Some mild gloating, and then I will shut up, too.

HIM (at some point very early in the count):  Obama is leading McCain by over 70% in Massachusetts!

ME:  Wow!

HIM:  That's because we are the smart state.  In fact, we should just change our official motto to "Massachusetts:  The Smart State."

ME:  Let's first see if we still have legal dog racing in the morning.

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I am proud (and very relieved) to discover that the proposition to illegalize dog racing for money in Massachusetts has finally passed.  Finally.

Yay.

For the whole story, including a very interesting map of how the vote went (there really are two Massachusettses, too), visit the Boston Globe online.  Their stuff won't be up for free forever, so don't wait too long.

Comments

[kathy a.]

i'm really disappointed that prop 8 passed in CA. glad that dog racing went away in your state.

[Sara]

It's truly horrifying to me that so many states passed laws like this on Tuesday. Esteemed correspondent Jana at Pilgrimsteps has some interesting insight into the Mormon Church's own part in this.

Here in Massachusetts (The Smart State), we are constantly having to fight this kind of measure ever getting on the ballot. Everyone I voted for at the state level on Tuesday is someone who has listened to the majority of constituents here and blocked it every time it's come up for a vote. Most of us here don't believe that other people's civil rights should be put up to a popular vote. We all either have the same constitutionally protected rights or we don't, regardless of what our neighbors might think.

It's my hope -- though I fear how this could go with Roberts in charge -- that there will be class action lawsuits, and that this very question will make it to the Supreme Court. Or I hope we can get a federal law safeguarding gay marriage. Gonna be a long road, though, and I am very sorry for everyone feeling the hate just now.

Meanwhile, our weather's not as nice as most of California's, but it is very pretty here, and we could always use more kind, committed, loving people in Massachusetts. Just sayin'. :)

[Kay Olson]

Most of us here don't believe that other people's civil rights should be put up to a popular vote. We all either have the same constitutionally protected rights or we don't, regardless of what our neighbors might think.

Exactly.