Comments on: Hope Mingled with Despair http://mindbat.com/2008/11/hope-mingled-with-despair/ Tech, Text, and Tact Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: scribbler http://mindbat.com/2008/11/hope-mingled-with-despair/comment-page-1/#comment-27281 scribbler Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:18:24 +0000 http://mindbat.com/?p=69#comment-27281 I've heard the City Attorney of San Francisco is going to file suit against Prop 8, as will many of the 18,000 married gay couples in California. I can totally see the gay adoption ban passing in Arkansas. After all, interracial adoption was illegal there until 1996(!). Still, it's sad to see so many states taking steps backward. And: Obama really said he'd take down DOMA? I’ve heard the City Attorney of San Francisco is going to file suit against Prop 8, as will many of the 18,000 married gay couples in California.

I can totally see the gay adoption ban passing in Arkansas. After all, interracial adoption was illegal there until 1996(!). Still, it’s sad to see so many states taking steps backward.

And: Obama really said he’d take down DOMA?

]]> By: Laura http://mindbat.com/2008/11/hope-mingled-with-despair/comment-page-1/#comment-27280 Laura Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:54:18 +0000 http://mindbat.com/?p=69#comment-27280 I totally agree: it is so very awesome that Obama won, but all the gay marriage initiatives passing is so sad (including the one in Arkansas regarding adoption - WTF?). On the bright side: Obama has said he'll try to repeal the DOMA and it is easy to get propositions on the California ballot, so hopefully the California law will be repealed, or at least the Mormon church will be bankrupted having to fight for it every two years. Also, the democrats finally won a majority in both houses of the New York legislature, which bodes well for gay marriage here. I totally agree: it is so very awesome that Obama won, but all the gay marriage initiatives passing is so sad (including the one in Arkansas regarding adoption – WTF?).

On the bright side: Obama has said he’ll try to repeal the DOMA and it is easy to get propositions on the California ballot, so hopefully the California law will be repealed, or at least the Mormon church will be bankrupted having to fight for it every two years. Also, the democrats finally won a majority in both houses of the New York legislature, which bodes well for gay marriage here.

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