Posted on 11/18/2008 6:23:14 PM PST by goldstategop
As reaction to the vote on Proposition 8 continues, reasonable people have a right to ask whether some of the tactics of same-sex marriage supporters will provoke another backlash.
People are free to protest, but at best, or worst depending on how you see this volatile issue, gay-rights supporters who are engaging in some questionable tactics risk alienating people in the middle who may have been considering changing their positions.
The positions of both sides are more than clear. Gay-rights advocates not only want California courts to toss out the Yes on 8 vote from the Nov. 4 election, but in some cases are targeting supporters of the measure and publicizing, mainly using the Internet, the names of people who gave money to the measure.
In one well-publicized incident, the director of a Sacramento musical theater group was hounded from his position after it was revealed he supported Proposition 8.
In other cases, churches have been picketed by same-sex marriage proponents, who are accusing people who voted for 8 of being hate-filled homophobes and are likening their support to segregationists who opposed civil rights for blacks - an over-the-top reaction that will just inflame this debate. ....
Would such an idea ever gain traction? Probably not now. Same-sex marriage proponents need to realize, however, they are unlikely to get many churches and congregations to change their minds, especially not with picket lines and inflammatory signs, much less calls for boycotts and "outing" Yes on 8 supporters. Will they also target blacks, who voted yes on the measure by about a 70-30 percent margin, and President-elect Barack Obama, who also has said he does not favor same-sex marriage?
Harassing and threatening opponents is no way to build support for equal treatment under the law.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I can’t figure out why they don’t just wait patiently until Obama and his Dem majority will take care of this pesky little marriage matter.
It is called RAPE! NO is NO!
Will ignoring them make ‘em go away?
down devil
Gee, ‘ya think?
All they got was a mention from LAPD Chief Bratton. He said that some police who could have been used to help in the fire stricken areas had to remain downtown to monitor the "gay thing".
Of course it will take more than a few wildfires to keep Gloria Allred off the TV.
In the incident where the woman with the cross was assulted, the faggot stomping on the cross looked like a 5 year old having a hissy fit.
Not a chance.Their evil is a pestilence that insists on getting in your face, invading your home,and destroying your soul and mind! It must be fought with our entire being!
They have equal treatment. They can do exactly what everyone else in the country can do when it comes to marriage.
Edmund Burke was a libertarian? Interesting. I didn’t realize that.
See I thought this was a nation of equality.Homosexuals are just as American as straight people. Their mission is to NOT force their lifestyle upon the rest of America, Their mission is to be treated equal.
Does the gay crowd assume threatening the straight moderates will scare them into submission, forcing their hand for a resounding endorsement?
I’m more afraid of the Downey bear than of any homosexual; the fact the MSM has the nerve to call them “gay riots” or “protests” is wrong... they’re really “organized hissy-fits”
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“All they don’t have is the right to call their unholy union a “marriage.””
They have the right to get married. To get married to a person of the opposite sex. Just like every other American.
>Gay-rights advocates not only want California courts to toss out the Yes on 8 vote from the Nov. 4 election, but in some cases are targeting supporters of the measure and publicizing, mainly using the Internet, the names of people who gave money to the measure.
How is that not a terrorist act? How is it legal for them to harass and threaten someone for acting on their first amendment right to religion?
The protests against Prop. 8 have shown the how violent and tyrannical certain groups are - and have also led to raunchy jokes.
Personally, I think that giving politicians or the law the right to decide what is and isn't "a marriage" -- either direction-- is like casting pearls before swine. The ONLY thing that the State should be dealing with is purely the legal contract between two people, not deciding what "marriage" is or isn't. Defining "marriage" is the job of priests, rabbis, and ministers. It's not the State's job, nor should it even be up to a theocratic majority vote in something like this. It was for this reason, I voted "No" on 8.
On the other hand, I can't tell you how mad I still am over what the gay community did to that theater director. How he voted or what he supported politically in his private life, is none of anyone's business! And, if had gone the other direction with a bunch of straight people driving him out of his job because he gave money to the "No on 8" campaign, I would feel exactly the same way.
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