Baby steps were taken in Minnesota last night. A proposed amendment that would define marriage as one man and one woman was defeated, 52% to 48%. This does not legalize same sex marriage (sadly), but the first steps in the process have been taken. The people have spoken and they seem to be fine with same sex marriage, so let's be cool and get on the bandwagon. I just hope that Minnesota looks to the successes in Maine and Maryland as those two states voted on and passed same sex marriage laws last night. It is more historic than electing a black President...twice.
This is an important movement that I hope one day will sweep through the country. This is one of those movements that, looking back at it fifty years from now, I will talk about with children and grandchildren. It'll be a 'back in my day....' type stories. Something along the lines of this:
'Back in my day, closed minded douche nozzles wanted to prevent gay couples from getting married because they...well, it was a touchy subject because they would...well, there never was a good reason for the prevention of people getting married. Maybe because it was something different and people cannot always handle change. Yeah, I'll go with that. Now go get me a beer.'
And on another level, the voter I.D. law did not pass here. This law is not as serious as the same sex amendment in my opinion. Voter I.D. laws are weird. If you register to vote, which requires a photo I.D. why would you need to bring your I.D. with you to vote? There are arguments for the law that say it will prevent voter fraud. There are arguments against the law the say it keeps the poor and minorities from voting because they don't always have a photo I.D. I say voting places should have a security question chosen by the voter when they register, much like online sites have these days. That way, when you go out and vote, it'll still feel like you are on the internet despite being out in public.
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