Comments on: Saturday 11/15 biggest protest ever on Prop 8 http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Repeal 8 efforts continue in advance of 11/15 Rally | Los Angeles Metblogs http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5237 Repeal 8 efforts continue in advance of 11/15 Rally | Los Angeles Metblogs Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:17:50 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5237 [...] Equality California/EQCA sent its daily reminder of activities to Repeal as well.  They have numerous efforts to repeal as well.  Some is in the courts, other is in preparation for the rallies this weekend. [...] [...] Equality California/EQCA sent its daily reminder of activities to Repeal as well.  They have numerous efforts to repeal as well.  Some is in the courts, other is in preparation for the rallies this weekend. [...]

]]> By: cd http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5236 cd Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:23:04 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5236 To be ready next time, stop gathering en masse to protest and start truly organizing. Even if there's no election to look towards right now, we could still get the framework in place. If EQCA and whatever is left of the No on 8 campaign want to make up for the mistakes of the campaign, they should begin recruiting precinct captains. We need house parties, coffees, chances to gather with our neighbors, block by block, and explain why this is important - why it's a fundamental rights issue. It's a lot harder to take away the rights of people you KNOW. When there IS an election, we'll have people in place to actually get out the vote. No standing at polling places where and when it is too late. We'll know where the votes are and we'll have people there to make the calls and knock on the doors to get that vote out. This is such a personal issue and it calls for personal action. To be ready next time, stop gathering en masse to protest and start truly organizing.

Even if there’s no election to look towards right now, we could still get the framework in place. If EQCA and whatever is left of the No on 8 campaign want to make up for the mistakes of the campaign, they should begin recruiting precinct captains. We need house parties, coffees, chances to gather with our neighbors, block by block, and explain why this is important – why it’s a fundamental rights issue. It’s a lot harder to take away the rights of people you KNOW. When there IS an election, we’ll have people in place to actually get out the vote. No standing at polling places where and when it is too late.

We’ll know where the votes are and we’ll have people there to make the calls and knock on the doors to get that vote out. This is such a personal issue and it calls for personal action.

]]> By: David http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5235 David Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:38:01 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5235 Once again!! i'm working. bummer. Fraz, you're awesome. Once again!! i’m working. bummer.

Fraz, you’re awesome.

]]> By: eclipse292 http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5234 eclipse292 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:10:54 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5234 What frazgo said. Word. What frazgo said. Word.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5233 frazgo Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:35:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5233 Scotty1111 the majority isn't always right, nor legal. It took court rulings to repeal "Jim Crow Laws" the ability to intermarry between races and a host of other social injustices. Certainly you don't think that court intervention there was inappropriate. This marriage issue should be a non-issue but we have a mobiliize majority trying to force their dogma down our throats and that is not appropriate. The Ugly American, you are correct many equally good targets. The Mormon church for me is most appropriate as they are an exampled of out of staters interfering with our internal political process. That galls me more than the local churches who tried to force their dogma upon us. I have to agree a lot more could have been done differently on the No on 8 in the first place, but the biggest problem was money coming in from all over, including out of state which enabled the yes folks to outspend the no folks. The captain, thanks for correcting me and I fixed, I've got so much to do Sunday it krept in. I thought about this a lot on the drive behind the Orange Curtain today. I don't think everyone sees the signficance of this rally. This is a huge civil rights issue, not unlike what we saw in the 60's. This is evolving to more than just the results here in LA/CA but the entire nation is organizing. That is a powerful mobilizing of people to get out a message. Scotty1111 the majority isn’t always right, nor legal. It took court rulings to repeal “Jim Crow Laws” the ability to intermarry between races and a host of other social injustices. Certainly you don’t think that court intervention there was inappropriate. This marriage issue should be a non-issue but we have a mobiliize majority trying to force their dogma down our throats and that is not appropriate.

The Ugly American, you are correct many equally good targets. The Mormon church for me is most appropriate as they are an exampled of out of staters interfering with our internal political process. That galls me more than the local churches who tried to force their dogma upon us.

I have to agree a lot more could have been done differently on the No on 8 in the first place, but the biggest problem was money coming in from all over, including out of state which enabled the yes folks to outspend the no folks.

The captain, thanks for correcting me and I fixed, I’ve got so much to do Sunday it krept in.

I thought about this a lot on the drive behind the Orange Curtain today. I don’t think everyone sees the signficance of this rally. This is a huge civil rights issue, not unlike what we saw in the 60′s. This is evolving to more than just the results here in LA/CA but the entire nation is organizing. That is a powerful mobilizing of people to get out a message.

]]> By: queequeg http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5232 queequeg Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:17:07 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5232 Whatever happened to protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority (rule)? Whatever happened to protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority (rule)?

]]> By: theuglyamerican http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5231 theuglyamerican Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:56:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5231 City Hall? Apostle Frederick K.C. Price endorsed Prop 8, so why not protest at the Crenshaw Christian Center? Making Mormons the primary targets of these protests it not only riduclous but extremely disingenuous. What are you people afraid of? City Hall?

Apostle Frederick K.C. Price endorsed Prop 8, so why not protest at the Crenshaw Christian Center?

Making Mormons the primary targets of these protests it not only riduclous but extremely disingenuous.

What are you people afraid of?

]]> By: scotty1111 http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5230 scotty1111 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:50:05 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5230 Whatever happened to "Majority Rule"? This is the second election we've had on the same subject with the same results. How much more money are the State and Local governments going to have to spend on this, money they don't have? Jeez, get over it already. Oh, but wait! Never fear, the 9th circuit will overturn the will of the people like they have so many times before...... Whatever happened to “Majority Rule”? This is the second election we’ve had on the same subject with the same results. How much more money are the State and Local governments going to have to spend on this, money they don’t have? Jeez, get over it already. Oh, but wait! Never fear, the 9th circuit will overturn the will of the people like they have so many times before……

]]> By: queequeg http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5229 queequeg Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5229 Ahh, the Mormons were soooo right-after-the-election. It's time to get more centralized and drum up more visibility and education in places that otherwise would not have a bunch of gay people hanging around. I don't know if I would have chosen City Hall - the protest at Lincoln Park was a good location - but seems to me this is more of a national effort on par with the immigration rallies. And frazgo's right - let's keep it clean! Nothing below the belt! Because that's just mean. Ahh, the Mormons were soooo right-after-the-election. It’s time to get more centralized and drum up more visibility and education in places that otherwise would not have a bunch of gay people hanging around. I don’t know if I would have chosen City Hall – the protest at Lincoln Park was a good location – but seems to me this is more of a national effort on par with the immigration rallies.

And frazgo’s right – let’s keep it clean! Nothing below the belt! Because that’s just mean.

]]> By: thecaptain http://blogging.la/2008/11/11/sunday-1115-biggest-protest-ever-on-prop-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5228 thecaptain Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:14:51 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=17037#comment-5228 SATURDAY the 15th! SATURDAY the 15th!

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