Looks like the repeal for Prop 8 peeps couldn't get their shit together enough to get the repeal for Prop 8 going. It has been announced that the repeal of Prop 8 won't be on the November ballot because the petition failed to receive the amount of signatures needed. In order to qualify, there needed to be 694,000 signatures. Representatives didn’t say how many they got, but they obviously didn’t get anywhere near this number because they won’t say anything. I think it has something to do with the fact that the only way to sign this petition was via the internet. Yeah people are online all the time, but there should have been some face-to-face community outreach or texting or something. If they can get money for Haiti, they can get signatures for gay marriage! Looks like we need to try again for November 2012.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Will You Marry Me?
Looks like the repeal for Prop 8 peeps couldn't get their shit together enough to get the repeal for Prop 8 going. It has been announced that the repeal of Prop 8 won't be on the November ballot because the petition failed to receive the amount of signatures needed. In order to qualify, there needed to be 694,000 signatures. Representatives didn’t say how many they got, but they obviously didn’t get anywhere near this number because they won’t say anything. I think it has something to do with the fact that the only way to sign this petition was via the internet. Yeah people are online all the time, but there should have been some face-to-face community outreach or texting or something. If they can get money for Haiti, they can get signatures for gay marriage! Looks like we need to try again for November 2012.
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I agree about the community outreach. I feel like we take our righteous indignation for granted here. Sure, I'm pissed that the repeal didn't get the steam it needed to be heard, but how angry can I truly be? I didn't sign the petition, so how can I be upset that it didn't make it? Of course, I didn't know about it either, but still. I think that we need to stop getting angry after our rights are denied and start getting involved in the fight to get them back.
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