Comments on: Watch the Atlanta vote http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Thu, 23 May 2013 06:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Burr http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069/comment-page-1#comment-55708 Burr Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:02:33 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=17069#comment-55708 Fewer than a 1000 votes separate them. Looks like a recount is on the way. In other results (from ajc.com): "With their wins, Simone Bell becomes first black lesbian elected to a state Legislature in the United States. Alex Wan becomes first gay man and Asian American man elected to Atlanta City Council." Fewer than a 1000 votes separate them. Looks like a recount is on the way. In other results (from ajc.com):

“With their wins, Simone Bell becomes first black lesbian elected to a state Legislature in the United States. Alex Wan becomes first gay man and Asian American man elected to Atlanta City Council.”

]]> By: Burr http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069/comment-page-1#comment-55705 Burr Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:02:38 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=17069#comment-55705 Wow this one is down to the wire. Wow this one is down to the wire.

]]> By: Robert Hammond http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069/comment-page-1#comment-55697 Robert Hammond Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:07:15 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=17069#comment-55697 Nope. No racism here. I hate anti-gay activists regardless of skin color. :-) Nope. No racism here. I hate anti-gay activists regardless of skin color. :-)

]]> By: Transplanted Lawyer http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069/comment-page-1#comment-55695 Transplanted Lawyer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:56:17 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=17069#comment-55695 Not at all, by anyone including Fox News. No one will be able to get past the race issue and consider that maybe, some voters actually tried to decide based on issues. Not at all, by anyone including Fox News. No one will be able to get past the race issue and consider that maybe, some voters actually tried to decide based on issues.

]]> By: Burr http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/12/01/17069/comment-page-1#comment-55690 Burr Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:23:40 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=17069#comment-55690 Err.. the theory is on a bit of touchy ground. How many of that 12% are black themselves, and would they hold that against fellow blacks like the rest of gays? Err.. the theory is on a bit of touchy ground. How many of that 12% are black themselves, and would they hold that against fellow blacks like the rest of gays?

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