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Enough is Enough – The Fallout From The Gay Marriage Vote

November 17, 2008November 17, 2008 John Amendment 2, Civil Rights, Equality Florida, HRC, Kevin Beckner, Linda Saul-Sena, Marriage, Proposition 8, Stop the H8, Undo 2

Maybe, finally gay people have decided that enough is enough when it comes to having second-class citizenship foisted upon us by krazy kristian kooks. Across the country Saturday were a series of rallies decrying the enactment of three marriage amendments on election day which enshrine discrimination in the Constitutions of Florida, Arizona and California. As angry as we may all be, we should not be surprised at the outcome. There is no leadership within the gay community, and practically no community left anyways. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has become a parody, and while I respect the work done by Equality Florida, they too have been totally ineffective. So let’s take a look at what happened, and think about what comes next.

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2008 Election Wrap-up

November 10, 2008November 10, 2008 John Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, mccain, Obama, Palin, republicans, Right Wingnuts, voters, voting

Last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning was certainly a bittersweet time. As I’ve said before, I’m not one of the millions of Obama-maniacs, but I was glad he won. I think America will soon be in far better hands than she is now. I was even more pleased to see a good number of hateful and bigoted Republicans kicked to curb, and their nasty campaign rhetoric repudiated. Obviously though, the passage of the three anti-marriage amendments was a great disappointment. In this post, I’ll provide my observations on where we are now relative to the election.

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Election Day 2008

November 4, 2008 John Early Voting, Election, North Carolina, Presidential Politics, supreme court

Last week with work was a real bear, and I’m traveling for work this week, so expect posting to be lite. Hopefully there won’t be that much news, especially election news, to post about. I did want to make note of a few things that have been going on. We’ll talk about some experiences with early voting, voter involvement, and the eve of election day.

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Philly Hockey Mom-Don’t Speak for Me Sarah Palin

November 2, 2008 John Barack Obama, Hockey Mom, John McCain, Philadelphia, Sarah Palin

Sometimes you have to find a little fun in all this mess we call an election, and this lady knows how.

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Indocrination – BOO!

October 26, 2008October 26, 2008 John Attorneys, bigotry, Constitutional Amendments, Dishonesty, Election Law, Florida Amendment 2, Florida Constitution, Gay Rights, hate, homophobia, indoctrination, Insanity, John Stemberber, Marriage

An article at the Florida Bilerico project points out the lengths to which the American Taliban will go in order to scare people. John Stemberger, lead proponent of Florida’s Amendment 2, is claiming that if Amendment 2 fails, the schools will have indoctrinate children to gay marriage. And to top it all off, despite being an attorney (or maybe because of it), Stemberger and Florida4Marriage.com are being accused of violations of campaign finance laws. Seems they may be trying to hide who their donors are, a violation of Florida Campaign laws.