I am sooooo excited about Barack’s victory! John & I were on my way to my sister’s when he got a text from her that Barack had one. I didn’t believe it… it was way too early in the evening! We get there, and sure enough, McCain is on CNN conceding the election! Wow!!! Elysia, John, Paul, KC & I watched Barack speak to the world… Full of great admiration, excitement and being a part of history, I teared up a little. I took pix of my sister’s HD TV with my p/s cam, haha!
After Barack’s speach, John & I went to trivia. I was feeling great, sooooo excited and happy! Happier than I had been in ages! Then, later that night, I was struck a huge blow with the massive presumptive passing of Prop 8. Not only is that a blow to my officiating business, which was just starting to grow; but, much more-so, it was a blow to civil rights, American freedom, separation of church and state, and to all of my LBG friends and family! It broke my heart and I’m still upset about it. It’s kept me up the past two nights, thinking about it, upset about it. I can’t believe that this great state of California would deny two people in love the freedom to marry! This is pure discrimination and hate, and it sickens me!
So, here I am… deeply upset about Prop 8, but overjoyed by Barack’s victory! I am not sure how to feel… I am happy overall. I know that we are working towards a more open-minded, less discrimatory society; but, I had thought with Barack’s victory, that we were there! I thought we had passed that boundary. I guess we’ll just take it day by day.
I can’t wait for Barack to take office and start making changes that we can believe in! I know it will not be overnight, but I know we are on our way!