I voted! It was a historical day in America. Either we will have the first black president, or we will have the oldest president & first female vice president in history. It was also a historical day for me because it was the first time I voted. I never voted before because I just simply didn't care. But this time I actually do care. I guess as you get older, you start caring about stuffs like this more.
For presidential candidates, I voted for Obama. We need change in America. I actually liked both Obama and McCain in the beginning. But McCain made a really bad choice on his vice president candidate. I also didn't like how he always attacked Obama instead of just talking about the issue. It's true that Obama doesn't have as much experience. But I believe he will do a good job making some changes in this country.
Another big issue in California is Prop 8. Prop 8 titled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. I voted NO. This proposition is about human rights in my opinion. You don't have to agree with same sex marriage, but you can't take away people's rights just because they are different. That is discrimination. Why can't homosexuals have the same right to get married as heterosexuals? This discrimination is just the same as discrimination for people's colors. Remember back in the days when the law made blacks to sit on the back of the bus? Or how they couldn't go into restaurants? Remember how women didn't have any rights simply becuase of their gender? And the law actually is going to ban some people's right to get married because their sexuality? Because they are different? I feel pretty strongly about this issue. And I firmly believe that in the eyes of the law, everybody should be equal.
