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65. The "Courts" didn't overturn it without

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 02:55 PM

Jul 2013

CALIFORNIANS taking it all the way to the SC in the hopes that we would get a ruling that would cover all states. We COULD have just done another referendum and reversed it easily but we thought we'd try to get the same rights for the rest of the U.S.

Prop. 8 passed because of MILLIONS of dollars of out of state monies from the churches that preached that that HO-MI-SECSHUALS IS EVIL (and the stupid, gullible faithful believing it), too many people didn't understand that a "no" vote meant a "yes" vote, and vice versa AND that nobody in their right minds believed it was going to pass. True, they caught us off-guard but the second it was passed we worked to reverse it and we did.

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Are you ashamed of the state you live in? [View all] el_bryanto Jul 2013 OP

New York State is a great place to live. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #1

I miss it. Agschmid Jul 2013 #107

I love California! AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #2

+100! zappaman Jul 2013 #51

Yep!! There too! AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #56

Me, too! displacedtexan Jul 2013 #104

I am ashamed of the nation I live in. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #3

+1 forestpath Jul 2013 #8

Do you think being ashamed of your nation influence the way you talk to people about it? el_bryanto Jul 2013 #13

Ditto marions ghost Jul 2013 #106

Yes HockeyMom Jul 2013 #4

far from it. cali Jul 2013 #5

California makes me proud mitchtv Jul 2013 #6

I see what you did there. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #55

I love my state, CA PasadenaTrudy Jul 2013 #87

I live in PA where the thugs just recently gerrymandered all the districts to favor them making it appleannie1 Jul 2013 #7

I'm ashamed of PA. Voted in Teabagger Corbett as governor.PA House &Senate are teabagger controlled. AlinPA Jul 2013 #96

Ashamed? No. Pissed off at the state of things? Yes. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2013 #9

I'm ashamed that so many North Carolinians voted for these idiots. eom tarheelsunc Jul 2013 #11

Agree marions ghost Jul 2013 #110

Not at all, premium Jul 2013 #10

Somewhat. Brigid Jul 2013 #12

Rhode Island - Lobsters and Mobsters! nt hack89 Jul 2013 #14

Thrilled We Passed Ammenment 64 - Sickened By Guns otohara Jul 2013 #15

wisconsin--need i say more? dembotoz Jul 2013 #16

I've been proud of my beloved Commonwealth all my life Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #17

Conch Republic here tavernier Jul 2013 #18

No., because I am not responsible for how others act in this state. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #19

I don't think the stereotyping charge works in this case el_bryanto Jul 2013 #29

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #30

That's the attitude that allows 29 States including the entire South to allow legal discrimination Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #72

I live in Virginia and while ohheckyeah Jul 2013 #20

How could anyone be ashamed of Vermont? karynnj Jul 2013 #21

I wish to heaven Aerows Jul 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author zeeland Jul 2013 #94

Mississippi Aerows Jul 2013 #22

MN...yes, sometimes. Apophis Jul 2013 #23

Embarrased, sometimes, by the politics NoPasaran Jul 2013 #25

I'm pretty proud of MD Xyzse Jul 2013 #26

I live in Texas Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #27

No. If the whole country was like my state, we'd be better off. RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #28

Well, some silly shit pipi_k Jul 2013 #31

To the contrary, from New York - so much to like about New York. closeupready Jul 2013 #32

NY is where I grew up mitchtv Jul 2013 #90

If I didn't live here, I'd likely live in CA, too. closeupready Jul 2013 #91

The UK is a great place to live. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #33

Hell no! Colorado here! SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #34

Colorado. No. nt DevonRex Jul 2013 #35

I live in northern VA, which I like very much, all american girl Jul 2013 #36

I'm also in NOVA, and I love our part of the state. 11 Bravo Jul 2013 #37

Yep, south of F'burg and you come to my town, Richmond, tea bag central. It's almost Nay Jul 2013 #50

Holy crap, isn't that the truth.... all american girl Jul 2013 #67

I live in California. Democrats ONCE AGAIN saved the state and balanced the budget Taverner Jul 2013 #38

