“Religious organizations that support Proposition 8 include the Roman Catholic Church], Knights of Columbus, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) a group of Evangelical Christians led by Jim Garlow and Miles McPherson, American Family Association, Focus on the Family[and the National Organization for Marriage Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, California’s largest, has also endorsed the measure. The Bishops of the California Catholic Conference released a statement supporting the proposition. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has publicly supported the proposition and encouraged their membership to support it, by asking its members to donate money and volunteer time. The First Presidency of the church announced its support for Proposition 8 in a letter read in every congregation. Latter-day Saints have provided a significant source for financial donations in support of the proposition, both inside and outside the State of California. About 45% of out-of-state contributions to Protect Marriage.com has come from Utah, over three times more than any other state.”

Still, even though gays were fighting to preserve a basic right, it was the anti-equality side in California that seemed to have the most fervor. A symbolic low point for the gay side came on Oct. 13, when the Sacramento Bee ran a remarkable story about Rick and Pam Patterson, a Mormon couple of modest means – he drives a 10-year-old Honda Civic, she raises their five boys – who had withdrawn $50,000 from their savings account and given it to the pro-8 campaign. “It was a decision we made very prayerfully,” Pam Patterson, 48, told the Bee’s Jennifer Garza. “Was it an easy decision? No. But it was a clear decision, one that had so much potential to benefit our children and their children.”

This is your real enemy. Don’t trust exit polls. I think they are pitting one group against the other. African-Americans are less than 7% of the state population, do the math. Many more Whites voted and they put this over, not Blacks. What are the total numbers of each group that voted. Someone dug into the data and found that we’re just now learning is that the exit poll was based on less than 2,300 people. If you take into account that blacks in California only make up about 6.2%, we get roughly 224 blacks who were polled. 224 blacks to blame an entire race! The original percentage of black voters who were expected to say yes to Prop 8 was only around 52-58%. Anytime you get a vote that much higher over the projected vote, something went wrong.

I know someone who watches C-Span and they said most Blacks did not even address the question at all. And they do not have the money to fund a tens of millions of dollars Proposition 8 campaign. Note that they also targeted affirmative action for eradication in another state.

I cannot believe that these groups get a pass and Blacks are being targeted for the blame game. Rather than be upset at the phantom African-American menace, fight like hell. There is no right wing black conspiracy against gay Americans. When you tried to align your struggle with that of Blacks you inherited their enemies. These same enemies are now trying to pit one against the other because they fear the combined numbers of both.

How many gay activists supported the civil rights movement in the 1960’s? Then how do you automatically expect support in return? Have you asked Blacks to support you or did you just assume?

No one gave Obama anything and they will not give gays anything either. Obama stands on the shoulders of a lot of brave people who gave their lives for him to stand on that podium last night.

Never trust exits polls because in all my years of life, no one has ever been seen at a polling place asking anyone anything when they left.

Don’t fall for the lies.

This is a failing of gay activists!! Obama didn’t just win– he ran an amazing campaign and built coalitions. And so did the Yes To Prop 8 camp. Given the importance of the black church and the catholic church in latino neighborhoods gay activists should have been out in those communities more than just a week before the vote!!

Quit trying to blame Christians for the anti “gay marriage” sentiment. People of all cultures, religions, and geographic areas have a basic understanding of what marriage is and “gay marriage” doesn’t fit that understanding. It puzzles me why marriage is so important to gays.

Besides, EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO GET MARRIED…even gay people.

The law defines marriage as a union between ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. The law doesn’t define it as the ability to marry WHOEVER YOU WANT TO MARRY, therefore no one is being denied a right.

Gay people are men and women, therefore they still have the right to marry, as long as gay men marry women and gay women marry men.

They have the same right that everyone else has under law.

What they want is SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. They want marriage to be defined as the ability to marry ANYONE YOU WANT TO MARRY, which would be a new law.

They have the right to get married under the law…just to someone of the opposite sex, like everyone else.

Obama isn’t going to “transcend anything”. It will be another centrist government and all of those kool aiders are going to be very disappointed.

I held out more hope for real progressive changes with Hillary Clinton.

Let’s see if Obama does anything to overturn DOMA. I am sure the economy is going to give the great excuse to side step that promise. This will at least pave the way for recognition of federal benefits to same sex couples who legally marry in states where it is permissible.

And how could a Kenyan citizen who stole the nomination from another due to chauvinism bring anything to the African American community but more fear and division? If the Democratic party can blithely label two women “the wrong women” we can certainly label Soerotoro/Obama “the wrong man”.

There were good African American candidates in the past and there were good African Americans candidates now and there will be good African American candidates in the future but a mystery man who goes by the name Obama; and who helped Odinga divide Kenya the way he has divided the U. S. in his quest for power; is not one of them. And I think most of these good African Americans who believed in Rev. King’s dream rather than Rev. Wright’s rant see the difference.

I don’t want my country to be just another junta. I want my democracy back!

Furthermore many gays received e-mails and fliers within the community stating McCain would send them to Guantanamo Bay. Against rationality many believed that.

I told my gay friends that given the prominenceand acceptance of homophobia in the Black community that would make it difficult for Obama to fully support gay rights.

ANd for those religious folks who say that Homosexuality is an evolutionary dead end…
What happened to evolution is just a theory? hmmm? Thought so.