking too and it came minus that happy ending. 

Last night, thank god, was different. Barrack Obama won and in January we'll celebrate his inauguration again. I couldn't be happier. 

Gay marriage was upheld in Maryland and Washington State, passed in Maine, not smacked down some more in Minnesota. All in all it was a damn good day to be a lady and gay. Very good. 

A law was passed in Massachusetts legalizing medical marijuana, while Colorado and Washington state made it legal for use without a doctor's prescription. It will be very interesting to see if those law goes to the Supreme Court with a case. I've been for legalizing marijuana for some time now, but I worry a little that it will hurt people who have legitimate, serious addictions. I don't think marijuana is as bad as some drugs but people who have addictions tend to deny that they're addicted. Making this legal will make it easier for them to deny that they're intoxicated/doing anything wrong/not sober. I hope people are still able to get the help they need. ::shrug:: 

And as for my beloved current state (/sarcasm) we passed the amendment leaving racist language in our constitution. The infuriating part is that it was HIGHLY NECESSARY because without leaving that in it would have stripped away the right of the children of this state to have an education. How fucked is that? We have to keep racist language to protect children's education. Hopefully at some point in the future the legislature of this state and it's people will get their heads out of their asses and fix this so that the children of this state can both be proud of their state for not having racist language in its constitution and still get to be educated. Fingers crossed. 

As for my election day drabbles. I'm not taking any more prompts, but I will finish writing the ones that I've already gotten and at some point I'll post the ones that I got on passion_perfectand tonypepper here. 

Thanks for helping to keep me distracted everyone! 

Comments

[bsofthewest.livejournal.com]

Give me that racist language line, please, I'd like to know.

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Here's some of the most concisely state info on the amendment I could find. http://blog.al.com/archiblog/2012/11/alabama_amendment_4_spins_stat.html

If you mean, what exactly is the language in the state constitution that they were wanting to remove, that I'm not sure of.

[bsofthewest.livejournal.com]

Well, that, clearly, will take more than a brief look through. I'll read it later and probably scream! THNX

[jaina47.livejournal.com]

Yes, welcome to the infuriating, stifling, rage. I just hope they get it right next time. They had a workable solution at the last election that would have eliminated the racist language and preserved kids' right to an education but it wasn't passed. Because it might have meant a statewide property tax increase to facilitate said kids' education. Can't have them kids getting a decent education.