I Hate...

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by smolderingtemptress

I hate that Proposition 8 passed. It's a sad day when hate and intolerance win over equality.

Well, there's a fascinating fact about Proposition 8 that has now emerged.
Ironically, Obama winning the election is what CAUSED Prop 8 to pass.

For those unaware of what Proposition 8 even is, just a quick explanation. On election day, here in California we got to vote on whether same-sex marriages should be allowed OR whether the State Constitution should be amended to legally ban them. Prop 8 was created by those who favor a "traditional family" viewpoint. So if you voted "Yes" on Prop 8, it meant you were in favor of marriage being ONLY between a man and a woman. And if you voted "No", then you were in favor of same-sex marriages being allowed.

And, in an election shocker given how Liberal California is thought to be (given that California has such a major pro-gay city like San Francisco or there is Hollywood, which is also very influential and pro-gay), Prop 8 ended up passing. Californians gave the thumbs DOWN to same-sex marriage and voted to make them illegal now.

So, what does this have to do with Obama?
Well, therein lies the irony...

Obama's campaign brought out a total flood of minorities to vote for him. Something like 94% of the Black community voted for him, and he won the Latino/Hispanic vote too. HOWEVER when those same minorities got to the voting booth, they overwhelmingly voted FOR Proposition 8. In fact, Blacks voted by a whopping margin of 75% or so against same-sex marriage.

So, ironically the very same minorities who flooded out in massive numbers to vote for Obama...who felt his election would be a sign of greater tolerance in America...turned right around and gave the finger to the Gay community, who felt those same minority groups would actually be their biggest supporters. And sure enough it was the vote of the minority groups that tipped the balance on Prop 8. In other words, if they hadn't shown up in such numbers to vote for Obama, then ironically Prop 8 would not have passed and same-sex marriage would have remained legal in California.

Next up: some really messy court battles!