Voting on Equality Across America

Yes, today is November 3rd, and I would be lying if I told you I slept well last night.  There is a lot at steak today across the nation as the voters head to the polls to cast their votes.

In the forefront, we have Maine.  Maine’s legislature passed a marriage equality law back in may, which would allow gay and lesbian couples to take the plunge, but with the help of the Catholic Church, NOM and Stand for Marriage Maine, the law went is going up for public approval via a popular vote.

In the state of Michigan, the city of Kalamazoo passed an ordinance that would outlaw discrimination against LGBT citizens in employment and housing, but the city’s Christians who believe hate is OK, as long as it’s against the LGBT community has forced a popular vote on the ruling.

Then, in Washington, there’s Referendum 71.  The state’s legislature passed a “everything but marriage” law aimed at providing many of the same benefits to same-sex couples that married heterosexual couples take for granted.  But, dispelling the myth that somehow the struggle is based upon the word “marriage”, this too has gone up for a vote, proving that the religious right’s beef with the LGBT community is really about being “gay” not about a sacred “religious” institution between a man and a woman.

In other states, there are races for the governor’s and legislative seats.  Sarah Palin has even reared her ugly head and shoved her nose into Virginia’s political scene with a robocall urging people to vote for those Republican candidates that support that anti-gay, anti-health care reform agenda.

So, today is not about who’s going to lead our nation in The White House, but it is about change, and hopefully the results will demonstrate that attitudes and acceptance is changing and growing.

Stayed tuned to gayagenda.com for results as they come in!