Thank you, America! :D

[aeshna_uk]

It's been a very long night and, while the pub was fabulous until they switched the TV off at 2:45am, I've been to far less partisan pantos (though the cheering and booing at the TV was a LOT of fun)!!! ;) But it was all worth it in the end and it looks like, visas permitting, I might be getting to go to a country with a sane and educated leader. It's been a long time coming and the ride won't always be smooth, but I suddenly feel an awful lot more comfortable about things to come.

Not going to bed just yet - still watching things dribble in at the last and I've booked tomorrow off work. But I do feel oddly fuzzy about events across the Pond. Thank you to everybody who made that possible. :)

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[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Things are certainly looking a bit more optimistic now. I'm afraid that all the votes to ban gay marriage have rather taken the zing out of the result for me, though. Such a shame.

So only a muted vote of thanks from this little bit of the UK right now.

[aeshna_uk]

Yeah, found that out today - it's a bloody shame and just goes to show that there's still a lot way to go before everyone is considered equal.

Personally, I'd go for civil unions for all - gay, straight, whatever. Have a single secular legal declaration that settles next-of-kin rights, etc., and cuts out the religious side entirely. If people want a further observance of their union, religious or otherwise, then that can be organised as a separate thing (or organised around it). I'm an atheist and I do feel uncomfortable with the idea of other peoples' faiths legislating how I'm meant to live my life.... *grumbles*

Oh well, one step at a time, I guess....