I kept refreshing the news sites last night, certain that there would be some irregularity in the voting process that would install McCain as president in defiance of the national will. After I finally went to sleep, I actually had a nightmare about it.
So far, though, things are going pretty well.
I can’t help but be disappointed that it looks like Proposition 8 seems to have passed. I know that I’ve never lived in or near California, but that state often seems a bellweather of attitudes across the country. When will people finally learn that people are people, regardless? It doesn’t matter their sexual orientation, their gender, their skin color–they deserve equal rights.
People often seem astonished that Obama won, being black. I suppose it is a historic accomplishment, but for me at least, race really wasn’t a factor this election. I just can’t summon that feeling of amazement. The civil rights movement was history before I was born; it succeeded.
What would really impress me as a sign that America is ready to elect a person on policy instead of photos: the election of an Arab, openly Muslim president. I am betting I will not see that within my lifetime.
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