tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post4816120421546345434..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: Here's the thing about Prop 8 and other anti-gay discriminationOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-25691789561886613772008-11-12T20:34:00.000+03:302008-11-12T20:34:00.000+03:30I am so angry that the people in the culture I com...I am so angry that the people in the culture I come from gave so much to be so unloving, uncharitable, unchristlike. So much good could have been done in the world with their donations instead.<BR/><BR/>My husband ranted on this, on his blog, a few days back. http://utahpoet.blogspot.com/2008/11/mea-culpa.html<BR/><BR/>Now the line I've been hearing from the culture is that they are being The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-10605101080464975762008-11-10T19:14:00.000+03:302008-11-10T19:14:00.000+03:30New to your blog... Have you seen this?http://www...New to your blog... Have you seen this?<BR/><BR/>http://www.mormonsstoleourrights.com/<BR/><BR/>They're trying to take away Mormon's tax-exempt status. Apparently, "no organization, including a church, may qualify for IRC section 501(c)(3) status if a substantial part of its activities is attempting to influence legislation (commonly known as lobbying)."<BR/><BR/>It's fun to think about... I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-26159542215827617242008-11-08T23:25:00.000+03:302008-11-08T23:25:00.000+03:30Yay Orange! Another eloquent post about Prop 8. An...Yay Orange! Another eloquent post about Prop 8. And thanks for posting the info about the rally - we're planning on going!<BR/><BR/>Cheryl, Carrie, and IsaacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-35382907560991559122008-11-08T21:55:00.000+03:302008-11-08T21:55:00.000+03:30You're right, and I think after looking at the dem...You're right, and I think after looking at the demographics some more, the African-American vote wasn't the tipping factor - it was actually older voters (40+) who voted Yes in greater numbers. I saw some calculations (using some broad assumptions) showing that if black voters followed the same trend as white voters, it still could have passed, as they represented less than 7% of total voters.<BRMignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-37655138409034923272008-11-08T00:42:00.000+03:302008-11-08T00:42:00.000+03:30Mignon, I think ding was just writing from her bac...Mignon, I think ding was just writing from her background—she's black, she goes to church, and her dad's a minister. Straight people in that setting need to do the same thing straight people in other settings need to do—speak out in favor of equality.<BR/><BR/>In California, the bulk of Yes votes on Prop 8 still came from white people, didn't they?Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-143051650212232362008-11-08T00:31:00.000+03:302008-11-08T00:31:00.000+03:30I was just commenting on the same issue on a FB di...I was just commenting on the same issue on a FB discussion board. I don't have a well-prepared argument, but I don't think ding's is either. I like her comment that "straight people tanked equal rights in CA," but she spent a good part of her post discussing why people (and specific people of color) should have voted against prop 8. She wanted to leave race out of it, but she couldn't.<BR/><BR/>Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.com