Posted on 11/03/2005 10:26:42 AM PST by texas_mrs
AUSTIN, Texas -- Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in Texas have a message for you: The proposition could mean trouble for marriage between a man and woman. With telephone calls, e-mails and Internet postings, gay rights activists and others opposed to Proposition 2 are spreading that idea as part of their longshot battle to derail the measure in Tuesday's election. The tactic has supporters of the same-sex marriage ban crying foul. It has opponents boasting that they may have a chance at defeating the measure _ in Texas, of all places, the conservative home state of President Bush. "We are making a horse race out of it for the first time in any state," said Glen Maxey, an openly gay former legislator directing the opposition group No Nonsense in November. It argues the ban could interfere with all marriages. Eighteen states have approved constitutional bans on same-sex marriage. Massachusetts is the only state that has legalized it, while Vermont and Connecticut allow civil unions between same-sex couples. In Texas, the latest round of recorded phone calls by opponents of the proposed ban on same-sex marriage led Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, whose comments were used in one, to issue a public statement Wednesday denouncing the calls as deceptive and false.
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I already voted against sodomite marriage. Early voting.
NO on Rump Ranger!
Texas Ping!!
It's good that they are making a "horse race" out of it because it's not much of a political race. He gotta be taking some industrial strength drugs if he really believes it's going to be even close.
People that have anal sex then oral sex and ingest human feces as a way of life should be able to get married. They are just like everyone else. Really. /s off
Two guys getting married and adopting little boys...
....Awwww,ain`t that sweet ! ?
Won't make any difference what the VOTE is, the activists already have the lawsuit prepared and will shop it to a GAY FRIENDLY court. Why vote, until the courts get "righted".
Me too. I was the only voter there.
How has the infusion of so many Catholic Mexicans into Texas affected legislation such as this? Surely the great majority are pro-family.
....Awwww,ain`t that sweet ! ?
Don't they make a lovely couple? Especially the man in the dress.....
If the feces thing is your issue, is it okay for lesbians to marry then?
Ping.
Here in Walker County the total off election number is only a little over 1,000.
When I voted today they already had over 1,000 voting.
I voted yes on 2, 4 and 7.
The content is not so great, but the proof reading is worse.
There's a typo:
"interpreted as invalidate man-woman marriage."
Fudge packers and kitty lickers, get out and vote.
This story is a perfect case in point of selective media use of polls. I'm willing to bet that poll numbers show this proposal passing with big numbers, yet no polls are cited in this story so that the impression can be conveyed, however briefly, that there is a question re. whether it will pass.
All total b.s. to give the lib argument a chance to have some media play.
This is where bias comes in. The filters are applied differently for individual stories.
If the liberal side was winning substantively in this kind of a contest, this story would not be written for the "underdog" conservatives.
Steaming pile of crap journalism 101.
Although viewpoints differ as to what human dignity demands for each person and what constitutes unjust discrimination, the language of Proposition 2's second clause opens the door wide for possible abuse. We are deeply concerned that this amendment will lead to discrimination.
We fervently hope all people of good will enter into ongoing dialogue with a diversity of families, including gay and lesbian families, about their lived faith experience.
Vote against Proposition 2.
Commentary: Concerned Catholics air their uneasiness about Proposition 2
The above is from an editorial that appeared in this morning's San Antonio Express-News. The author's concern is that Prop. 2 will limit civil unions and domestic partnerships.
Being that the Hispanic population in Californication voted against gay marriage by a larger ratio than the Anglos, I should expect that the same demographic in Texas would vote "no" on this instead of "si." The exception being Felipe, a hairdresser in Westheimer.
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