Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Nov 08
  

  George Gutekunst

  Politics_California

• 08 Nov 08
  

  latriviata

  The easy, dangerous explanation for this gap, and one already tossed around by some white gay liberals in the bitter aftermath, is that people of color are not so secretly homophobic. But a more complicated reckoning--one that takes into account both the

  usa lgbt politics race 2008election:prop8 from.delicious

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  Jeremy Smith
  • First, there's the matter of the Yes on 8 coalition's staggering disinformation campaign. Ad after ad told voters that without Prop 8, their churches would be forced to perform same-sex unions and be stripped of their tax-exempt status; that schools would teach their children to practice homosexuality; and, perhaps most effective, that a smiling Barack Obama had said, "I'm not in favor of gay marriage." This last bit went out in a flier by the Yes on 8 campaign, targeting black households.
• 06 Nov 08
  

  Miss Lily

  proposition_8 gay marriage

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  Jeremy Smith on 2008-11-08
  It's not about race; it's about disinformation.

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