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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:42 AM Original message |
Minorities Fear Trend from California Gay Marriage Ban |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. (facepalm) File that under Things That Would Have Been Good To Consider BEFORE Voting. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. That tendency toward selfishness and majority bullying of minorities is what led to constitutions. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. The lesson ABSOLUTELY has to be relearned in every generation! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. I agree with you as to human rights, but that is not what led to Constitutions. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Yes and No - Yes for the obvious reasons, but No because the more |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. The article forces the conclusion that minority voters now regret |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Deleted message |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I think H8 is backfiring bigtime. The H8ers overreached and at the wrong moment. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Gawd I hope so! There does appear to have been a certain "waking of the sleeping gay giant"... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
91. I don't believe that. Most of the GLBT people I know don't believe that. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #91 |
127. Some people have decided that all white gay people are racist. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #127 |
142. fuck 'em. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. Please alert on post #44 then. Thank you. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. The alert button doesn't seem to work well when it's under |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. The mods deleted it. Thanks mods! |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. I don't know a single person who voted 'yes'. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. The reporting on H8 was sloppy as hell. Remember, the initial report was |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
109. I'm not entirely convinced this report.... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. really... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
84. But you know what? Think about that, too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Oh, of course! That IS the more important point. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Fantastic point. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
139. My girlfriend and I WARNED "friends" about this |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Breaks new ground? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It breaks new legal ground |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. An Interesting Twist Is That |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No they weren't. They're 6% of the population. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And the measure passed by far less than 6% |
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mystieus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The minority white vote still eclipse the majority black vote. get a clue and stop pointing fingers |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I am well aware of that. It does not excuse the too-late concern of AAs and Latinos. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. There is no "too late concern of AAs and Latinos". |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
93. The bigger point is that NOT ONE MEMBER OF A MINORITY should have voted yes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. It's not the bigger point, is it, when only the minority community |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #100 |
117. Please point to one post I've ever made singling out any minority group. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #117 |
148. We need to start alerting on the posts accusing all gay people of being racist. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. I did. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #148 |
152. Nobody accused all gay people of being racists |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. How about the too-late concern of NO on 8? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Thank you. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Hey, Babykins! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. The gay community was not as organized or as well funded as opponents of same gender marriage. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. So let's CHANGE THAT!!! NOW!!! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Why should we have to be? How would you like to have to defend your rights every year? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
111. Vigilance is the only guarantee of liberties and freedoms...for anyone. n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
94. About that last - I wonder if it's because there's the assumption that one minority group... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #94 |
138. It's a VERY faulty assumption, we humans being what we are. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #138 |
151. Great example, and a worthy point. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Facts and figures don't lie |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. Well, yes they do. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Actually, the Latino vote in favor was only slightly higher than the white vote in favor. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I sit corrected, thank you n/t |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
82. No problem. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. that six percent number - where did you get that? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
107. The black community makes up 6% of the entire state. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #107 |
126. Deleted sub-thread |
DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
115. Starting What Shit Again? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. The scapegoating shit |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #115 |
141. she ain't right |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Please... |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. so if the court fails to fix prop 8's consequences, then |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If Prop 8 stands, I'm all for that |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
85. Theoretically, yes. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. Tried to explain this to many deaf ears |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. All minorities *should* be afraid. |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. This has been a pattern for HOW many years now? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. NOW they are worried? Isn't it a bit late for that? n/t |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't see the proposition passing legal muster |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Can you imagine civil rights flipping back and forth, year by year, depending on the vote for ... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The vote probably wouldn't flip back and forth. It would trend in only one direction. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Was any other vote as close as the CA vote? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. I don't think so. You're right, California's could flip back and forth. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. Have there been lawsuits in those states challenging the validity of the amendment, though? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. No. I'm not a legal expert, but California is different because the right existed. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. I don't think there is plenty of precedent for the proposition that a Constitutional |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. I place the blame squarely at the "no on 8" campaign... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I don't know the monetary situation, but |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I'm not sure of the monetary situation either, |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. yes blame no on 8 for the willful choice of the christians who voted yes. way to go! nt |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I am not supporting people who voted yes on 8 |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
