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Originally posted by AGDee
I knew people who truly couldn't stand Clinton, but I didn't hear people (like on NPR today) who felt that the country was pushing them out because there are now state Constitutional amendments that encourage discrimination.
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This is exactly how I feel, and I'm straight.
Honestly, I am not sure I can be proud of an America that votes to write discrimination into the Constitution when I was raised to be proud of American because we don't discriminate in our Constitution. And it worries me, because, sure, the gay marriage laws don't affect me, but what's next? This is the first time that I can think of that Americans have chosen to put discrimination based on sexual preference/race/religion/gender/whatever BACK into the Constitution, and that doesn't bode well for the future of this country, IMO. That's not what I was taught that this country was about.
Now, I realize that this doesn't have much if anything to do with the Bush re-election, and honestly, having Bush back in office doesn't upset or frighten me nearly as much as the anti-gay marriage voters do. But the two are closely linked in voters' minds because they appeared on the same ballots and Bush has supported anti-gay marriage initiatives.
I realize that people are upset after ANY election -- no candidate is going to please one hundred percent of the population, or even sixty. But the vibe I got from people after the 1992/1996/2000 elections was MUCH MUCH different from the vibe I'm getting right now.