MadProfessah

It's interesting to think about the connections between the shared anniversary of the birth of the nation's greatest President, the birth of the man who formulated the the theory of evolution, the founding of the oldest and most respected civil rights organization and a day to acknowledge legalized state discrimination against same-sex couples who want to marry.

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness of the devastating impact that HIV and AIDS have had on Black people in America (and the World).

The final, certified vote tallies for the November 4 election were released on Saturday and the margin of victory for Proposition 8 increased slightly statewide in total number of votes to nearly 600k, with the Yes side exceeding 7 million votes for discrimination. In LA County the margin of victory of Prop 8 is down to a mere 2385 votes--50.04% to 49.96%)!