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This is a letter to the Arkansas Traveler I wrote concerning the homophobia of Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that was passed by a 57% majority in 2008. It disallows non-married couples (heterosexual and homosexual) from adopting children. Given the surplus of orphaned children in the state, the initiatives true motives are easy to spot. Also included is commentary on the shallowness of many Obama supporters.

So Obama won. Congratulations all you that clung to the cult of personality — the likes of which has not been seen since John F. Kennedy — with a lingering paternalistic altruism. To preface, I was not against Mr. Obama, but I was skeptical that Americans would vote in a black man. But now he is president elect, and fifty years ago blacks were taking fire hoses and fighting off the dogs for their civil rights; one hundred and fifty years ago, they were fighting for their basic freedoms. It is definitely a testament to how far we have come as a nation and I am proud… almost.

Ignored in this election is a matter far more important than being able to tell your grandchildren that you voted for the nation’s first black president. Proposed Initiative Act No. 1, voted in by a 57% majority, makes it effectively illegal for non-married couples or single people to adopt children. In a state with three times as many orphaned children as available homes, this issue is quite obviously not about the important of a “proper,” nuclear family for children who may never have a family at all. The homophobia surpassed undertone status. But discarding the fact that this legislation is a thinly veiled attack on homosexuality, it is simply more evidence of government intruding upon your liberties, controlling your private lives, and enforcing the will of the (slim) majority.

Yet, nobody seems to care. That is the true sadness of it all. After the hype surrounding Ron Paul earlier this year, one would think that young people everywhere would be furious that such a blatantly repressive act could even sniff the light of day, let alone be allowed on a ballot next to their new candidate, Barrack Obama. But it seems the older generations were correct. It was all a sham, a phony movement in a phony culture propped up by phony students pretending to care. When the Paul ship sailed they turned to the next popular movement.

And they sit high. Their candidate won. What else is there?

Being a cynic is becoming easier every day.