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I still shock myself with how very disappointed I can get.  It really shouldn’t be surprising or unexpected by this point.  I guess I just forgot that in the ways Oregon is wonderful, it also sucks.  Oregon has these things called Citizen Initiated Petitions…which can be great…but can also, again, suck.  Basically, even though the Domestic Partnership Bill passed legislature and was signed by the governor, the conservative right has filed an Initiative Petition – where they can go around and get enough signatures to force a state-wide vote on a bill passed.  And they will get enough signatures.  No doubt.  What does this mean for me? Well, we were already going to have to wait until Jan. 2008 before the bill came into effect.  Now we will have to wait, AT LEAST, until Nov. 2008, for the bill to be voted on.  Then we have to cross our fingers the majority of the state isn’t bigoted, hateful bastards who feel the need to go out of their way to take away other people’s future rights and freedoms. 

I was actually so excited about marrying Daphne…I’d started planning how I’d propose and the type of ring and…*cries*  I hate people.  Why are people so mean?  Seriously, why can’t people just live and let live?  Why do they have to be so concerned about what I’m doing?  Am I that important?  Do I truly affect them so much?  Argh!

Oregon State Legislature Republican Representative Dennis Richardson states in her blog: “A Tragic Week in Review:  This past week has been like no other. On Monday the world witnessed the tragedy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. On Tuesday Oregon witnessed the passage of Domestic Benefits for same-sex couples (HB 2007) and Civil Rights based on sexual orientation.”

You know, it is really f*cked up when my daily personal life is a tragic event lined up along side the worst school massacre in American history.  What a dumb bitch.

An account from a volunteer for Basic Rights – group that helped get this bill passed:

“Our offices were broken into during this campaign, and our membership contact list was stolen. A month after that, I was lured out of my home and some assholes broke in. They threw things around, stole our few things of value and vandalized the beautiful wood paneling we had just installed, writing things like "Die, dyke bitch" and crap like that. That wasn’t the really bad thing, though. When I came in the door and discovered the break-in, the first thing I saw, on the floor of my tiny living room was the male of my nesting pair of Call Ducks, Fred. His mate Ethel had been molested but got away. Fred was dying. His neck had been broken. I had to finish what they started, and then went into the toilet and puked my guts out. Fred had been so beautiful, a perfect miniature Mallard. Okay, crap, now I’m gonna cry again.”

How can people think that granting domestic partnership rights for same-sex couples is worse than killing an animal??!!  Are these people really God-fearing?  They are more heathen than I am, bastards.  And if it isn’t religion, what the hell is their bigoted issue?  Are they that bored and miserable with their own lives?