Re the election

I’ll have more — much more– to say later on, maybe not even today.  I have a big letting-off-steam post to get to, and I’ll probably work on it for a day or two before I post it.

So I’ll recap here quickly:

— I sat with my ballot for a long time before filling in the circle for Obama.  I broke a 28 year tradition of working against the two-party system, which I abhor, to vote for a major party Presidential candidate yesterday.  I second guessed myself all day. 

His victory speech made me glad I eventually decided to have faith that the character of the man might, in fact, transcend the evils of polarization and either/or.  (Yes, I wept.) Whatever the next four years bring, I will not regret the choice to honor faith and hope over logic for once in my life.

Good luck, Mr. President-elect.  You’re going to need it.

— In Massachusetts, all the ballot measures I wanted to pass passed.  This pleases me. 

— California:  wtf???  But I’m wondering:  can a state constitutional amendment a) be federally unconstitutional and b) negate established contract law?  If either of those is true, I wonder if the ban will stand, and if b) is challenged successfully, won’t the existing marriages be left intact?  I know that in Massachusetts when we were dealing with the effort to rescind gay marriage, it was made clear that contract law would have preserved the existing marriages regardless of the ban’s passing or not.  I’d look these up, but I’m off to work shortly. 

As I said, more later.

PS:  GotPoetry last night was quiet — 8 reader/listeners; we did a fun and interesting round robin on the porch because our stage had become a screen for election returns.  Back in force next week for Lea Deschenes, so please come back, k?

T