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Election
Night
was
wonderful
for
me
–
mostly
because
I
did
not
learn
about
the
passing
of
Amendment
2
until
the
following
morning.
I
had
just
spent
over
3
months
campaigning
my
ass
off
for
Barack
Obama
and
victory
was
sweet.
I
went
door-to-door
canvassing
my
neighborhood,
I
wrote
blog
entries,
I
registered
over
200
new
voters
and
I
held
signs
for
Obama
out
on
the
street.
All
together,
I
estimate
that
I
gave
the
Barack
Obama
campaign
over
165
hours
of
my
time
and
most
of
my
focus.
I
am
the
President
of
the
Democratic
Student
Assembly
at
the
Art
Institutes
of
Fort
Lauderdale,
and
I
am
gay.
I
worked
with
most
of
the
campaign
staff
in
Fort
Lauderdale
and
we
have
been
instrumental
in
helping
to
get
Art
Institute
students
registered…
and
getting
out
the
Gay
vote.
I’m
not
trying
to
brag
here
–
I’m
just
explaining
my
deflation
factor
on
November
5th
when
CNN
announced
that
Amendment
2
had
passed
in
Florida,
Proposition
8
had
passed
in
California
and
it
was
all
because
of
“black
voters
newly
registered
by
the
Obama
campaign.”
The
evidence
for
this
harsh
accusation
was
CNN’s
own
exit
polls…which
revealed
that
65%
of
black
voters
had
voted
“Yes”
on
Amendment
2.
I
felt
so
betrayed
–
mostly
by
all
the
black
voters
that
I
had
been
registering
and
giving
encouragement
to
over
the
last
3
months.
How
could
this
happen?
Did
they
not
listen
to
Barack’s
message
of
diversity
and
acceptance?
I
quickly
sobered
from
my
disillusionment
when
I
took
a
closer
look
at
these
exit
polls
and
realized
that
not
only
CNN,
but
Fox,
MSNBC
and
CBS
were
all
basically
lying
to
us
in
a
concentrated
effort
to
blame
the
anti-gay
amendments
on
the
black
community.
Do
the
math:
CNN
says
that
4,755,000
people
voted
"Yes"
on
Amendment
2,
and
they
say
that
71%
of
Blacks
voted
"Yes"
on
the
Amendment.
But
black
voters
make
up
only
11%
of
the
electorate—approximately
523,000
people
in
this
election—and
71%
of
them
voting
“yes”
means
you
get
a
whopping
371,000
people.
That’s
8%
of
the
total
4.75
million
“yes”
votes.
That
paints
a
much
different
picture,
doesn’t
it?
Another
group
which
isn’t
getting
much
press
these
days
is
Jews
–
who
voted
in
a
strong
majority
against
both
Prop
8
and
Amendment
2
–
proving
once
again,
that
minorities
stick
together.
Shalom!
Here’s
another
CNN
exit
poll
statistic
that
isn’t
getting
much
coverage
among
the
pundits:
Obama
voters
as
a
whole
voted
57%
AGAINST
Amendment
2
in
Florida
while
McCain
voters
voted
81%
in
favor
of
the
anti-gay
legislation.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
need
to
place
blame
squarely
where
it’s
due
–
back
on
the
white,
rural,
Christian
conservative
Republicans
over
the
age
of
40,
whose
tyranny
put
this
measure
on
the
ballot
to
begin
with.
Do
not
let
the
media
conquer
us
with
division…even
if
the
lowest
blows
come
from
that
sexy
little
silver-haired
newscaster
we
all
admire
so
much.
There
is
a
subtle
conspiracy
between
the
media
and
its
Republican
advertisers
to
absolve
themselves
of
responsibility
when
things
get
out
of
hand.
A
constitutional
amendment
that
specifically
targets
gays
and
lesbians
is
definitely
out
of
hand,
and
it’s
right
out
of
the
Jim
Crow
playbook
–
Disenfranchisement
For
Dummies.
Governor
Charlie
Crist
supported
Amendment
2
and
needs
to
be
chastised
as
well.
We
have
a
new
President
whom,
thanks
to
a
majority
of
Florida
voters,
disagrees
with
our
Governor
on
Amendment
2.
As
we
work
to
reverse
this
hateful
act
of
discrimination
(by
whatever
means
necessary)
we
must
always
keep
in
mind
that
almost
3
million
concerned
Floridians
said
“No”
to
Amendment
2
and
meant
it.
My
new
campaign
motto
is
“Yes
We
Did…
and
we’ll
keep
doing
it
too!”
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