4

obsidianwings.blogs.com - 11/5/2008

Prop 8 and the Black Vote

— obsidianwings.blogs.com — --by Sebastian I saw this interesting post from Ta-Nehisi Coates on California’s Prop 8 (the amendment reversing... the CA Supreme Court allowing gay marriage).   I was going to leave this response to the post and comments, but he closed the ... (more) Prop 8 and the Black Vote

Comments vote downundo vote up The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 11/5/2008found this

3

youtube.com - 11/9/2008

Prop 8 (video)

— youtube.com — Prop 8 (more) Prop 8 (video)

Comments vote downundo vote up Pat Dollard | Young Americans found this 11/9/2008found this

2

andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/6/2008

Prop 8 And The Black Vote

— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Coates adds his thoughts . Sebastian does the math and concludes that it would have failed without... the increased African American vote. (more) Prop 8 And The Black Vote

Comments vote downundo vote up Jules Crittenden found this 11/6/2008found this

Leave a Comment

Facts on Prop 8 Voters
TalkLeft — ... Apparently, some people are blaming African-American voters in California (instead of the obvious culprit, the radical right fundamentalists) for the passing of Proposition 8, banning gay marriage. The progressive group People for the American Way (PFAW),which has done great work evaluating judicial nominees, says it's not true. From their Memorandum today: ...

The N-bomb is dropped on black passersby at Prop 8 protests
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... UPDATE: People For the American Way’s president, Kathryn Kolbert, has released a statement about the situation. It’s lengthy and worth the read, as it is both informative and personal as she calls for a broad debate around race, civil rights and the LGBT movement. ...

Stop Scapegoating Black People for Proposition 8
The Moderate Voice — ... Yesterday People For the American Way’s president, Kathryn Kolbert, put out a statement on Blaming Black Voters for Prop 8 Loss is Wrong and Destructive: ...

Raymond Leon Roker: An Open Letter on Prop 8: Enough with the Anti-Black Outrage
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Somebody posted a link to this letter on my recent post about the racially characterized attacks against blacks by some in the gay community for what CNN exit polls said was a 70% vote in favor of Proposition 8. The letter is from Kathryn Kolbert, President of People For the American Way Foundation. Among other things, it called the accusatory rhetoric of gay activists towards African Americans, "deeply wrong and offensive." And she added--as I stated in my original piece--it was counter productive. And since Ms. Kolbert (a HuffPo blogger) ...

Pam Spaulding: The N-Bomb is Dropped on Black Passersby at Prop 8 Protests
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... People For the American Way's president, Kathryn Kolbert, has released a statement about the situation. It's lengthy and worth the read, as it is both informative and personal as she calls for a broad debate around race, civil rights and the LGBT movement. ...

Prop 8 strains gay race relations
Citizen Crain — ... . Not everyone was ready to pile on. Kathryn Kolbert, the partnered lesbian mother who is president of People For the American Way, warned against “lashing out at African Americans” as “deeply wrong and offensive — not to mention destructive to the goal of advancing equality.” Kolbert argued that even factoring in higher turnout, black voters were too small a percentage of the California electorate to have made the difference on Prop 8. She’s right about the ...

Where to aim 'Second Stonewall' anger?
Citizen Crain — ... to eight consecutive days of street protests has been to praise a memo from People For the American Way that calls activists to task for blaming minority voters. ...