Ashamed of Floridians' Votes

I'm talking about the constitutional amendments that were on the ballot. This subhead, from the miamiherald.com's article by Jack Dolan today, sums up why I'm ashamed:
Voters largely approved a constitutional ban on same-sex and domestic partnerships, but amendments to help local schools raise money and to strike racist language from state law failed. Click here to read the full article.

Personally, I think the Gay Marriage Ban is utterly ridiculous, not only because I am opposed to the beliefs at its core, but because it is, well...ridiculous! I have no patience for weak arguments, and if you aren't familiar with the reasoning that those in favor of Prop 2 have come up with, or if you don't think the reasoning is weak, please I like this sharp-tongued breakdown by a fellow blogger. But ultimately, I am more disturbed by the big picture the amendment votes paint of our state residents.
Sadly, I think that most people didn't research the propositions in advance, and when they were in the voting booth, they voted quickly, with gut reactions to what they could understand on the fly: "Alien Rights"? "Gay Marriage"? No way--'those people' are different from me, and I don't like to make the effort to get to know people who are different from me, much less allow them their rights! Now, marina owners? Well, I have a boat/aspire to have a boat so I'll help them out. And tax breaks for having hurricane shutters? I'll vote for that too, because I installed hurricane shutters after Katrina to protect all MY STUFF--those people in New Orleans probably lost their flat screen televisions, and all their other STUFF that they worked so hard to buy, and I didn't want that happening to me. Finally, it looks like they might want me to pay more in taxes to help community colleges...hmmm, well, I've already graduated from college/I make enough that my kids will go straight to a four-year college, so why on earth would I want to help the community colleges?"

The fact that Prop 8 (community college assistance) did not pass disturbs me just as much as the fact that Prop 2 did. Conservatives are fond of preaching the "give a man a fish/teach a man to fish" philosophy, but by denying the community colleges the opportunity to ask their localities for help through taxes, we are essentially denying much needed help to the institutions that are helping our most needy students "to fish."
Even worse--while many will hide behind religion to defend their vote in favor of Prop 2, the only thing I can come up with for a vote against Prop 8 is classic, shallow, sadly typical SELFISHNESS.