Why are the "No on 9" protestors not protesting in black neighborhoods

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  1. maxiep

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    Oops. http://www.lectlaw.com/files/leg23.htm
     
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    Oops, indeed. I hadn't realized such a bigoted piece of legislature had been passed.

    "Thanks," I guess. Truly a wonderful country.
     
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    Yep, and Clinton signed it. What a disgrace.
     
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    Agreed.
     
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    hm, I stand corrected.
     
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    Well if it's all the same, then why don't we not discriminate, and pass a law that bans straight "marriage" (let the churches grant that title) and only allow civil unions for all?

    ...no shit that wouldn't pass, because it's not just a word. Words have meaning: connotation and semantic value. The argument that it's just a matter of words is horseshit.
     
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    I can live with that.
     
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    Then you've just approved gay marriage.
     
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    No I didn't. I don't think the term "marriage" should apply to two people of the same sex.
     
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    You didn't get my post. First of all, the statistic states that 70% of blacks who voted did so, not that 70% of blacks voted that way. There is a difference between blacks who voted and blacks in general. See?

    Unless you can show me that there are some concrete numbers (not percentages) your claim is silly. Protesting in black neighborhoods is a funny, but silly premise to begin with. :biglaugh:
     
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    Oh yes you did, because there are churches who will have gay marriages.
     
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    Oh. oh well, let them. Just don't ask me to recognize it as a marriage.
     
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    maybe they should. But publicly shaming/calling out the funder of a cause such as this is far more direct at addressing who is likely to be the main long term opponent on this issue... religious groups. Obviously addressing/educating the impoverished areas you're speaking of is no small task... not exactly middle america. I haven't looked at the numbers, but I'm guessing there was a larger then usual turnout among African Americans this last election? Cut the funding of this out and politically they're gaining ground on both fronts.

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    No offense, but I don't think it matters to anyone what you, personally, recognize as a marriage.

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  15. AgentDrazenPetrovic

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    I beg to differ.
     
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    You can beg all you want, but it doesn't matter what you consider a marriage or not.
     
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    The Mormons put 20 million dollars into the Yes on 8 cause.
     
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    The only way to protect the sanctity of marriage is to outlaw divorce and I think the No on 8 supporters should start such a proposition.
     
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    Why? How is a committeed relationship between two men be any different than a relationship between a man and a woman? I've been with my partner for 11 years. My straight brother and sister are "married" to their spouses. Why am I not "married"? What's the difference? Being gay isn't a choice. It's who I am. Why should my being gay mean that I have less rights than anyone else?
     
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    I say onto you good sir, but who cares what you do, as we are discussing legislature?
     
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