Yes on Prop 8 in CA appears to be winning, page 1
Pages:
ATS Members have flagged this thread 1 times


reply posted on 5-11-2008 @ 03:54 AM by LostNemesis
reply to post by Inannamute



Awesome, you posted before I did, and worded it so much better in so few words, than I could in all of my post.


reply posted on 5-11-2008 @ 09:15 AM by sos37
reply to post by Lucid Lunacy



Prop 8 doesn't say that anyone isn't created equal. All it's doing is defining a family value system based on traditional values. You and others may see those values as being out of date, but apparently in California, Florida and Arizona, the majority do not agree with you.


reply posted on 5-11-2008 @ 10:17 AM by Leo Strauss
So the religous bigots win again. OK but we'll be back!

Funny all this talk about states rights and you have the Mormon Church of Utah as one of the primary sponsors of Prop 8. Didn't we create Utah out of intolerance and hate?

I posted this link on another thread. Check it out!

I was glad to see ATS got some "NO ON 8/HATE" advertising dollars!

There was a great article in The Daily Beast by Max Blumenthal. It is called
The Man Behind Proposition 8.That man is Howard F. Ahmanson ...one strange cat!

The campaign for Prop 8 has reaped massive funding from conservative backers across the country. Much of it comes from prominent donors like the Utah-based Church of Latter Day Saints and the Catholic conservative group, Knights of Columbus. Prop 8 has also received a boost from Elsa Broekhuizen, the widow of Michigan-based Christian backer Edgard Prince and the mother of Erik Prince, founder of the controversial mercenary firm, Blackwater.

...While Ahmanson once resided in a mental institution in Kansas, he now occupies a position among the Christian right’s power pantheon as one of the movement’s most influential donors. During a 1985 interview with the Orange County Register, Ahmanson summarized his political agenda: “My goal is the total integration of biblical law into our lives.”

The campaign to teach “intelligent design” in public school classrooms, the Republican takeover of the California Assembly, and the rollback of affirmative action in California—Ahmanson has been behind them all. He has also taken a special interest in anti-gay crusades. Ahmanson’s most controversial episode related to his funding of the religious empire of Rousas John Rushdoony, a radical evangelical theologian who advocated placing the United States under the control of a Christian theocracy that would mandate the stoning to death of homosexuals.







[edit on 5-11-2008 by Leo Strauss]
Pages:     ^^TOP^^