Comments on: UW Poll: Good News on Ref 71 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/27/16044 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 19 May 2013 14:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Christopher Waldrop http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/27/16044/comment-page-1#comment-52789 Christopher Waldrop Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:32:08 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=16044#comment-52789 I've never done any formal study but wonder if part of it is the fact that a "yes" vote is the one that LGBT rights advocates are pushing. It seems like those of us who are in favor of equality are almost always playing defense, trying to convince people to vote "no", to vote <b>against</b> some law designed to take rights away. It seems like it's easier to make the argument to vote for something rather than against. I’ve never done any formal study but wonder if part of it is the fact that a “yes” vote is the one that LGBT rights advocates are pushing. It seems like those of us who are in favor of equality are almost always playing defense, trying to convince people to vote “no”, to vote against some law designed to take rights away. It seems like it’s easier to make the argument to vote for something rather than against.

]]> By: Burr http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/27/16044/comment-page-1#comment-52732 Burr Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=16044#comment-52732 The haters keep trying to cheat the laws. This time they were denied. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010146043_webref71ruling27m.html The haters keep trying to cheat the laws. This time they were denied.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010146043_webref71ruling27m.html

]]> By: Leonard Drake http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/10/27/16044/comment-page-1#comment-52717 Leonard Drake Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:08:15 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=16044#comment-52717 Like the last sentence of this article, let us not be too cautious. I always fear that faithful flocks in overwhelming numbers, aided by church busses and vans, will go to the booths in overwhelming numbers, as usual, and make the results of polls obsolete. I pray/hope this will not be the case this time, but too often, this scenario has been proven true ... time and time again. Like the last sentence of this article, let us not be too cautious. I always fear that faithful flocks in overwhelming numbers, aided by church busses and vans, will go to the booths in overwhelming numbers, as usual, and make the results of polls obsolete.

I pray/hope this will not be the case this time, but too often, this scenario has been proven true … time and time again.

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