CruelNUnsual -> RE: Prop 8 ruling makes me wanna kill people... (5/26/2009 7:12:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: CruelNUnsual What is significant about the 52/48 vote is not the margin, but the fact that it so widely missed Obama's vote totals...61% to McCains 37%. That makes it absolutely clear that it wasnt the "religious right" alone that passed prop 8. At least 15% of the people who voted for Obama felt strongly enough to switch off on a liberal issue, and not many religious right voted for Obama. Actually, if you followed this at all, it would quickly be apparent that that 4% gap was most likely filled with people like Mayor Willie Brown, who spoke about the need to protect same-gender individuals and households... and then told his constituency to vote "YES" on Prop 8. He -meant- to vote "NO", but the advertising for Prop 8 was designed to obfuscate, and more than a couple of experts contend that it was the confusing language of the prop + the heavy-handed propagandizing that laid the last marble in the bucket. For myself, I don't give a rat's ass. I have no intention of marrying again, even if same-gen does become nationally recognized, so it is completely irrelevant to me, except as proof that we are, in general, still bigoted, cruel, self-centered people who wouldn't know compassion or respect for others' right to live their private lives as they see if if it came up and bit us on the ass and tore out a chunk the size of Jersey. Dame Calla The advertising wasnt the least bit deceptive. Obama came out strongly against it (and btw the spread in the black vote in favor of prop 8 was what swung the 4% difference). Brown misspoke and corrected himself imnmediately. Also see my post above with the title of the summary of the prop in the voters brochure. You can try an rationalize its passage as much as you want, but the fact is it passed despite the "no" advertising outspending the "yes" advertising 2:1.
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