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   Dale Hopson said, about 1 year ago

   Obama WAS the election!

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   acellist said, about 1 year ago

   Just so glad to have lived long enough to see it and especially with my home state of VA in his pocket.

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   acellist, really!

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   Herbabee said, about 1 year ago

   Not to mention the redemption of Florida?! I mean, who’d-a thunk it??

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   MARLA STEVENS said, about 1 year ago

   The redemption of Florida? They just wrote my family out of their constitution. Not much redemption there.

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   MS meaning what?

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   Alexus_The_Great said, about 1 year ago

   It has been a very, very long time ago when America could listen to a wonderful and meaningful victory speech like Obama’s!!!

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   rmshortley said, about 1 year ago

   The right Kool Aid at the right time!!

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   alife said, about 1 year ago

   That’s what I feel with my ancestry :D

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    dtriedel said, about 1 year ago

    Florida banned same-sex marriage.

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    BfromBoston said, about 1 year ago

    Marla Stevens is probably referring to the constitutional ban on gay marriage that passed:

    Supporters of the Marriage Protection Act, as the amendment was called, said it is narrowly focused on defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It also invalidates any “legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof.” But that clause was meant to prevent Florida from adopting civil unions, as Vermont has, said Mathew Staver, dean of the Liberty University School of Law.

    The amendment would have no effect on domestic partnership because they are not the “substantial equivalent” of marriage, he said.

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/05/050259/na-florida-voters-ban-same-sex-marriage/news-metro/

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    BfromBoston, thanks for the info but MS bitterly labeling everyone in the same package doesn’t gain a lot of support. Steadly and competently present your case and it will come.

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    lalas said, about 1 year ago

    I love how “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” can be written OUT of The Constitution, for some. The definition of marriage may hold up in SCOTUS but the 2nd part about NO equivalent will not stand.

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    Obama Is Da Man said, about 1 year ago

    YAY PRESIDENT OBAMA!
    YOU ARE TH EMAN!

    HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!
    WE HAVE DEFEATED BUSH!
    WE HAVE ENDED RACISM!
    WE WILL END ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAQ!
    ALREADY THE WORLD LOVE US AGAIN!
    UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE HEERTW WE COME!
    KISS GLOBAL WARMING GOODBYE!

    I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE DEFEATED BUSH AND THE REPIGHS!
    AMERICA IS OURS NOW!

    MCSAME AND BUSH AND THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED AGAINST US ALL CAN SUK ON IT! RREMEMBER THAT I AM LAUGHING AT ALL OF YOU CRYING IN YOUR BEER TODAY AND WILL ALUGH AT YOU EVEN MORE ON TAX DAY!!

    OBAMA!
    YES WE DID!

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    IrishEddieOHara said, about 1 year ago

    What. No babies in that composite face of Obama????

    O! That’s right!! He’s killed them all.

    Well, too bad.

16. 

    spcons said, about 1 year ago

    Beautiful, evocative, and moving image. I think another Pulitzer may be in the stars.

17. 

    dtriedel said, about 1 year ago

    IEOH - time to find a nice quiet cave where you can hide from everything that irks you.

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    curiosity1 said, about 1 year ago

    Yep - and California which pushed Obama over the top pushed my family out of it’s constitution.

    I feel so proud of having supported the rights of all to be treated equally over the years regardless of the race, gender, religion, etc.

    African American voters in California supported writing discrimination into the Constitution 7 to 3.

    That make me feel really a part of the dream. Quietly whispered from the back of the new bus. I do HOPE that President Obama really does help affect CHANGE for ALL Americans.

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    Corosive Frog said, about 1 year ago

    Oui On Peut!!!Oui On Peut!!!

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    curiosity, why sit in the back of the bus? I seem to remember there was this “colored” lady in Birmingham, AL that said she’d had about enough a while back and started something.

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    mrocco6476 said, about 1 year ago

    I am proud to be an American. It is definitely time for a change. I am proud of the United States coming together for our COUNTRY not just for the rich!

22. 

    Jimathai said, about 1 year ago

    For the first time in my life Im proud of my country …… (no im not quoting michelle)

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    curiosity1 said, about 1 year ago

    Humph - I wasn’t sitting in the back of the bus. I’m out. I’m comfortable with my relationship and be open about it with others. I got married to the man I’ve loved for 14 years. A slim majority of voting Californians just pushed me to the back of the bus.

    Still a bit sore, but looking hopefully to redress from the courts. That is, after all, why they are there. To correct the legal and constitutional missteps of our municipalities, states, and federation.

    Thanks for the vote of encouragement :-)

    As a side note…has anyone seen polling results of how the LGBT community voted? Probably not, because nobody bothers to ASK in exit polls about a person’s sexuality. Think on what that means for a person’s position in society.

    Meanwhile Hooray for Pres. Elect Obama! :-)

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    curiosity, if you’ve been with your partner of over fourteen years your record beats a very large number of “straights”. Though I don’t share your preference I believe we have to respect others or we don’t respect our selves. Good luck and God bless.

25. 

    Elfriend said, about 1 year ago

    I heard on the radio this morning that, according to exit polls in California, 70 of the Latinos and African-Americans voted for Proposition 8. Interesting statistic.

26. 

    curiosity1 said, about 1 year ago

    Thanks Humph - I appreciate your response.

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    asjmb said, about 1 year ago

    Marla - Truly sorry about what my state did to your (and many other) family. Frankly I’m amazed Obama carried the state, but hopefully it’s a sign of things to come…