On 08/06/2010 07:00 AM, Ross Sauer -> Jeff Binkley wrote:
 RS> "Jeff Binkley -> Ross Sauer"  wrote
in news:9455$ALL-
 RS> POLITICS{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> One bit of nonsense (California's Proposition 8) was shown to have
 RS>>> nothing to it. Just anti-gay bigotry.

 JB>> So you are claiming that the bastion of liberalism, California, is made
 JB>> up of people who are mostly anti-gay ? Does the will of the people
 JB>> matter any longer ?

 RS> Was it "the will of the people?"

If it wasn't, what was it?

 RS> Right-wing Christian groups poured millions into promoting (and blatantly
 RS> lying about) Proposition 8.

The anti-Prop 8 forces outspent the pro-Prop 8 by more than double. The
majority of pro-Prop 8 contributions were from individuals.

 RS> Even with all the money and lies, the measure passed only narrowly.

Huh? What are you smoking? It passed overwhelmingly.

 RS> And California is as much a "bastion of liberalism" as
your town is.

California is a solid blue state.

Ed

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