The Freedom Bulletin

After my (appropriately) depressing post about the election yesterday, I thought I’d recap the few good decisions voters made. Yes, I said that America did the wrong thing on almost every choice, but “almost” is the key word. Here are the few things voters did right:

• It looks like Proposition 8 is going to pass in California! I’m very pleasantly surprised that a state with such a liberal reputation is actually trying to put an end to gay marriage. Marriage is not a right, and the voters have every right to ban it. I hope the state government doesn’t somehow try to overrule the people’s decision like Massachusetts did.
• Arizona and Florida approved resolutions to ban gay marriage, too.
• Nebraska voted to end affirmative action. This discriminatory practice is insulting and unfair to people of all races and genders.
• Washington voted to allow doctor-assisted suicide. Committing suicide does not hurt anyone and is not immoral, so there is no reason why people shouldn’t be allowed to do it if they choose to.
• Colorado rejected an amendment that would define “person” as “any human being from the moment of fertilization.” In philosophy, a person is defined as a rational, autonomous being. Fetuses (and babies, by the way) are therefore not persons, and to define them as such would be contrary to the rules of the English language.

The Supreme Court has struck down plans to use race as a factor in assigning students to public schools. It was a 5 to 4 decision, and Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. I agree with the Court’s decision. Forced integration is wrong, and so is anti-white dicscrimination, which is becoming all too common in today’s society. If anything, I think the Court should have made a less wishy-washy ruling – schools are still allowed to consider race to a limited extent in certain situations.

For the full story, see CNN.