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- Robin Aronson
- I write. I live in New York City. I have a husband and children. I worry, but I have fun worrying.
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- The Surrogate
- I Meant to Have the Soup
- Audio Books
- The Un-Skinny Holiday, Or That I Stood in Front of...
- Couch to 5K: Week 2 begins!
- The Knitting Thing
- All About Blogging
- Something I'd Like to Read
- Quinnipiac University Poll
- From Couch Potato to 5K
- My Brother, the Transition, and Me
- Bra-Jen-Lina: RIP
- Get the List
- Slouching Toward Thanksgiving
- Middlemarch
- The Bear and The Blog
- Re-Orienting
- Prop 8
- On a Personal Note
- Facebook and Random Patter
- Dreams From My Father
- Facing the Week
- One More Post-Election Reaction
- A Photo Album
- A Few Days Later
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on President-Elect Obama
- Well Said About McCain
- Just So You Know
- The Onion on The Election
- Worth Considering
- The President-Elect
- McCain's Concession
- Polling
- Let's Go Change the World
- Yes We Can!
- McCain the Remake, Part 2
- Kristol Meth, Part 7,028
- A Take on A Real Obama
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2 comments:
After one day of celebrating, I am already worried about the cohesiveness of the Obama coalition. Here in California, Prop 8 passed 52% to 48%, eliminating marriage rights for LGBT people. The elephant in the room is that LGBT Americans voted overwhelmingly for Obama, yet African Americans voted overwhelmingly for Prop 8. I look forward to the day when "In Our Lifetime" also applies to gay Americans.
http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/more_on_prop_8_1.php
I think the passage of Prop 8 is a travesty, but I also don't believe it's necessarily related to the Obama coalition. There is no doubt that LGBT deserves full and equal rights, but I believe this is a separate issue from the practical questions of an Obama government and subsequent elections.
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