predictible, but sad

Texas has stood firmly on the side of bigotry tonight, right where we would expect it to stand. Nearly 70% of the people of this state voted to deny civil rights to homosexuals. Nearly 70% of the people of this state decided that churches cannot decide for themselves who can marry.

I think this will be looked on as one of the last gasps of a bigotry whose time has come and gone. The religious leaders who supported this will be looked upon with the same disdain as the religious leaders who supported the segregation of schools throughout the south.

There are some elections that go the other way that are easier to accept than others. This is a tough one because I don't see anything on the other side but simple meanness. I don't see any religious justification for this law. I don't see how this does anything positive whatsoever. It certainly sets civil rights back in this state.

We shall overcome. We shall overcome.

But tonight we shall just be sad.