Well, it's been a really hectic two weeks! Three days this week working with the kids on the No on 8 campaign; taking Monster to the vet on Monday for another test, since the last test was inconclusive; writing, giving and grading the second mid-terms in all my classes; finally getting used to taking on the additional class to cover for a friend who can no longer teach it. I was so happy yesterday when I had 1 hour free for lunch! Haven't had a break all week.

 

I'll be happy when the election is over. I'm like a CNN junky, hanging on every word, hashing and rehashing the polls and pundit's words, hoping that Obama will win this election. Our country desparately needs the hope and a Democrat in the Whitehouse. Our economy can't afford four more years of Republican laissez-faire economics. And, as Obama said in a rally the other night, when did caring about your neighbor become socialism? The Republicans have been redistributing wealth upwards for 8 years. It's time to say, "Enough is enough!"

 

The Catholic Church and the Mormons continue to sink huge sums of money into the California Proposition 8 campaign, just as they did in Hawai'i. They want to write their religious beliefs into our California constitution. I want to say to every heterosexual couple I know, "When do I get to vote on your marriage?" and "Whose rights are you planning to take away next?" Folks don't realize that it's a slippery slope to write discrimination into the constitution. Next thing we'll not let Hispanics, or Jews, or atheists or anyone we don't like get married. Last weekend, as co-clerk of my Meeting, I received a piece of mail that was really shocking. Addressed to the Pastor, it equated homosexuals with folks who practice child sacrifice. We see the race tightening because of the fear mongering and outright lies being spread by the Yes on 8 campaign. It's disheartening to see that truth of the fact that if you tell a lie often enough some folks will start believing it! That was the basis of the Nazi propaganda machine and listening to the "Yes on 8" folks is not far from hearing that next they'll want to take rights away from anyone who disagree with them. Remember that the pogram against Jews began by first taking away their rights.

 

So I'm really tired. However the election turns out, I'll be glad it's done so I can get some rest.

 

Until then, I continue to storm up the hill...