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a sigh of relief & a step forward

Since women kind of cleaned house last night in the elections and Akin and Murdock so didn’t win, I’m feeling a wave of relief I had been waiting for.

Jaded as I am, it’s time to take a minute to celebrate these victories and the small steps forward we are taking as a nation. We voted, and we said no thanks to all the men saying ridiculous horribleness about women’s bodies, rape, abortion. And I actually think young generations have some progress to look forward to. We aren’t going to outlaw gay marriage forever and ever off into the sunset. It just won’t happen. We are moving on.

We elected the first openly gay Senator! Oh Tammy Baldwin! In a lot of ways, I was more excited about that than any other aspect of the election. We are over it enough to elect a lesbian. That is a step. Seriously.

Plus, the voters all did right given the choice on gay rights:

Maine legalized gay marriage!

Washington upheld gay marriage!

Maryland upheld gay marriage!

Minnesota voted to not change the constitution to ban gay marriage.

And for a breakdown, here is my new favorite graphic for gay rights state by state. Slowly but surely!

YAY!

thanks, the guardian!
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Jay-Z supports gay marriage.

Kudos to Jay-Z for supporting gay marriage. This is quite possibly one of the most adorable things I have seen all week.

He says “I think it’s the right thing to do, as a human being.” Which is just seriously the most adorable.

Especially in the hyper masculine, hyper hetero-normative world of hip hop, it’s nice to hear some positive news about same sex marriage.

(Much as ya’ll love saying “no homo,” it really is time to stop)

It all actually gives you a moment of hope that things are changing for the better. Yay!

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Shame on you, North Carolina.

Oh North Carolina.

You exhaust me.

I am cynical enough that I wasn’t surprised by the news that North Carolina voted for an amendment to their state constitution to ban same sex marriage. As if their law banning it wasn’t enough. Better make it double secret safe.

If you have to defend it that hard, when do you come to the realization that obviously your opinions are getting a little silly and outdated.

30 states in the nation are so afraid that they gays might ruin the sanctity of their god fearing marriages that they won’t allow consenting adults to do what they damn please.

One day we’ll get it right, but until then, le sigh…

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Mayor Cory Booker, Civil Rights Not Up For A Vote

Mayor Cory Booker, in an elegant and forceful way, says exactly why human rights shouldn’t be put up to a vote. There have been moments in America’s history when just about any group’s rights would have been taken away if put to a popular vote. Irish immigrants, Japanese immigrants, Catholics, women, blacks, interracial couples, and now queer folk, the list of people who’s rights would have been taken away if put to a vote is long. Our history is basically the history of each of these groups fighting for equal rights.

The daily show really sums it up perfectly.

There are so many people in this country that fought tooth and nail to get the rights that are supposedly given to all. And after that long hard struggle so many of them seemed to be perfectly happy to turn around and ignore other groups fighting a similar fight.

Gay rights are not just for gay people, they reflect on us as a nation. Until every citizen has the same full legal rights, none of us are really living up to our potential as a nation. Thanks Mayor Booker for laying it out so clearly.