Proposition 8 Forces Focus On The Family Into Massive Layoffs

After spending over half a million dollars to help pass Proposition 8, banning gay marriage in California, James Dobson and Focus on the Family fires 202 workers.

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The Young Turks - Wanda Sykes Speaks Out Against Prop 8

I'm really glad more people are speaking out against the church sponsored hate campaigns and the desire of Mormon/Catholic leadership to break apart and destroy happy, successful gay/glbt families.
I'm really disgusted at what has been said and done by both churches.

They aren't preacher love, understanding, maybe "thou shall not judge", no they are pushing hate and bigotry.

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Gay-rights Vigil at 'Milk' Premiere

Gay-rights activists held a candlelight vigil for Harvey Milk at the premiere of director Gus Van Sant's biopic about his political life, starring Sean Penn. Milk, who was openly homosexual, was assassinated in 1978.

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Expert- Lawyers 'all over the place' on constitutionality of Prop. 8

I still don't understand the hatred towards gays in this country and the church establishment.
I for one, believe gay couples deserve the same benefits and rights as their hetero counterparts.

The haters, in both the Mormon church and the Catholic church spent millions trying to defeat proposition 8.

Because you see, it's more Godly to spend people's donated money to stop the spread of "teh Gay" then feed the hungry or educate the poor.
I'm glad the big-money churches here in America have their priorities straight. (sarcasm)

I for one having several gay and bi friends will be glad when the lawyers rip this thing apart on constitutional grounds and finally set things right.
This is supposed to be America, land of the free, home of the brave, not the land of the "everyone has rights" but gay people.

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San Diego Mayor Stands Up For Marriage Equality

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders discusses his personal journey to becoming a supporter of marriage equality.

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Prop 8 spokesman says defeating gays like defeating Hitler

This is from an official Prop 8 rally in Sacramento on 10/28. Brad Dacus, an official Prop 8 spokesperson is speaking.

Here's the transcript:

"There was another time in history when people, when the bell tolled. And the question was whether or not they were going to hear it. The time was during Nazi Germany with Adolf Hitler. You see he brought crowds of clergy together to assure them that he was going to look after the church. And one of the members, bold and courageous, Reverend Niemand (sp?) made his way to the front and (inaudible) said "Hitler, we are not concerned about the church. Jesus Christ will take care of the church. We are concerned about the soul of Germany." Embarrassed and chagrined, his peers quickly shuffled him to the back. And as they did Adolf Hitler said, "The soul of Germany, you can leave that to me." And they did, and because they did bombs did not only fall upon the nation of Germany, but also upon the church and their testimony to this very day. Let us not make that mistake folks. Let us hear the bell! Vote on Proposition 8!"

I knew it was only a matter of time till someone decided to Godwin the preposition 8 issue.
What is it with these church guys and pure, unadulterated hate?
I have read the bible, 2 times through.
I'd swear there was scriptures on the theme of "though shall not judge"
Did Jesus mean everyone included or the holier than thou crowd can take a pass?
Religious haters and hypocrites, the word is full of them, Ugh.

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Senator Feinstein: No on Prop 8

Looking straight at the camera, the Senator says:

"Proposition 8 would be a terrible mistake for California. It's about discrimination and we must always say NO to that."

Senator Feinstein joins the chorus of leaders across California who are calling on voters to reject this unfair initiative.

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Palin Supporter Wardrobe Malfunction

Karel WANTED to cut Sarah Palin some slack until one of her supporters goes all bigot at the end. As for Palin, we had to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, lipstick or no. But while Karel was talking about this and other ridiculous non stories a Palin supporter showed the "salt of the Earth" attitude and complete bigotry that dominates the McCain campaign. Homophobia seems to rear its head before Putin.

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When Matt Drudge tried to seduce David Brock?

(For the record, I'm not a gay basher. I just despise Gay Republican hypocrites who use lbgt as a way to stoke people's emotions for their political gain...)


From page 283 of David Brock’s book "Blinded By The Right"

Drudge picked me up at a friend’s house in the Hollywood Hills in his red Geo Metro, arriving with an impressive bouquet of yellow roses. Jesus, I thought, Drudge thinks we’re going on a date. After dinner at the famed West Hollywood restaurant Dan Tana’s, he suggested we go bar hopping along the gay strip on Santa Monica Boulevard, which Drudge navigated like a pro. … (Six months hence, I received the following e-mail message from Drudge, under the subject heading “XXX.” Drudge wrote: “Laura [Ingraham] spreading stuff about you and me being *F-ooops* buddies. I should only be so lucky. “)

Just goes to show that the many hardcore Republican gay haters like Matt Drudge are either in the closet or very openly gay themselves.
This seems to be a common theme among the Republican elite.

Drudge is part of the LBGT community.

Visit the LBGT, I mean Drudge report..

