42%

Congratulations to Oregon, Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Guam for passing their Marijuana initiatives. Slumbering Americans are awakening from the lies that have been spread for over the past 70 years.

However, Tuesday night was a disappointment in Florida. Amendment 2 needed 60% of the vote to pass, it only received 58%. The Vote No on 2 crowd erupted into ecstasy, claiming that this was going to turn the tide against marijuana legalization in the United States.

Something happened that night which turned their celebration into a Pyrrhic one. Amendment 2 received more votes than Governor Rick Scott. The same for Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam; the vote had crossed racial, religious, and party lines. Conservative talk show hosts picked up on this Wednesday morning, much to the chagrin of the No crowd. The vote was heard in Tallahassee, there’s little doubt across Florida that marijuana will be passed in 2016.

Keep the faith, 42 percent is bound to hurt. Plus Christians, I’m one, can’t conveniently keep forgetting things they’ve been taught, like love and compassion. Some of them will become outraged when they learn that their leaders didn’t tell them the movement was backed by a casino magnate and their spokesperson is a doctor that performs abortions.

In closing this was the last election I voted as a Republican. 2016 I will either vote Independent or Libertarian.