My happiness about Obama is tempered by Prop 8.

Yes, Obama won. And I am happy about that.

But the fact that bigots voted against the marriages of my friends upsets me.

Nonetheless, freedom and justice WILL prevail. The passage of Proposition 8 was a defeat for justice, equality, and freedom. But that defeat will not stand. Truth and right cannot be held down for long, not when good people work for it. And good people will continue to work for it, and my friends' marriages will be soon celebrated as legal and binding.

Massachusetts Question 1 got curb-stomped

So that ballot measure to repeal the income tax, gutting our state budget?

Defeated by more than 2-to-1.

This not only crushed the measure, but may have totally destroyed the Libertarian brand in Massachusetts.

I'm a little ambivalent about that. Like I said, I'm terrified by the idea of Libertarians getting power -- but I do think that, on some issues, they're a useful voice.

However, since decriminalization of marijuana passed almost as decisively as Question 1 failed, it looks like my fellow Massachusetts citizens largely agree with me about the parts of libertarianism which are good, and the parts which are not.

On why I imagine people who are against gay marriage are against it:

Underneath the following cut tag are concepts which many people on my friends list may find offensive.

But who I'd REALLY like to hear from are people who ARE against gay marriage.

I'd like to put together an argument which, I suspect, may be a reason why people are against gay marriage. This is not an argument which I believe; rather, it is an argument which I can imagine which leads to the same conclusions that I perceive among people who are against gay marriage.

What I'd really love is if people who are against gay marriage would let me know if this argument is close to how you feel.

Anonymous commenting is on, and IP tracking is off. And I'm going to do something which I NEVER do on my LJ: if anyone gets nasty against people, I'm going to delete comments. I'm inviting people to say things which actually, in a real sense, are personal attacks against other people on my friends list.

In other words, if this works the way I hope it will, griffen, you, among other people, are not going to want to read it.
( The argument I can imagine. )

So -- people who are against gay marriage? Is this somewhat similar to how you think about it?