Good news, bad news

I said it on FB but I think it bears repeating:

I woke up this morning and was disappointed in my state. Thankfully, this afternoon, I am not disappointed in my president.

OBAMA: [A]t a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

As for NC, I know some of my defensiveness stems from the fact that it's mine, my home, and I love it so a lot of you fuckers can just shut up but the comments I've seen from people dismissing it as a backwater redneck hick state make me furious because not only is that a tremendous and unfair generalization, it's one that erases the existence of everyone in NC who has been fighting against Amendment 1, including those who would be affected by the amendment. It's more people than you think and they (we) are just as much part of NC as the bigots, as the (disappointingly) overwhelming majority who went out to vote this amendment to the state constitution. There is still a long way to go, but don't dismiss NC so easily because then you are dismissing the fight and those who are fighting it.

Anyway. Here's the Change.org petition against Amendment 1.

Hockey feelings another time.

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