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prop 8 and other sad sad LGTBQA news this 11/05

Submitted by Amber on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 4:15pm
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prop 8. oh it makes me so so sad in my heart. this though..."About 3 million absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be counted - so hopefully when everything is said and done, the numbers will turn around and the NOs will be in the majority."i mean it's so close but gay rights that do exist are just chipchipping away:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06ballot.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage5-2008nov05,0,6084637.story

http://perezhilton.com/2008-11-05-equality-is-not-for-all

then also so sad:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j92e9g5RVPEgCyREmVOEb37CC7LAD948ISVO2

and

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80108

From the Advocate:

LGBT Scorecard By Kerry Eleveldkerry.eleveld@planetoutinc.com -->

President: Americans elected Barack Obama, the most gay-friendly presidential candidate in this nation's history.

Proposition 8: Jury's still out on California's gay marriage ban. As of 4:25 a.m. PST, it was edging closer to passing, with 51.9% of people voting yes and 90.8% of precincts reporting, reports the San Jose Mercury News

Amendment 2: Florida constitutionally banned any institution approximating marriage, with 62% of the vote

Proposition 102: Arizona constitutionally banned same-sex marriage

Measure 1: Arkansas constitutionally banned any unmarriaed person from adopting children by a 57-43% vote

Jared Polis: Colorado voters made Polis the nation's first openly gay non-incumbent male candidate to win a congressional seat

Linda Ketner: South Carolina voters rejected the out lesbian's historic bid for a Congressional seat there 53-47%, according to the [Charleston] Post and Courier

Marilyn Musgrave: Rabidly homophobic Colorado Congresswoman and author of the Federal Marriage Amendment loses her congressional seat

New York state senate: Democrats pick up two seats to take control of the chamber, which opens the door for the state to potentially pass a gay marriage bill (New York's assembly has already passed a marriage legislation, Gov. David Paterson has indicated he would sign the bill into law)

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