latimes.com - 11/23/2008
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Should there be boycotts, blacklists, firings or de facto shunning of those who supported Proposition 8? That's the issue consuming many in liberal Hollywood who fought to defeat the initiative banning same-sex marriage and are now reeling with recrimination and dismay. Meanwhile, activists ...
article.nationalreview.com - 11/24/2008
statesman.com - 11/29/2008
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statesman.com —
Austin Web site has 'blacklist' for businesses linked
to money that supported gay marriage ban. Tuesday, November...
25, 2008 By Bob Keefe West Coast bureau SAN DIEGO Gay marriage activists who lost at the ballot box in California are now lashing out at ...
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Prop. 8 backlash reaches to Texas
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/21/2008
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
There's been a lot of outrage from the
No on Proposition 8 camp since California voters approved...
a ban on gay marriage. But until now, there has been less soul searching about what went wrong. But Terry Leftgoff, founder of...
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Gay marriage backers explain why they lost Proposition 8
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The New Brownshirts: Gay Activists Seeking Retribution On Anyone Who Supported Prop 8
Say Anything —
This is absolutely way, way over the line:
Should there be boycotts, blacklists, firings or de facto shunning of those who supported Proposition 8?
That’s the issue consuming many in liberal Hollywood who fought to defeat the initiative banning same-sex marriage and are now reeling with recrimination and dismay. Meanwhile, activists continue to comb donor lists and employ the Internet to expose those who donated money to support the ban.
“Activists”? They’re not ...
More in Anger Than in Sorrow
David E's Fablog —
by David E | (Visited 61 times) Condon Dear Bill : Rather surprised to see this quote from you in today’s L.A. Times :“If you’re asking, ‘Do we take discrimination against gays as seriously as bigotry against African Americans and Jews?’ . . . the answer is, ‘Of course we do.’ But we also believe that some people, including Rich, saw Prop. 8 not as a civil rights issue but a religious one. That is their right. And it is not, in and of itself, proof of bigotry.” Well Bill, we don’t. Not for a nanosecond. Not at all. For if we did you’d agree with me and and ...
Read These Now or The Plague Will Kill You
Shakesville —
... "Should there be boycotts, blacklists, firings or de facto shunning of those who supported Proposition 8? That's the issue consuming many in liberal Hollywood who fought to defeat the initiative banning same-sex marriage and are now reeling with recrimination and dismay." (LA) ...
The Liberal McCarthy Era Begins With Prop 8
Flopping Aces —
... The number one meaning was this:
Liberals believe individuals should doubt their own truths and consider fairly and open-mindedly the truths of others. This is at the very heart of liberalism. Liberals understand, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed, that “time has upset many fighting faiths.” Liberals are skeptical of censorship and celebrate free and open debate.
Sounds fabulous right?
But liberals in action are something entirely different:
Should there be boycotts, blacklists, firings ...
LA Film Fest Director Resigns over Yes on 8 $$
Firedoglake —
... t has resigned the position over his $1,500 donation to Yes on 8, prompted by his Mormon Church. Last week Raddon had tendered his resignation, but the board of Film Independent, which oversees both the festival and the Independent Spirit Awards, in a hastily arranged conference call, declined to accept it. ...
Free Speech, Limousine Liberal-Style: A Comedy in Six Acts
Hit & Run —
... 3) Raddon resigns from the festival's parent organization (Film Independent, or "FIND"), but the resignation is turned down. Further outcry ensues. ...
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gaypatriot.net 12/8/2008 — Dan predicted this once the gays started taking to the streets and blaming everyone else except themselves for the loss of Proposition 8. And here it is: The Backlash .
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Uncomfortable Thanksgiving: Obama, Prop 8, and My Marriage
thewashingtonnote.com 11/27/2008 —
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California Attorney General Tries To Void Gay Marriage Ban
patdollard.com 12/20/2008 —
SAN FRANCISCO - The California attorney general has changed his position on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.
Jerry Brown filed a brief Friday saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit ...
Anti-Prop 8 backlash changes minds
dailykos.com 11/25/2008 — SurveyUSA's headline of their latest California Prop 8 poll sounds pessimistic . "No on Prop 8″ Protesters Have Not Changed Many Minds in California But the numbers show otherwise. Of the those adults who tell SurveyUSA they voted FOR ...
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