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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Election Musings
Well, Election Day has come & gone, I hope you all voted (I did, and even got TWO stickers to prove it)! In general, the results are good for America, and bad for Idaho. I need to get out of this red state. I was happy to see that Democrats now have control of the House & Senate and especially happy that our first woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, will take over the reins in January. This is quite a victory considering Pelosi is considered to be one of the most liberal members of Congress (and she voted against going to war in Iraq). It seems that she's willing to compromise and get things done, and hopefully she'll be a great leader. I'm glad there will finally be a little bit of change on Capitol Hill, and I have high expectations for the Democrats. However, I'm not a Democrat and I see them only as the lesser of two evils, but I suppose less bad is good, and hopefully we'll be going in a different direction. I'm surprised how long it took the American people to come around and realize that most of the Republicans and the current administration are going down the wrong path, hopefully we can turn that around a bit in the next two years.
I say the election was bad for Idaho for several reasons. One is that Butch Otter (the Republican, surprise surprise) was elected as Governor. He doesn't have the best record (he's had a DUI conviction and an EPA Complaint for violating the Clean Water Act on wetlands near the Boise River, among other things). Otter is a die-hard Republican, which is probably why this die-hard Republican state elected him. Even though I'm in one of the "bluest" counties in the state, I definitely need to get outta here!
The election results spelled trouble for Idaho in many ways, most notably the passage of HJR-2, an amendment to the State Constitution that will ban gay marriage.
Shall Article III, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by the addition of a new Section 28, to provide that a marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state?
Idaho voted yes. Which means not only are any sort of civil unions allowed for homosexuals in this state, but a legal marriage between a man & a woman is the only type of union recognized — so it affects other non-married couples like my boyfriend and I, who live together and have been together for years, but now won't have any of the rights afforded to "officially" married couples. So, I'm ashamed of my state, but proud of my country, for voting for change.
Let's hope change actually comes, our foreign policy is made a little more sane, the environment stops getting so ignored & abused for the sake of profit, and our civil liberties are protected. I've got high hopes, now it's up to the Democrats to make change happen. My fingers are crossed.
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