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ThinkFast: October 22, 2008
Think Progress —
... the deal because many senior Iraqi officials worry “that the agreement left too much leeway for the Americans to stay in Iraq beyond the scheduled deadline for withdrawal in 2011 .” A state ballot measure to ban gay marriage in California — Proposition 8 — is gaining momentum, “with polls showing almost even odds of it passing after trailing by double digits a month ago.” “Initial polling showed that a majority of Californians were likely to vote against Proposition 8,” but now “ the measure is favored 48% to 45% among likely voters questioned in an Oct. 17 poll by Survey ...
Ballot Measure To Strip Calif. Gay Couples of Marriage Rights Gaining In Polls
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... The ballot initiative, Proposition 8, to strip gays of marriage rights in California is gaining steam in recent polls, The Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper’s report coincides with other news accounts about the ballot measure’s gains. ...
The Mormon Church vs Civil Marriage Equality
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... The main reason the ban on marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples has been able to finance a massive advertizing campaign is that the LDS church is bankrolling the entire effort. Up to 40 percent of the financing comes from Mormons, who have also sent countless volunteers to the state to canvass door to door. It's all legal, and totally within their democratic rights, but it is striking that one single religious grouping could invest so much in attempting to strip civil equality from gay couples: ...
Gay Marriage in Peril in California - California Proposition 8 Heading for Adoption?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Gay Marriage in Peril headlines this piece in the Wall Street Journal.
A state ballot measure to ban gay marriage in California is gaining momentum, with polls showing almost even odds of it passing after trailing by double digits a month ago.
In June, the state legalized same-sex marriages. The next month, Proposition 8, defining marriage as between a man and a woman, was put on the ballot for November. Initial polling showed that a majority of Californians were likely to vote against Proposition 8. A Sept. 18 poll by the San Francisco-based Field Poll ...
"Yes On 8" Money Coming from Colorado, Utah
Hoffmania! —
... We know one of the major funders of the campaign is Focus on the Family, James Dobson's Colorado- and faith-based uber-GOP foundation. Turns out the other major funder is (again) an out-of-state group: the Mormon church. ...
Mormons: The Most Conservative Religious Group In America
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... Mormons make up 1.7 percent of the nation; 35 percent of them live in Utah. In that regard, one could say they're overrepresented in the national political elite, as both Mitt Romney and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are Mormons. Numbers-wise, Mormons aren't a huge voting bloc--but, as we saw with Prop 8, they can be politically powerful: supporters of the gay marriage ban estimated in October that Mormons had donated 30 to 40 percent of the $25.5 million raised to back it; Advocate.com ...
