referendums

With our glorious tree stump (seriously, listen to one of his speeches some time) announcing last year that Ireland will have it's referendum on allowing same sex marriage some time in the spring (I'm guessing May myself), all the nutjob christian groups are coming out the woodwork recently, as...

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/364016/group/homepage/ I think may be a signal that the tea dragger agenda isn't doing as well as the evil people who steer it want us to believe. ND is a "solid red" state on most if not all electoral projections, but if you can get this result there...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who recently appointed a gay man to the New Jersey Supreme court, has now come out in favor of a referendum on whether to legalize gay marriage. Although in the past, he vowed to veto gay marriage if passed, this would sort of take the issue out of his hands...

http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-11/muslim-advocacy-group-sues-over-okla-shariah-ban The measure passed 70% to 29%. The amendment's author, Sytate Senator Rex Duncan (R) said in June that "Oklahomans recognize that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles," and that this...

The prop that was gaining traction to legalize Marijuana in California isn't doing so well. Last report 57% voted No to legalize (20% returns so far) to 41% voting YES to do so. http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/politics/marijuana-global-warming-props-tracking-to-defeat-20101102

I've often thought it would be good if we (the populace of a modern state) voted on issues, relatively often (even kind of continuously), instead of what we do now, which is every four or five years having an expensive and largely meaningless festival of lies, advertising and ego projection that...

Not being an American, I perhaps have a skewed view of the US political system as favouring those with money over those without when it comes to the election process. (how much does one have to spend to get a shot at being president?) I'll admit to perhaps being wildly ill-informed, but I came...