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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
not Americans, Californians. It's important for non-Americans to recognize that this is just one state, not the entire country. It doesn't bode well that this happened in one of the most liberal states in the union, but I'm sure you understand my resistance to being lumped in with the people who voted on this measure.
Anyway, this sickens me.
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nah, it's Americans. There were several ballots passed regarding homosexual marriage and these were the states left over from the last few cycles where it's already been voted upon.
and willravel, it's not coastal vs. eastern. It's the Bay Area vs. the rest.
The LA Times has a configurable map for anyone curious or confused.
It's not big city vs. rednecks, if anyone outside of California doubts this, they need to take a good, long, informed look at our local policies and local politics. I guess the reason for this notion is that the 9th district doesn't let the people just do willy-nilly shit, but maybe people don't realize just how large an area the 9th is responsible for.
so the people vote to make it so homosexuals can't marry
the supreme court says, sorry that's against the constitution
so the people promptly pass a constitutional amendment to define marriage
LOL, I shouldn't laugh, but I mean how does that equate to the people of California being liberal?
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
It did appear to attract widespread support among blacks and latinos...:
Local Exit Polls - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com
...and nearly every other demographic except women, young voters and voters with post-graduate education.
The appeal was simple and direct....scare the voters into believing that it would mandate teaching about homosexuality in schools and force gay marriages to be performed by churches if requested. |
there really needs to be some type of "truth in advertising" in regards to political advertising. it's getting to the point where people who vote for things are regretting it after they get home. and it makes people scared to vote for certain things, from my conversations with people...as in, they're scared they can't figure out the consequences of the measure passing or not because of the misleading titles and info spread about them.