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The Face of Hate - Proposition 8

The Face of Proposition 8 from Theremina on Vimeo.


This footage was recorded 10/23/08 in Oakland, CA, on a public street corner near Lake Merritt.

I was on my way home from the Lakeshore district when I encountered this group of supporters of Prop 8. After turning my vidphone on, I was screamed at, physically intimidated and eventually attacked by one of the more aggressive sign-wavers.

Approx two dozen people were standing under the I-580, chanting "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" and "Mom and Dad, not Dad and Dad", etc. There were at least three counter-protesters present as well.

For several minutes prior to shooting this footage, I watched from a distance. One of the Prop 8 supporters lunged at a solitary man holding a "Vote No on Prop 8" sign. She didn't actually touch him, but she got right up in his face, screaming. She was loud enough that you could hear her several blocks away. As far as I could see, he hadn't provoked her in any way beyond the dissenting opinion stated on his sign. The man seemed to remain quiet and calm throughout. Witnessing this, I decided to turn on my phone's video application and approach.

Proponents of Prop 8 have gone to great lengths to try to deny the inherent fear, anger and bigotry fueling their camp's desire to ban gay marriage. However, these Prop 8 supporters (and many other protesters I've seen in recent weeks) were visibly enraged and screaming themselves hoarse in their righteous indignation over the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in the state of California.

Having documented this clash between fellow Oaklanders, I'm putting it online because I think it's important to convey to as many people as possible --supporters and dissenters alike--- just how irrational, hysterical and potentially dangerous the situation actually is. This is bigotry, blind rage and senseless hatred of the saddest kind.

Something to keep in mind: when I hit the record button, I hadn't said a single word to anyone, or interfered with the rally in any way. I stood a fair distance from all of the sign-wavers (remaining at least four feet away from all of them...until they approached me). But as soon as they noticed me filming them, I was greeted with curses and threats of violence. "Get that shit out of here. I'll knock it out of your hand." None of these folks knew me, yet they instantly knew they hated me.

Eventually, as you can see, some of the protesters surrounded me and began poking at me with their signs. Others, some of the most visibly angry and hysterical among them (apparently minors), hid their faces behind their banners while continuing to scream at passing traffic.

I asked the most aggressive woman (who was not underage) "are you afraid to be online?" She answered, "oh, no, they already videotaped me, but these kids don't want to be online, cause they're [unintelligible] loaded on a sexual perv profile and [unclear] look at my little cousins." Fair enough. I'm all for protecting the innocent. (Not that there's anything particularly innocent about shouting hate speech in public.)

"Go away, Nasty Nasty. Nasty, nasty, nasty, nasty."

The woman continued to poke at my face with her sign and call me "nasty." Genuinely disturbed by the complete lack of rational behavior I'd seen up to this point, wanting to look into her face and possibly connect on some level with her as a fellow human being, I pulled a corner of the sign down away from my eyes and asked "why are you calling me nasty?"

That's when she attacked, clawing, grabbing and then shoving. I didn't fight back; she was much bigger than me. Calling me a "nasty fucker" and threatening to kick my ass, she pried my phone out of my hand and tried to break it in half while her friends egged her on.

Please note that I never touched or threatened her in any way (unless you want to consider my pulling the edge of her sign out of eye-poking territory a threatening gesture).

As she grabbed at my phone, I stood there stunned, not really sure what to do. One of the counter-protesters (the woman who you see saying "No on Prop 8" towards the beginning of this clip) quickly intervened and calmed the attacking woman down enough that I felt safe enough to try to take my phone back. After a second or two of grappling, she let go and went back to screaming at cars from a lawn chair near the side of the road.

(Big love and gratitude to the kindly counter-protester who pleaded for calm. I don't think my phone would have survived without you!)

I stood there for another minute or two, checking the phone's applications for damage. One of the other sign-wavers, a teenage boy standing nearby, leaned over and whispered "fuck you, dyke."

Even though I wasn't hurt besides a small scratch on my hand, and my phone was okay, being attacked definitely shook me up. I was a bit tearful. Call me naive, but I never thought I'd actually be in physical danger just for shooting footage of their activity and pulling the edge of a person's sign out of my eyes. Verbal insults, sure. But attacked by an anti-gay activist? In one of the most queer-friendly neighborhoods in the bay area? Yikes.

The man holding the "Vote No" sign noticed that I was in tears and approached me. We hugged to a chorus of jeers, exchanged some reassuring words, and I turned to leave. Someone called after me: "keep crying, and keep walking."

And that's exactly what I did.

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Prop 8: Lies and Blackmail

This is how low they will go to try and take away fundamental rights of Californians.

Vote No on Prop 8!

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Ellen says Vote No on California Prop. 8

Watch the public service announcement Ellen made about CA Proposition 8.

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Documentary - I'm 80% Girl, 20% Boy

An interesting documentary I found about someone who is intersexed and trying to find their identity.

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