Comments on: Save Marriage in Maine: All African Americans Need to Vote http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/ Thu, 20 May 2010 22:07:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: steerpike66http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 steerpike66 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:58:47 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2013 Hey African American guys!You know those white people who keep on opposing affirmative action and who have locked up a whole generation of your young men for minor drug offences? The racists who make monkey jokes about the President?Well, now they need YOUR HELP to overturn civil rights! So don't forget to support white racist Republican trash in their war against gay people and their families. Hey African American guys!

You know those white people who keep on opposing affirmative action and who have locked up a whole generation of your young men for minor drug offences? The racists who make monkey jokes about the President?

Well, now they need YOUR HELP to overturn civil rights! So don’t forget to support white racist Republican trash in their war against gay people and their families.

]]> By: steerpike66http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2012 steerpike66 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:01:34 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2012 Don't you LOVE the way that the people who made this video didn't even have a picture of a black family to use in their propaganda?They don't even realise how patronising, stupid and unthinkingly racist they are. Don’t you LOVE the way that the people who made this video didn’t even have a picture of a black family to use in their propaganda?

They don’t even realise how patronising, stupid and unthinkingly racist they are.

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:56:40 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2011 Marriage was SAVED in Maine.Let us take this reprieve and move forward making Maine a good place to raise a moral and ethical family. Marriage was SAVED in Maine.

Let us take this reprieve and move forward making Maine a good place to raise a moral and ethical family.

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:12:25 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2010 are you trying to incite race problems? are you trying to incite race problems?

]]> By: tzushihhttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 tzushih Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:40:22 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2009 No, marriage was weakened and families were hurt in Maine.But it won't last forever. :) A narrow victory of 52% or 53%, whatever it turns out to be, is nothing to crow about given the long-term trends toward freedom and the overwhelming support for marriage equality among younger voters.If I were a same-sex marriage opponent, I would not be happy with last night's results, I would be TERRIFIED. No, marriage was weakened and families were hurt in Maine.

But it won’t last forever. :) A narrow victory of 52% or 53%, whatever it turns out to be, is nothing to crow about given the long-term trends toward freedom and the overwhelming support for marriage equality among younger voters.

If I were a same-sex marriage opponent, I would not be happy with last night’s results, I would be TERRIFIED.

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:11:14 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2008 "A narrow victory of 52% or 53%"yeah, I have noticed that about your types, whenever your types lose in a fair election it is a NARROW victory and whenever you win it is a sound defeat!SPIN! “A narrow victory of 52% or 53%”

yeah, I have noticed that about your types, whenever your types lose in a fair election it is a NARROW victory and whenever you win it is a sound defeat!

SPIN!

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:36:00 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2007 The big win for most Christian observers, however, was Maine voters' repeal of the state's gay marriage law, which was passed by the Legislature in May and signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci.With 87 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, the marriage referendum had gained 53 percent of the vote, making Maine the 31st state to affirm traditional marriage at the voting booth. Every state that has put marriage to a popular vote has opposed gay marriage. The big win for most Christian observers, however, was Maine voters’ repeal of the state’s gay marriage law, which was passed by the Legislature in May and signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci.

With 87 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, the marriage referendum had gained 53 percent of the vote, making Maine the 31st state to affirm traditional marriage at the voting booth. Every state that has put marriage to a popular vote has opposed gay marriage.

]]> By: tzushihhttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 tzushih Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:21:52 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2006 Sure, it's spin, but the point is the trend lines. Twenty years ago, the measure would have passed with 70-80% support. Ten years ago, maybe 60%. Now, low 50s.Once a gay rights issue has narrow majority support, it broadens within a matter of years to broad majority support. Just look at the 70% or more of Americans who support allowing gays to serve in the military. In that sense, any defeat of anti-gay forces is a sound defeat, because their numbers only dwindle, never rise. Sure, it’s spin, but the point is the trend lines. Twenty years ago, the measure would have passed with 70-80% support. Ten years ago, maybe 60%. Now, low 50s.

Once a gay rights issue has narrow majority support, it broadens within a matter of years to broad majority support. Just look at the 70% or more of Americans who support allowing gays to serve in the military. In that sense, any defeat of anti-gay forces is a sound defeat, because their numbers only dwindle, never rise.

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:00:31 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2005 once you get that financial backing, you usually can get whatever you want.As shown in Washington state and California. Gay marriage is for the rich, supported by the rich, and upheld by the rich. once you get that financial backing, you usually can get whatever you want.

As shown in Washington state and California. Gay marriage is for the rich, supported by the rich, and upheld by the rich.

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:42:36 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2004 "The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," said Frank Schubert, the chief organizer for Stand for Marriage Maine, according to the Associated Press (AP). “The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation,” said Frank Schubert, the chief organizer for Stand for Marriage Maine, according to the Associated Press (AP).

]]> By: tzushihhttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2003 tzushih Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:53:14 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2003 Maybe being liberal and culturally diverse helped make them so rich. :) Maybe being liberal and culturally diverse helped make them so rich. :)

]]> By: omiolohttp://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 omiolo Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:22:37 +0000 http://www.betokened.com/save-marriage-in-maine-all-african-americans-need-to-vote/#comment-2002 maybe, or maybe this is a game for rich young boys to play.Experimenting with lifestyles until one finds a lifestyle that is more about taking and less about giving. Adrianna Huffington comes to mind! maybe, or maybe this is a game for rich young boys to play.

Experimenting with lifestyles until one finds a lifestyle that is more about taking and less about giving. Adrianna Huffington comes to mind!

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