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Originally Posted by troutman
Marriage is a loaded term in our culture - legally, emotionally, spiritually. Many people dream of getting married, not civil unioned.
The fact that is constantly being debated, shows how important the term marriage is to many people.
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This is a great point.
I've also read alot lately of people voting YES automatically labelled as homophobes (by the losing side). This is not necessarily true. You can be for gay rights and letting them have civil union but not "marriage".
Conversely, you could also be a homophobe (I don't want these guys anywhere near me!) but be an advocate for civil rights and vote NO.
The media see the 70% number and automatically declare "Blacks are homophobes"!
Anti-Prop-8ers are looking really really bad with the rioting their doing.
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Originally Posted by Russic
To see the African-American population in the states take such a strong stand against gay marriage is unfortunate. You'd think a group of people so strongly discriminated against would feel negatively towards discrimination of any kind.
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It is unfortunate. But people are selfish. African-Americans came out in droves to vote for one of their own. They usually vote democratic cause they're poor but they hold very conservative religious views.
It's also alot easier to vote for President cause it's not a specific question.
It's Obama, things are going bad, he's going to fix everything and bring hope. It's easy to vote for him.
But for a direct question like Prop 8 and you're standing there in the booth.
Your prejudices will come out.