tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post1485756948472577269..comments2023-05-16T10:11:07.154-04:00Comments on parade music in a quiet room: Yes, We Could, and Now . . .Ernest McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213693602083307811noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-42329828009349380032008-11-08T15:27:00.000-05:002008-11-08T15:27:00.000-05:00I agree, Joey, that No on 8 supporters should have...I agree, Joey, that No on 8 supporters should have gotten out to vote in larger numbers. If every gay person and straight ally who was eligible to vote had come to the polls on election day, I'm sure Prop 8 wouldn't have passed. I certainly wish more AA voters had sided with us, but I think it's inaccurate to claim that they pushed Prop 8 thru any more than evangelicals in general, or white Republicans, or a poorly run No campaign, etc. People seemed surprised that religious black people who supported Obama and know about discrimination would also vote overwhelmingly Yes on 8. It is disappointing but, as you say, not so surprising. It is a wake-up call for a voting block we need to pay attention to.Ernest McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213693602083307811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-81778297485141970172008-11-08T11:38:00.000-05:002008-11-08T11:38:00.000-05:00I like Obama and voted for him. But on Prop 8 : Wh...I like Obama and voted for him. But on Prop 8 : What I don't understand is why everyone was so shocked by this. News articles had already predicted that the huge turnout of AA voters for Obama would also push Prop 8 through. If there hadn't been an AA candidate, there wouldn't have been so many AA voters and Prop 8 would have failed. People should have taken the warnings and gotten out there and voted in larger numbers (meaning those who voted "no" on Prop 8 : gay males, Asians, white people under age 30, half of Latinos, etc)Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439628067348828822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-11834310848427169542008-11-07T08:58:00.000-05:002008-11-07T08:58:00.000-05:00Sorry, Robert, homophobic comments go in the trash...Sorry, Robert, homophobic comments go in the trash, where they belong.Ernest McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213693602083307811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-85502509972493459532008-11-07T08:57:00.000-05:002008-11-07T08:57:00.000-05:00Anonymous: No one is denying the lopsided AA vote ...Anonymous: No one is denying the lopsided AA vote for Prop 8. It is disappointing and needs to be acknowledged. But singling it out when, for instance, the (primarily white) Republican vote for Prop 8 was over 80% in favor (with numbers much larger than the AA vote in favor) and when the funding and power behind Prop 8 was white (the Mormon Church) is concentrating anger in the wrong place. For me it has nothing to do with PC or ignoring truth. It's going after the power behind Prop 8, and the power is white, that's the truth.Ernest McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213693602083307811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-2887020305576447992008-11-06T21:59:00.000-05:002008-11-06T21:59:00.000-05:00"Scapegoating" the African American comunity? Well..."Scapegoating" the African American comunity? Well...what other ethnicity had 70 percent vote for Prop 8 ? Sorry, dude...political correctness can only go so far before it's just....ignoring the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197697978956804591.post-14519770504580343212008-11-05T13:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T13:02:00.000-05:00i have come to realize how slowly progress moves. ...i have come to realize how slowly progress moves. and how at times it appears stagnant, unknowing that the slightest of hope is alive, amongst millions, building a force so strong it can (and did) move a mountain, if only the slightest distance, a measure none the less. i am for you, i am with you, i AM hopeful that you will see the day we all deserve to see....... equal rights for all people, equal rights for love.gcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291534370885213058noreply@blogger.com