Comments on: Protests May Be Changing Minds

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:50:28 +0000

LOL! Ok, I knew there was a “10″ in there somewhere

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:56:23 +0000

Lynn David,

If they rule for Yes on 8, an amendment to reverse Prop 8 will be on the ballot in 2010.

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:55:00 +0000

IF the court does rule in favor of “Yes on 8″ then in what election down the road could a repeal measure be introduced as a proposition (don’t you know they’ll call that a revision)? Something I remember reading said 10 years, if so, what is the rationale behind such a law that would keep a proposition to repeal from going to election that long?

By: Rob Lll

Rob Lll — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:16:36 +0000

Interesting article.

I’m with Vince Lombardi on this one: “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser”.

The worst thing the community could have possibly done in the aftermath of Prop 8 would be NOT to raise hell. Of course, the “oogedy boogedy” right will attempt to capitalize on the anger to scare their followers, but that’s a hell of a lot better than giving people the impression that this is settled, or that it’s not that important to us, or that no one really is hurt by Prop 8. Which are exactly the conclusions that many would draw if we were gracious about this.

By: AJD

AJD — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:30:30 +0000

Junius: Don’t get me wrong — I totally agree that they’re doing this to capitalize on the protests to advance their cause. What I’m saying, however, is that it’s clearly an act of desperation on their part. They’re behaving the way one would expect bigots to behave when confronted with a serious challenge to their bigotry.

By: L. Junius Brutus

L. Junius Brutus — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:23:17 +0000

AJD:

Alright. Let’s suppose for a moment that these protests are only counterproductive, which I don’t know because there isn’t that much data out there. Do you think that they would hesitate to call us every name in the book, if they thought they could capitalize on it to advance their hatred? So based solely on their reaction, I’m not entirely sure. Not that I don’t hope that you are right.

By: Pender

Pender — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:55:09 +0000

JFK only barely won his election, but after he was assassinated and the nation went through a period of national mourning, surveys found that well over 60% of Americans claimed to have voted for him.

People will either lie about or forget a bad vote when they later regret it. That could well be what’s happening here.

By: HappyCat

HappyCat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:38:23 +0000

We Do Exist. The protests have caused families to talk about the issue. The religious right says they don’t want LGBT issues taught in schools. The truth is the religious right didn’t want people to really SEE LGBT people.

IMHO, Our protests are like a big out of the closet moment. We have been seen and we are HUMAN. And that changes minds the quickest.

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:17:07 +0000

I think that the loud protests are having an effect. One of the problems during the campaign was that the focus was on gay people, targeting us as a threat to children.

The protests have turned the focus of the attention on to the promoters of discrimination, particularly the Mormon Church. Nobody likes the lens focused on them. We need to remember this in the future. When we are attacked, we need to go right back at the attackers and focus the public’s attention on those who would deny us our rights.

By: AJD

AJD — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:49:36 +0000

L. Junius Brutus: They probably are trying to create a backlash, but I would say that’s a reliable indication that they’re scared. Making wild accusations of “gay fascism” and violence and the willful ignorance of their followers are the only weapons they have in their arsenal.