101. Yes, I think so, too. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. So it's our fault that preachers lied? What about their responsibility? |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. I'm not saying it's your fault at all. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #113 |
128. Thank you, because you realize that this could happen to anybody? |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #128 |
140. Yes. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. But BLACK persons said HOW DARE US to compare Gay Civil RIghts to "Civil Rights" struggles for |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Not all blacks are doing it and |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. No - just the 70 to 80% who voted that way. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. please provide a reference for that statistic |
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atimetocome (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
134. Here........ |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
88. I sure do hope you spew all that bile out of your system |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
96. Man, I remember - I started a thread about that which ended in a homophobe being banned. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
123. Wow, you must have superpowers. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Yeah, let's blame the victims. Way to go. |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. This is about a lesson for future elections |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. In one post you say you *blame* No on 8. Then a few posts later you say it's not about *blame*. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. So what do you suggest for the other forty states? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Even the ACLU did a beautifully flawed ad... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I can agree with you only a bit. First, I think the money was about even. Second, churches have |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
68. Yup, blame the victims |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
72. So it's my fault that a group of people took my rights away because I didn't defend it well enough? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
89. Why should ANY group have to DEFEND their inalienable rights? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
95. Sure, blame the victims instead of the BIGOTS who voted against our rights. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think this a real fear to be honest |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. So NOW they care about it becase of loss of THEIR rights, but still FUCK THE GAYS... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. I wouldn't worry |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. What makes you think people changed their minds in a couple of weeks? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. What about the other forty states that have codified laws against gay people? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
97. Yet those who voted yes voted against the rights of people who do not choose to be what they are. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. What everyone forgets is |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. What too many are all to willing to forget is that SOME minorities are more equal than OTHERS! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
78. I disagree with your approach. It's not a matter of us vs. them. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
81. This is what I keep saying. I would think that the Mormons in particular would realize. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
99. No - we wouldn't do it because we're not hateful bigots, unlike the majority of them. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
98. It's not the same - at least not regarding religion, which is a CHOSEN trait. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
41. I don't give a shit what color who was when they voted |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
79. That goes for every minority, and everyone is some kind of minority. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
86. That's mighty generous of you to overlook the undeserved attacks |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #86 |
125. thank you for noticing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. It was too easy to go there. Before the votes were even counted |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. actually there were two sides of that coin |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. LOL |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. That's why it's so essential we all work to support gay marriage ... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. It's essential that we all work for human rights for all. |
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prostock69 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. It's obvious that Propisition 8 was soley backed by |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
102. Hear, hear. |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. If a member of a minority voted against gay marriage, theydeserve the same |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. States can't vote to take away rights that are recognized by federal law! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. A lot of rights were only recognized by federal law since the 1960s. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. But they are recognized |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. The right of habeus corpus is no longer recognized in the United States. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #65 |
103. Federal law doesn't recognize GLBTer equality under the law. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. I know, but other rights are recognized by federal law, so they aren't comparable |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
90. This is exactly why not one single member of a minority group should have voted for it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #90 |
105. So, why are you lumping all minority voters together? |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. How are women a minority? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #114 |
124. You have to be fucking kidding me |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #114 |
130. You'd have to find a way to verify that "large percentage", wouldn't you. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #105 |
118. Show me where I did that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #118 |
129. Maybe that wasn't your intention but your second sentence seems to do that. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. No, you're not getting off that easy. Don't you DARE accuse me of bigotry and then run away. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #136 |
149. Please alert on the personal attacks and groundless accusations. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #90 |
106. Including Mormons? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. But aren't we discussing human beings...? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:49 AM Response to Reply #110 |
119. I expect them to be smarter in this day and age. My bad for believing the best in them! |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. . |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
108. Duh? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
135. Notice that that sign was posted in Lancaster, Ohio. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
121. NSS |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
122. They should have thought of that before voting for Prop 8. |
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rocktots (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
137. Didn't Blacks vote AGAINST gay marriage in droves? |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
145. Some Industrious Person |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
146. I'm thinking "CONservatives" |
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