manchicken here…

So as one who has dedicated the last three weeks of my life to the Barack Obama campaign for change, I must say that I am not only delighted that Barack Obama won… but that he carried all three states that mattered to me: my current home-state of Illinois, my previous home-state of Ohio, and the state which I fought so hard to win for Barack Obama, Indiana.

As much as I’m savoring the sweet taste of victory, I must acknowledge the hate and discrimination that has also won over four states in our union: Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Florida.

Florida, Arizona, and California all approved state-constitution amendments that will unfairly discriminate against homosexual couples by denying them the right to wed.  These people who seek to restrict the freedom of homosexual couples are ignorant.  They’re ignorant to the point where I would normally pity them had they not just engaged in government-sponsored bigotry.

Arkansas went a step further and even made the incredibly ignorant decision to deny any individual not part of a state-recognized marriage the ability to act as a foster parent or adoptive parent.  Let’s be honest, this measure was taken to deny homosexual couples the ability to adopt or foster… but there are unintended consequences, let’s take a peek:

1. Single people may no longer adopt or foster with this measure in place.
2. If a foster couple divorces then they will no longer be permitted to foster.
3. Folks who have been together long enough to be considered common-law married in states that have such acknowledgements will no longer be able to adopt or foster.
4. Private adoptions are affected just as much as public ones, this means that if your brother and his wife both die and you’re unmarried and living with a girlfriend or boyfriend regardless of whether or not it is a homosexual marriage, you will not be able to adopt your brother’s children.  This includes denying Catholics and many other Christians their religious belief that the God-parents are to raise the children in the unfortunate event that the parents die.

I am sad to see that while this election is a big step in favor of civil rights, it is obvious that the ignorant bigots in this country are still intent on raping the rest of the nation with their ignorance.  I condemn these acts of bigotry and I call on the leaders in these states to quickly overturn these unjust and fundamentally incorrect decisions.  If bigots–even when in the majority–are permitted to force themselves on rest of us everybody suffers.

In summary: Obama win, good.  Anti-gay bigots, bad.

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