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[oyceter]

I swear, bookblogging to come after this.

I'm still cautiously happy about the election results (Secret Service, please be awesome), but goddamn, I am so disappointed about Prop 8. Again, I don't think marriage should be the be-all-end-all of GLBT activism, but just... argh! Constitution change! Legal precedents! Taking away rights in the state constitution!

On a side note, if you're going to talk about API campaigners for Prop 8, please also take note of all the API groups that stood up against it as well.

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[oyceter]

I am touchy, even though it's not the main point (no, it's all the fault of black people OMG WOEZ @@)! Still, I'm just grumpy because I've been reading about more POC organizations signing on to No for Prop 8 and just... arrgh!

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

You have every right to be touchy about it, especially given the many posts I've seen complaining about the "Samoan protesters" and...urgh.

And I'm pissed about the POC organizations that were against Prop. 8 and how much the campaign ended up being a textbook "stuff white people like" situation.

My white lesbian roommate has all this amazing stuff to say about how marriage equality benefits POC and poor people (in terms of health care, survivor's benefits, tax benefits, etc. etc) and yet the mainstream LGBT movement keeps on presenting this as a "rich white gays get to spend lots of money on marriages" situation. GRGH.

[oyceter]

Yes, yes, what you said! The combination of the ignoring of the actual presence of POC within the campaign against 8 combined with the talk going around on how they caused 8 to be passed is just maddening! I mean, the entire situation and the "all non-racial minorities are white" assumption is just.. arrrgh.