To the 320,000 people who stood up to the marriage amendment in TX

To those individuals in Texas who made a stand for civil liberties in the face of overwhelming opposition, thank you.

The large proportion of voters who approve the marriage amendments in the bible-belt often overshadows the fact that there are still thousands upon thousands of voters who oppose the amendments.

I'd like to dedicate a thread to these brave citizens.

BTW, I'm getting the figures form the Houston Chronicle, and the percentages are still fluctuating.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/3446405

I'm surprised cause the comp here at DU is fierce!

And vacation in Maine next summer.

Even more reason to thank them.

Thank you, DU Texans.

:applause:

(or maybe just in AUSTIN fer chrissake) got off their ass and voted today.... well, then, we'd still lose.

Living in the buy-bull belt, my vote could not conceivably ever make a difference in any election.

But that's why it's all that more commendable to vote anyway.
:thumbsup:

... appreciate your understanding that not all Texans are idiots :)

..who has been in a relationship with his partner for 21 years...it was an easy vote.

I'm sorry we weren't able to defeat it...but I'll go to sleep tonight knowing that I cast the right vote...

As I and many others opposed this and other expressed other unpopular positions...in the past

eventually we will be vindicated,,,

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You damn near thank each and every one of us in person.

...Kansas being Kansas again.

I think, in some ways....we could actually spin it.

The ONLY thing they won on, the ONLY thing that they give a enough of a shit about to actually vote is to peek into people's bedrooms.

To try and defeat the bigotry.

Same with my husband.

Same with many of my friends.

I wish it were different.

:cry:

But the tiny resistance movement put up by No Nonsense in November apparently proved to be no match for the thousands of churches across Texas.

And let's not forget what our governor told Texas gays, and I paraphrase: "If they don't like the laws here, they're free to leave."

Disgusting. I'm not too happy right now.

at 37% precincts reported.

That might even out the vote.

Lived in Dallas for 5 years and Austin for 1. I really don't get it. Texas is Beers, Steers, and Queers. I've met FAR for gay folks in Dallas than in all of New Jersey.

Oh, yeah, right, it's those POLITICAL CHURCHES, I mean RIGHTWING REEDUCATION CAMPS, I mean churches.

from the redneck areas in Texas to get away from them. I like Oak Lawn, it's fun.

The local news just broadcasted live from a church full of screaming people waving signs gloating over their victory. x(

I know how that hurts.

:(

x(

I walked, talked and hosted gatherings. I felt like I was running for office.

My county voted 3,270 yes to 806 NO!

33.5% voter turn out. I can't help feeling that over half the people who told me they would vote no didn't even show up.

They can threaten an anti-war church with it's non-exempt status, but come out in favor of bigotry and hatred, and you're just fine.

People talk about how friendly the people are here in Texas, but in reality it's all a freaking facade. If you're gay, or a minority or a democrat, they'll be nice to your face, but run you down behind your back.

Yeah, I'm a little pissed off and bitter tonight. I didn't expect a different result, but still...we've legalized hatred and put it in our constitution.

I just wanted a better showing. Okay, that's not true, I wanted to kick 'em in the teeth. But what I was expecting was a better showing.

Yes, we've just put hatred in the Texas constitution. I hope they're proud of themselves, I really do.

They feel as though they have defended Gawd, 'Murka, Momma and apple pie.

:eyes:

When I'd ask how they planned to vote if they said for the ban, I asked them why. The number one answer was, "it's just wrong." When I would follow up with, why is it wrong to you; I couldn't get a straight answer. The more I pressed the more flustered they'd become. They couldn't defend their reasoning.

I did have one person who quoted Leviticus to me, I slapped them down with the fact that it also says men can't even look upon a woman who is menstruating. If they plan on taking that literally also then they were on their way to hell. :evilgrin:

Or worn clothes of unnatural fibers. :evilgrin:

...mensturation. I think I scared them. :shrug:

;)

I feel the same way; pissed off and bitter. The freaks voted to limit people's rights.

