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Provided we also legalize same-sex marriage, this voting cycle will make me proud to be a Washington native.

by blackhole 14y ago

askimto 14y ago
Y'all also fell for another initiative from Tim Eyman.
- irollboozers 14y ago
  This was the only vote that didn't go my way, unfortunately.
- aaronbrethorst 14y ago
  Not sure why you're being downvoted. We always fall for Eyman initiatives, sadly. Eyman, for those who aren't from here, is the guy who keeps getting initiatives on the ballot that make our government as ineffective as California's.
- genwin 14y ago
  Why is a roadblock to higher taxes bad? As long as the current tax % is sufficient, I don't see why that % shouldn't be sustained indefinitely.
  - xxpor 14y ago
    The exact same thing keeps being struck down by the state Supreme Court nearly every year.
haberman 14y ago
I could not agree more!
EricDeb 14y ago
Yessir. Very proud to be from Olympia, WA at this moment
marssaxman 14y ago
Yep. Feeling really good about this election.
sharkweek 14y ago
Proud Seattleite here too -- both gay marriage and marijuana legalization; steps in the right direction in my opinion. Will be interesting to see how much authority the Feds take on 502 (marijuana). I know the WA state lawyers have been buffing up for a big Supreme Court fight; fascinating case incoming.
shrikant 14y ago
...and done. Referendum Measure No. 74 has passed! http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Measures-All.html http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Measures-All.html
- ozten 14y ago
  Easy tiger... I'm excited to pass r-74, but only 51% of the votes are in. We might not know until Friday. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/washington http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/washington
beatgammit 14y ago
Meh, not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision, but I do appreciate that this decision is being made at the state level instead of the national level. I too am proud to be a Washington native in this election, but mostly because of the public charter school system. Being a fiscal conservative, the national election, however, did not go as I had hoped. Seeing stocks drop like that was not the best news to wake up to.
- illuminate 14y ago
  "not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision ... Being a fiscal conservative" Not to argue with your beliefs, but why call yourself a "fiscal conservative" if you're also a social conservative? Generally people make the distinction only in the case that they do not apply religious mores to politics.
  - ht_th 14y ago
    Because there are other reasons to be against same-sex marriage laws. I am an advocate of a general marriage law, allowing two consenting adults to marry whatever their gender, race, age, and so on. However, I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that.
    - illuminate 14y ago
      How are they "two different laws"? The amended law IS the law. "I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that." The "law system" is meant to be adaptable. Simplicity is not to be prized over human rights. This seems to be an internalized moral argument masquerading as some sort of strange appeal. Which, again, is your personal opinion, but it is unnecessary to suggest that it is in the interest of society to avoid all "legal complications". The law can adapt to any complexities of reality.

Provided we also legalize same-sex marriage, this voting cycle will make me proud to be a Washington native.

askimto 14y ago

Y'all also fell for another initiative from Tim Eyman.

irollboozers 14y ago
This was the only vote that didn't go my way, unfortunately.
aaronbrethorst 14y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted. We always fall for Eyman initiatives, sadly. Eyman, for those who aren't from here, is the guy who keeps getting initiatives on the ballot that make our government as ineffective as California's.
genwin 14y ago
Why is a roadblock to higher taxes bad? As long as the current tax % is sufficient, I don't see why that % shouldn't be sustained indefinitely.
- xxpor 14y ago
  The exact same thing keeps being struck down by the state Supreme Court nearly every year.

haberman 14y ago

I could not agree more!

EricDeb 14y ago

Yessir. Very proud to be from Olympia, WA at this moment

marssaxman 14y ago

Yep. Feeling really good about this election.

sharkweek 14y ago

Proud Seattleite here too -- both gay marriage and marijuana legalization; steps in the right direction in my opinion. Will be interesting to see how much authority the Feds take on 502 (marijuana). I know the WA state lawyers have been buffing up for a big Supreme Court fight; fascinating case incoming.

shrikant 14y ago

...and done. Referendum Measure No. 74 has passed! http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Measures-All.html http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Measures-All.html

ozten 14y ago
Easy tiger... I'm excited to pass r-74, but only 51% of the votes are in. We might not know until Friday. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/washington http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/washington

beatgammit 14y ago

Meh, not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision, but I do appreciate that this decision is being made at the state level instead of the national level. I too am proud to be a Washington native in this election, but mostly because of the public charter school system. Being a fiscal conservative, the national election, however, did not go as I had hoped. Seeing stocks drop like that was not the best news to wake up to.

illuminate 14y ago
"not too happy about the same-sex marriage decision ... Being a fiscal conservative" Not to argue with your beliefs, but why call yourself a "fiscal conservative" if you're also a social conservative? Generally people make the distinction only in the case that they do not apply religious mores to politics.
- ht_th 14y ago
  Because there are other reasons to be against same-sex marriage laws. I am an advocate of a general marriage law, allowing two consenting adults to marry whatever their gender, race, age, and so on. However, I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    How are they "two different laws"? The amended law IS the law. "I don't think it is a good idea to have two different laws for the same thing, marriage, as it makes the law-system more messy, difficult to maintain, opening up all possibilities of treatment differences, and so on. I prefer to have the law system as simple and clear as possible and amending laws or adding laws to cover all kinds of exceptions is detrimental to that." The "law system" is meant to be adaptable. Simplicity is not to be prized over human rights. This seems to be an internalized moral argument masquerading as some sort of strange appeal. Which, again, is your personal opinion, but it is unnecessary to suggest that it is in the interest of society to avoid all "legal complications". The law can adapt to any complexities of reality.