Obama now winning California by 25 points while Prop 8 probably passed (user search)
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phk
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« on: November 05, 2008, 06:14:48 AM »
« edited: November 05, 2008, 06:21:22 AM by phknrocket1k »

Increased black turnout actually hurt the no on prop 8 team. Same with increased latino and asian voting, although it wasn't as bad. There was a reason the yes on 8 people were advertising on air america.

Looks like I was right about this.
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phk
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2008, 06:21:33 AM »

A case of be careful what you wish for.  For my general and anecdotal experience, blacks and Hispanics are much more homophobic than your typical white voter-  especially true in Cali.  
Increased Obama turnout helped.  



We have a winner here.
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phk
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2008, 05:50:19 PM »

How can African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans be so strongly against gay marriage?  I know that those of us who aren't Caucasian have just as much right to be bigots, but you'd think we'd be sensitive to the issues of minority groups.  The arguments against gay marriage sound just like the arguments used against interracial marriage in the past.  Interracial marriage is no longer controversial, even among conservatives.

50 years from now, opposition to gay marriage will be seen in the same light that apartheid and segregation are seen today.

Ironically enough, gay marriage is now legal in South Africa.  How can the US lag behind the home of apartheid on equality?

Religion and traditionalism dominates the above cultures.
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