Comments on: What Civil Rights Victory?

By: Hip-Shot:

Hip-Shot: — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:25:03 +0000

[...] turned out in record numbers to elect Barack Obama. In California, that record black vote has been blamed for ensuring passage of Prop 8, where 7 in 10 blacks voted in favor of a measure that bans gay [...]

By: Sarah Bender

Sarah Bender — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:28:32 +0000

As terrible as it is that these amendments passed, I don't think pointing fingers and placing discriminatory blame on any group of people is going to make the situation better. Just a thought.

By: Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:59:19 +0000

I like you Ms (or Mrs) Hess. Perhaps Mike will remember this in two years when there is another election (an election that won't have a president on the ballot I might add).

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:17:24 +0000

Historically, Libertarian voters who have overlapping allegiances to fussy anti-voting tirades and progressive ideologies don’t see refusing to vote against anti-gay measures while citing institutional homophobia as a moral hazard.

By: Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:58:13 +0000

The statement "Florida’s ban would have passed among white voters 60-40" isn't entirely accurate. FL's constitution requires that all amendments must pass with greater than 60% of the majority. So the proposition would not have passed at all.

This is a very disillusioning statistic and I find it hard to believe that a demographic that has been discriminated against would in turn do the same to someone else. Granted the ballot had worded the summary of the amendment in a way that was very misleading but I find it hard to believe such an overwhelming majority would have been confused by the summary.

My prayers go out to all my friends who will now be discriminated against by this amendment. I only hope that this atrocity is not permanent and that it does not spread to other areas in the nation.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:26:44 +0000

Short answer: Yes, We Can.

By: John

John — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:09:06 +0000

For so many years, I've been a big supporter of the Black Community, and their fights for equality, and discrimination against their group.

As a gay man, it will be very difficult for me to sincerely help the Black Community in their cause for total equality, knowing that a huge majority of their Community has thrown me and my group under the bus, by voting for Prop 8!

This leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth! I guess they are only against discrimination, if it is against their own kind!