Sucked that Californians voted for Prop 8. Good thing the courts overturned it (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #44

Yes and yes Taverner Jul 2013 #47

The "Courts" didn't overturn it without Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #65

Happy to be living in CA upaloopa Jul 2013 #39

I live in Minnesota when not in South America. Puglover Jul 2013 #40

North Carolina has become a conservative fringe cesspool bowens43 Jul 2013 #41

Washington is a great state LittleBlue Jul 2013 #42

CT: Second state to allow same-sex marriage. Dem governor, two Dem senators, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #43

Since I moved out of the south, no! I'm fed up with Confederate-Americans coldmountain Jul 2013 #45

Where do you live? n/t Dawgs Jul 2013 #46

I love Texas! arely staircase Jul 2013 #48

That's the right attitude. This wholesale trashing of entire states needs to stop. (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #61

We need to reward the more progressive states and punish the more institutionally bigoted states coldmountain Jul 2013 #68

or come to Texas and help us register Hispanic voters? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #75

Thank you, Sir or Madam. May we have another? (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #92

If you believe all the south is like that Sissyk Jul 2013 #101

Thank you staircase!! Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #66

Just remember one major reason Texas rebelled against Mexico was Mexico outlawing slavery coldmountain Jul 2013 #73

Like I said, come to Texas and help us register young Hispanic voters nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #76

Thank you, Sir or Madam. May we have another? (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #93

You said it better than I could derby378 Jul 2013 #86

California embarrasses me olddots Jul 2013 #49

Me too aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2013 #62

another coloradoan checking in fizzgig Jul 2013 #52

I'm a Floridian, and not at all am I ashamed of Florida. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #53

No, I love Alaska. Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #54

Tennessee, and a lot of the time, I am. Punkingal Jul 2013 #57

I live in Florida and am definitely not ashamed of my state. NCTraveler Jul 2013 #58

I don't think someone is their state Shankapotomus Jul 2013 #59

I like it here Bluzmann57 Jul 2013 #60

Proud to be a 6th generation Pennsylvanian MadrasT Jul 2013 #63

My dad grew up in Pennsylvania and went to an integrated high school in 1950 coldmountain Jul 2013 #74

I love Pennsylvania but I am ashamed of our current government. femmocrat Jul 2013 #103

Oregon? No. nt LWolf Jul 2013 #64

I love New York footinmouth Jul 2013 #69

Absolutely - I ought to tidy up, and look after the garden more muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #70

Of course not that is ridiculous. I am ashamed of the PEOPLE Rex Jul 2013 #71

We moved from CA to OR to WA. BC was to be next but we got old. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #77

I live in Connecticut, and definitely Not, N/T Throckmorton Jul 2013 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author LumosMaxima Jul 2013 #79

Arkansas. I love it here. Seeking Serenity Jul 2013 #80

Heard great things about Arkansas. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #83

Lots of natural beauty. Seeking Serenity Jul 2013 #89

Beauty is the ticket. I love hunting, too. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #112

I used to be, but not so much now. musical_soul Jul 2013 #81

Born & raised in FL, live in Texas. Ashamed of neither. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #82

Well, maybe not "mostly". A minority. Or things would be better. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #109

So many are apathetic due to lack of a meaningful alternative. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #111

My two cents re: North Dakota Iceberg Louie Jul 2013 #84

I love Virginia, dgibby Jul 2013 #85

Not sure what you mean. The people? The gvt? Prevailing attitudes? uppityperson Jul 2013 #88

Washington State is an oasis. zeeland Jul 2013 #95

No, I am not ashamed. Lone_Star_Dem Jul 2013 #97

Not sure what state I'm considered living in tabbycat31 Jul 2013 #98

HELL YES, I live in kansas!! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #99

after I'm with grad school can not WAIT to leave GA bench scientist Jul 2013 #100

Other than Chris Christie, not at all. name not needed Jul 2013 #102

Hell no and actually none of the states I've lived in... Agschmid Jul 2013 #105

Not at all. I live in MA. smirkymonkey Jul 2013 #108