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Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

Freddie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:32:51 -0000

I was at the protest last night and heard something about a protest at the Mormon temple and in Sacramento on Sunday do you have any information as to what time and where to assemble.

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

Jered — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:57:40 -0000

San Francisco and other progressive cities should stop issuing all marriage licenses until prop 8 is struck down.

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8ishate — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:48:01 -0000

It is amazing to me same rhetoric and misinformatin the supporters of Prop 8 have been brain washed with. It is like a preprogrammed message...at the end of the day this is completely about Civil Rights, I am gay and I do not want to get married, but the idea that I could if I wanted to is the basis of what this Country was founded, to take away the Civil rights of any tax paying citizens in this country is wrong. I say as gays yes protest protest protest, but we are also a group with the most disposable income....hit them all where it counts, take the revenue away....money talks and we have it, be it small or large we have it in more disposable quantities than most....

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Michele — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:07:03 -0000

Is there more info on WHERE in San Jose its going to start and where? I'd love to take part.

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Bryan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:24:59 -0000

based on false information funded by the mormons. many of these people were uneducated, too.

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Bryan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:23:11 -0000

gay people are born that way. trust me, i worked for google and am attending northwestern university. what do you do?

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Ryan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:20:00 -0000

Thank you. I am glad that you do not propose hate crimes against a group that simply has different ideas. You would not be happy if they even suggested that about your group, even if it were sarcastic and metaphorical. Those of you that are attacking people who vote yes on 8 are just as bad as how you are trying to portray them. It's time for tolerance to be both ways.

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Leslie Lingrren — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:17 -0000

elia
As long as the state uses marriage as the term to describe the way benefits and rights are afforded legally to couples, all couples must be given equality. If you are alluding to the fact that you may just not like homosexuals, just say so, don't use marriage as a way of expressing hate.

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

KevinEvans — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:02:53 -0000

Since this obviously needs to be spelled out:

My comment about “burning bags of shit on doorsteps” was meant as sarcastic metaphor referencing the antiquated prank as a call to action & taking it directly to instigators.

For example: repealing tax-exempt status. “IF a tax-exempt institution gives to a political campaign, they lose their exempt status for the year of that election.”

I said nothing about attacking people or meant that any violent action be taken against anyone.

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

KevinEvans — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:46:21 -0000

John Kelly:

My comment about “burning bags of shit on doorsteps” was meant as sarcastic metaphor referencing the antiquated prank as a call to action & taking it directly to instigators.

For example: repealing tax-exempt status. “IF a tax-exempt institution gives to a political campaign, they lose their exempt status for the year of that election.”

I said nothing about attacking people.

Next time I will avoid writing anything sarcastic & metaphorical so I don’t confuse you.

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

John Kelly — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:29:55 -0000

Tell that to the League of Women Voters. Women's suffrage was voted on by men. The Voting Rights Act was passed by a mostly-white Congress. It took a lot of pressure from outside, but in the end it came down to votes.

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John Kelly — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:28:05 -0000

Elia, "marriage" means lifelong loving commitment. Are you seriously suggesting that any of Zsa Zsa Gabor's nine marriages deserve the name, but not the 50-year partnership between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon? Do you really think that a man and woman who reel half-plastered into a Las Vegas wedding chapel, get married by an Elvis impersonator, and are going to get divorced in a weekshould get to call themselves married, but not a pair of men who've been together through sickness and health, richer and poorer, better and worse for 30 years? Does that really make sense to you?

I've got nothing against genitals; I'm quite fond of my own and my wife's; but to make the difference between them the critical distinction between "marriage" and "some other union" seems ridiculous to me.

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No On 8 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:27:00 -0000

Marching in SF is like preaching to the choir. Most of us did vote NO on 8. However, its a good start and a good way to say its not over.
I know many people are angry, including myself. However, we should not be hating on anyone . . .then we are no better than they are.
We should be making a point about equal rights, not hate!!

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

John Kelly — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:15:44 -0000

KevinEvans and other Mormon-bashers -- do you really think burning a bag of shit on anyone's front porch is going to change his mind? If a Mormon burned a bag of shit on your porch would you go try and change your vote on Prop 8 to a "yes"?

I understand your anger -- I share it -- but attacking people is not going to change their minds.

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Stevenj — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:11:17 -0000

Why do you think of "gay" as a "lifestyle"? Do all you straight folks think of yourselves as having the same "lifestyle"? You and OJ Simpson and George Bush and Zsa Zsa Gabor? All have the same "lifestyle"? Gay and Lesbian are sexual orientations. And yes, gays and lesbians are a minority. We are a minority because we are not part of the majority.

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Rio — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:10:29 -0000

Civil Rights are never won at the voting booth because the majority will always triumph over the minority. Keep fighting and don't give up. The battle isn't over yet and it won't stop until it's won. LGBT are not just going to go away, as much as Christians and Mormons would like to turn their blind eyes away and believe.

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Ben Clark — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:05:44 -0000

I'm In Palm Spings , I will be going to the protest here

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EvanKevins — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:54:35 -0000

Why waste perfectly good fire on a bag of shit?

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barkerja — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:35:49 -0000

Damnit people, you're screwing up my plans for today. What is protesting really going to solve here? Nothing. And before you go bashing me, I voted against Prop 8.

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

Jack Lu — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:37:34 -0000

Does everyone realize that there were only about 300,000 Mormon voters who may have voted for Prop 8 (the number could have been lower since the total Mormon population in CA is only 700,000 and their activation rate is about 40%). There were millions of others who voted for this bill.

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Bboytrife — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:19:59 -0000

Funny thing is you need to protest at a lot of black churches. As a black person myself, with a Father who is Christian, I know first hand how core these religious beliefs are. I have arguments with my dad all the time over the Prejudice toward gays by the church. There is a strong anti-gay attitude that starts in the churches of black communities. The Presidential election brought out more black people then ever. Most of them voted for Prop 8. It's time to educate the people. Some like my father may never understand. But the younger people will.

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Unheard Minority — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:03:29 -0000

Lifestyles do not define a minority.

RIGHTS FOR SMOKERS!!!!!!!

oh and uhh...rapists...and NAMBLA!!!!

Re: San Francisco Protest March Against Prop. 8

KevinEvans — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:39:42 -0000

Time to burn bags of shit on the steps of Mormon temples & KOC halls!

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Kevin Bracken — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:44:56 -0000

I hope one of the three lawsuits that've been filed against Prop 8 actually succeeds.

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BV — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:44:43 -0000

I agree! We should be protesting at the Mormon Temple in Oakland!