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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyMarch 17th, 2009
Supporters of Prop 8 love you. Remember? They told us so regularly – right before accusing us of destroying civilization, traumatizing children, and ushering in the apocalypse.
Keep that in mind while I give you the news from Santa Clara County (the Silicon Valley):
Hate crime cases involving anti-gay sentiment shot up in Santa Clara County last year, a striking increase that a leading prosecutor attributes to controversy over Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
Anti-gay incidents accounted for more than half of hate-crime cases last year — 56 percent — a big jump from only 15 percent in 2007. There were 14 anti-gay cases out of 25 hate-crime cases in 2008, compared with only 3 out of 20 in 2007.
Jay Boyarsky, the Duputy District Attorney assigned to monitor hate crimes, notes that “surges in types of hate incidents are linked to the headlines and controversies of the day”.
Now back to the love.
When told about the increase in violence and crime against gay people, this is what the former campaign manager for Proposition 8 had to say:
“I certainly hope Proposition 8 did not result in more crime,” said Frank Schubert of the group Protect Marriage. “But if it did, it did so on both sides.”
Um… Really?
Meanwhile, Joseph Storm was sentenced this week. You remember Storm; he was the guy who used his “Yes on 8” sign (and his fists) to beat a guy wearing a “No on 8” button.
Can’t you just feel the love?
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JJ in Chicago
March 17th, 2009
Yeah, I can feel the “love”.
This should take us all back to 1992 and the infamous Colorado Amendment 2.
The exact same thing happened then. In fact a heterosexual man was killed because the attackers thought he was gay.
Bruno
March 17th, 2009
Of all the groups and individuals that have been subject to our boycotts, our anger, and our disdain…I don’t understand why Frank Schubert isn’t at the top of more people’s lists. He is the MOST callous and Machiavellian example of walking homophobia I have ever witnessed in my life, despite the shroud of tolerance he tries to convey about himself. There should be daily protests at this man’s house until he’s forced to leave the state of California.
Duncan
March 18th, 2009
This increase happened after what was, on the face of things, a victory for these people. how badly will they react when the inevitable defeat comes?
Kristie
March 18th, 2009
So by the violence being on “both sides” is he referring to things like rude old ladies having their crosses smacked from their hands when they shove them in people’s faces? Yeah, that sort of thing really compares!Not!
The increase in hate crimes against gays in CA can surely be explained by the fact that Prop 8’s passage seems to have given rabbid homophobes some kind of feeling of entitlement. It’s as if they feel safer now committing these crimes because a majority of the people said it was ok to put dicrimination on the books. They feel like because the amendment passed they have carte blanche to harass and intimidate.
Attmay
March 20th, 2009
He’s basically arguing the way a six-year-old would. When a proven increase in anti-gay violence is shown to him, he says “they do it too” using the flimsiest, mildest example.
He’s basically comparing a drop of rain to a monsoon.
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