November 5 at 7:44 am
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"They show a narrow victory for marriage equality: 52 to 48. Every ethnic group supported marriage equality, except African-Americans, who voted overwhelmingly against extending to gay people the civil rights once denied them: a staggering 69 - 31 percent African-American margin against marriage equality. That's worse than even I expected. Whites, on the other hand, clearly rejected discrimination: 55 to 45 percent. Latinos were evenly split. But what matters, of course, is the margin of all the votes. It's still an exit poll, and those polls sometimes under-estimate anti-gay sentiment. So no assurance. But some provisional hope. If marriage endures in California, this debate is over - in America and the world.
Oh, and there was no gender gap. And a massive generation gap: the under-30s voted for marriage equality by 67 to 31 percent. The over 65s voted for discrimination by 57 - 43 percent." - Jason Toney
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I'm so disappointed. I'm so disappointed that on a day when the promise of America -- our right to vote, our right to be anything we dream and work hard to be -- was realized that we chose to increase discrimination and deny the civil rights of other citizens, many of whom share our skin color, our struggle, our journey. Boo. - Jason Toney
This is sad but I feel like it will happen eventually. We've got work to do. - AJ Kohn
@Jason Toney: I can't remember who it was, but I once read a quote by someone who said (and I paraphrase): "No one has a problem with homosexuals until they have to imagine what they do in the bed room." I'd add that I'd have a problem with what a lot of people do in their bed rooms. - Barry Wynn
This makes my heart so heavy. I'm having a hard time processing the elation and the heavy heartedness at the same time. Unfortunately the heavy heartedness is starting to win. I mean damn, just damn. - Michelle Jones
I have faith that we will get to where we need to be. Black churches and the Mormon church and their laser focus on this issue is troublesome but can be overcome. We have seen what the power of the people can be when motivated with a well run and focused political machine. - Jason Toney



