ballot provisions redux
A brief rundown of the rest of what y'all voted on yesterday.
Ban same-sex marriage: 7/8 (Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin; Arizona's around 50/50, leaning towards "no" on the ban.)
Restrict affirmative action: 1/1 (Michigan)
"No" on recognizing domestic partnership: 1/1 (Colorado)
Establish English as official state language: 1/1 (Arizona; this brings the total number of states with English as official language to 27) Is it ironic that so many of the states with the ban are traditionally "states' rights" states? The framers resisted establishing an official language on the grounds that it would be an inappropriate control by government of people's individual liberties. Typical. Xenophobia always wins out over personal beliefs, doesn't it?
On the plus side?
Raise minimum wage - 6/6 (Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio) By the way, "The inflation-adjusted value of the minimum wage is 30% lower in 2006 than it was in 1979." And working full time on minimum wage earns you $10,712 annually.
"No" on abortion ban - 1/1 (South Dakota)
Ban same-sex marriage: 7/8 (Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin; Arizona's around 50/50, leaning towards "no" on the ban.)
Restrict affirmative action: 1/1 (Michigan)
"No" on recognizing domestic partnership: 1/1 (Colorado)
Establish English as official state language: 1/1 (Arizona; this brings the total number of states with English as official language to 27) Is it ironic that so many of the states with the ban are traditionally "states' rights" states? The framers resisted establishing an official language on the grounds that it would be an inappropriate control by government of people's individual liberties. Typical. Xenophobia always wins out over personal beliefs, doesn't it?
On the plus side?
Raise minimum wage - 6/6 (Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio) By the way, "The inflation-adjusted value of the minimum wage is 30% lower in 2006 than it was in 1979." And working full time on minimum wage earns you $10,712 annually.
"No" on abortion ban - 1/1 (South Dakota)
posted by stella at 9:23 AM
1 Comments:
We are so often a scary people. It used to amaze me that the whole world held up the cowboy as an American icon. I'd think, "What the hell are you talking about? Have you ever actually seen Americans?"
And then it became clear that we really are a nation of spittin' fools. Dammit.
-cK
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