What a freaking joy.

mad mAd MAD i tell you...........this whole place is simply mad

but SOP for much of Texas

I'll be watching. :)

I voted, but it's not looking good. :-<

I had to stand in the line by myself and the man in front of me struck up a conversation. He was a very nice, down to earth African American, recently moved here from CA. I really enjoyed our conversation. When we got to the front, he pulled out what appeared to be a Christian crib sheet. Yes to prop 2, of course. What a let down.

I felt like a minnow in a sea of sharks. The churches sure now how to get their brainwashed congregants to the polls. They can even convince minorities to vote with the KKK.

I don't understand why people give a free pass to bigotry when it comes to gays and lesbians. Everyone says, "Oh, I don't have anything against them," but they can't vote against them fast enough.

Hey, at least I can go to bed at night knowing I did the right thing, like another poster on this thread said. Everybody who voted for this dispicable measure is high-fiving the ku klux klan.

a major election cycle year so that those creepy bigoted motherfuckers who drug their knuckles to the polls out of sheer bigotry were in the booths to vote for the worst candidates running for statewide office.

but I am so damn mad. This purely ideological amendment fixes nothing! Meanwhile Texas schools are still without funding, Texas environmental laws still in ruins, blah, blah, blah. People can be such idiots!

If you disagree with this disgusting result then make a pledge to yourself that you will not do any business in Texas.

Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah.

If you want I won't use my services anymore. :crazy:

If anyone wondered why I voted against the lamentable Amendment Two, it was because I was pro-family. Amendment Two did little or nothing to strengthen legally-recognized heterosexual families here in Texas against the financial strains that are wrecking so many marriages, and because I think that fidelity and monogamy ought to be modeled--because if allegedly "promiscuous" gays can (and do) demonstrate long-term commitments, there is less excuse for heterosexuals not to do likewise.

Plus, the thought of homosexual parents doesn't scare me very much.

Moreover, I also have the older, pre-Moral Majority definition of family. I have at least one gay cousin--he's a blood relative. That Kelly Shackleford person and his allies are not.

hubby and i are two of that whole

But, alas, not nearly enough.

be this lopsided.

You can keep an eye on it here:

http://www.wfaa.com/s/dws/includes/wfaa/05vote/race152.htm

oh lordy. and you know out of the blue today both of my boys schools, both of their teachers let their repug color show and both boys experienced a dem repug battle. eeeew.

i just hate it here at this moment. the more i thought what my sons 2nd grade teacher said the angrier i got and by time husband came home i was yelling.

i thought it would be a vote of 2, wink. actually may have been up here.

I can't even imagine voting any other way ~~ unfortunately, I am, and a whole lot of other decent people are, still in the minority.

know it is a lost cause. Thanks for your votes, they do matter even when you lose.

It sucks, but that's the way it goes.

We need support!!!

I VOTED NO TO ALL! This was also the first time I ever got to vote in person! woo-hoo!

She was pumped. She didn't get to vote in person, however.

Here's to both of you having a milestone! :toast:

Congrats!

I have always voted early absentee - first from college in Austin, then from the UK - in every election, but never in person. I was thinking of my gay friends tonight. I am proud.

I absolutely cannot fathom voting to deprive someone else of the right to marry. It's sick.

Why are the ignorant so afraid? What do they think will happen if they get near a "homo"?!!!!!

Why do the nazis seem to fear that gays getting married will somehow invalidate their own marriages?

And why do nazis think they have a right to vote upon what gays do? Would they like it if gays had the right to decide that heteros do?

like if two guys down the street get married, hubby and I automatically break up. ????

A lady at work said if allowed to marry, gays would be "coming out of the woodwork."

I'm still not clear on that....

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and we're proud to have voted against it.

"Many people in Texas want it to be its own country, and perhaps it should be."

Bowie County out of about 9500 votes. That blows :( Still, hats off to those who went against the bigoted tide and voted for basic human rights and dignity.