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dksuddeth · 11-08-2005, 06:31 PM

Today, like many other states, Texas has taken a severe turn for the worse. There were 9 propositions for Texans to vote on making amendments to the state constitution....banning gay marriage was prop 2. It has passed with 74% of the voters choosing to add discriminatory restrictions to the state constitution. 74% of the people in Texas have decided that its no longer appropriate to use the constitution as a restriction on government authority and instead have decided that the constitution should be a document that limits freedoms of the people according to ideology, bigotry, and prejudicial fears. Eventually I see the US constitution being used for the same thing, a restriction on peoples liberties and freedoms instead of the binding document limiting government, like what it was meant for.

A sad day indeed, and sadder still will it be in the future unless we can stop the BS divisiveness about who's right and who's wrong and realize that it takes many people to make this country work, not just a specific set of ideals.

11-08-2005, 06:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	A sad day for Texans Today, like many other states, Texas has taken a severe turn for the worse. There were 9 propositions for Texans to vote on making amendments to the state constitution....banning gay marriage was prop 2. It has passed with 74% of the voters choosing to add discriminatory restrictions to the state constitution. 74% of the people in Texas have decided that its no longer appropriate to use the constitution as a restriction on government authority and instead have decided that the constitution should be a document that limits freedoms of the people according to ideology, bigotry, and prejudicial fears. Eventually I see the US constitution being used for the same thing, a restriction on peoples liberties and freedoms instead of the binding document limiting government, like what it was meant for. A sad day indeed, and sadder still will it be in the future unless we can stop the BS divisiveness about who's right and who's wrong and realize that it takes many people to make this country work, not just a specific set of ideals. __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."