What bothered me about all of this is the fact that my wife and I couldn't really do anything. We moved from Springfield years ago, spent 4 years in a rural factory town in mid-Mo and we recently (within the last month) moved to Oregon. We are ok, but we both are concerned for or LGBT friends that still reside there. Especially our Trans* friends, most of which had recently came out to their workplaces and started HRT after the ordinance was originally passed. They are all now in fear for their homes, jobs, and arrest if they use their identified public restroom. I have been attempting to do damage control this evening and I'm thoroughly wiped out, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I'm soon going to be headed to bed. Oh, by the way, when I first posted this thread I think it was around 7pm my time zone and 9pm theirs, when the precincts started reporting. Oh, and another thing...around 80% ( I think it is higher) of the polling places were churches. Most of which were in favor of the repeal. The local NO repeal campaign is considering bringing up that fact as well as the voting violations of having YES repeal literature everywhere in too close proximity to the polling place. Hopefully the vote will get thrown out an a technicality.
