365gay.com - 11/12/2008
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"You know that book, The Tipping Point?" asks the young Internet maven, referring to Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 work exploring cultural shifts and the small things that incite them. "Well, on Sunday night, I said to myself, "Holy crap. We're at the tipping point!"
Seattle activist Amy Balliett, ...
usatoday.com - 11/14/2008
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usatoday.com —
Protesters are focusing on California, where the state
Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal in May before...
voters tossed them out Nov. 4. California's Proposition 8, which passed 52.2% to 47.8%, "eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to ...
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Gay-marriage supporters plan Prop-8 protests
gaypatriot.net - 11/12/2008
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gaypatriot.net —
It seems the biggest issue in the gay
world this week is not the election of Barack...
Obama, but the protests against the vote in favor of Proposition 8. I have my theories on why these people are rallying, but I don’t think it does much good ...
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What do Protests Against Prop 8 Results Accomplish?
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The Future Of The Gay Rights Movement
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Two words: Amy Balliett.
Once a Local Legal Battle, Is Prop 8 On Its Way to 'Net-Fueled Cultural Moment?
techPresident —
... against Prop 8. She told 365gay.com that she was amazed to soon find it pulling in some 50,000 hits per hour, crashing its server. The Join the Impact mission is to make communion with Prop 8 supporters, "to encourage our community to engage our opposition in a conversation about full equality and to do this with respect, dignity, and an attitude of outreach and education." Its success is reminiscent of Columbia's ...
What a Real Grass Roots Spontaneous Protest Movement Looks Like
Open Left - Front Page —
Like so:
"Join the Impact" began as a blog post and email template by Willow Witte, a friend of Balliett's who had sent the missive to inspire friends after the passage of California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8.
[...] Balliett responded to her friend's email saying, according to a post on the site, "We shouldn't wait, we need to mobilize now, and we need to on a national level, at the exact same moment, throughout the country."
And mobilize they did: this past Friday, Nov. 7, '"Join the Impact" hit the web. Five hours later, the site logged 10,000 ...
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Thousands of people protesting Prop 8 are filling the streets and disrupting traffic during rush hour. Here is a link to live coverage of protests going on right now in Westwood (above).
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pajamasmedia.com 11/8/2008 — November 07, 2008 GAY ACTIVISTS attack blacks over gay marriage. "It was like being at a klan rally except the klansmen were wearing Abercrombie polos and Birkenstocks. YOU NIGGER, one man shouted at men. If your people want to call me a FAGGOT, I ...
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Down the ballot: Begich now leads —
First Read 11/13/2008
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