The saga continues out in the Golden State as LGBT orgs agree to disagree over the tactics to take down Prop 8. Equality California tries to have it both ways in a sense -- announcing that it will to put extra time and resources toward educating the public for a 2012 effort, but also declaring support for those trying to get a 2010 ballot initiative in place.
Marc Solomon, EQCA's marriage director, said that after evaluating several options and consulting with the top 100 donors from the 2008 campaign, the organization will continue a localized, three-year education campaign for the 2012 election.
The announcement came less than an hour after the Courage Campaign, another activist organization, announced that it will move forward on a 2010 ballot initiative. On Tuesday, Courage Campaign chair Rick Jacobs asked members to raise $42,000 within 60 hours to help decide the timing of the measure. As of Wednesday morning, the organization reported that it had received donations totaling $77,905 within just 24 hours, raising their total amount available for research, polling, and focus groups to $135,998.
EQCA says that the effort is notable and that it will support the other group's push for the 2010 ballot measure, but EQCA will continue to forge ahead on a 2012 ballot measure because, the group maintains, more California voters will support marriage equality by then.
EQCA released its roadmap, "Winning Marriage Equality Back in California: Analysis and Plan," explaining its 2012 rationale. Unite the Fight interviewed Solomon about the juggling act.
"We promised the LGBT community that we would let them know what we think the wisest course of action is. It's our responsibility. That’s why we put something out today. But we’re not saying that it’s our way or the higthe highway. We certainly can’t force anyone to adopt our position."
..."There’s this feeling that when it’s convenient, that people will listen to what [the POC groups] have to say and when it’s not, they won’t. I think we all have to think about that. Think about what these communities went through after Prop 8 passed and the blaming of POC communities. I think it’s important that people listen to that perspective, that they're thinking 'Our communities got blamed for Prop 8.' And after, people said a lot of work will happen, and now the work hasn’t happened and we’re saying we’re going right back to the ballot. That’s an important perspective to keep into account."
Marc rebuffed the claim that those who support 2012 are wanting to "wait."
"We all want to win back marriage as quickly as humanly possible. The question is, 'Can we get it done by 2010 or not?'"
You can bet this will be discussed at Netroots Nation today on the panel "From Prop 8 to Full Equality in All 50 States: Fighting for Marriage Equality and LGBT Rights Across America." That's at 9AM -- I hope to arrive in Pittsburgh in time to serve on it since my flight was cancelled last night.
Blend reader GottaLaff of The Political Carnival was so incensed about the right wing, racist nutbag who ripped up a poster of Rosa Parks during a Sen. McCaskill town hall that he contacted David Shuster about it, and then emailed me to say his report was on.Earlier today, I Tweeted David Shuster about the video Paddy found of a clip that the corporate media had conveniently ignored (they only aired an out-of-context segment that showed an African American woman being ejected from a town hall meeting, implying that she had instigated the disruption).Related:Shuster apparently found the clip as informative as we did, and included it as part of a broader discussion, and for that we thank him.
* Low-life teabagger protestor tears up poster of Rosa Parks at health cealth care town hall
H/T HS
Concerned Women for America have posted a deranged article on ENDA written by their former lead "concerned woman", Robert Knight. They only have the kindest of intentions and the most Christian of thoughts about gays. No really! Don't believe me? Just look at the image (right) they used to promote the article.
No, that isn't a dog whistle for violence against gays, nooo, uh uh.
Meanwhile, the promoters of Referendum 71 in Washington state, which trumpeted the CWA as a major endorser, ran crying "Intimidation! Threats!" as an excuse to try to keep the signers of their public petitions secret and to refuse to divulge the names of their campaign donors as required by law. This of course after they found so many unintimidated people to sign the petition that they had enough signatures to submit to the state.
Hey if you'd like a peek into the mind of the insane, read Knight's article. It's supposed to be an article about ENDA, but somehow it's really about marriage...or Ozzy Osbourne...or something. Skip the theocratic appetizers:
To put it more simply, a statute that directly contradicts God's moral law is illegitimate.and go straight to the crazy-brain candy.
Societies that lose respect for marriage eventually lose creative energy derived from the delayed gratification that strengthens families. Instead, people strive for immediate, sensory pleasure, and societies become less dynamic and fertile. Government grows bigger to pick up the pieces and create grounds for even greater hegemony.Robert, didn't your English teacher ever tell you that if you mix too many colorful metaphors, you end up with muddy-brown prose?Our very survival is at stake, not just our economic well-being. When a spirited crowd rightly puts the screws to our rulers over their financial profligacy, someone needs to ask them as well why they're serving as crew members on cultural bombers piloted by Pelosi, Obama and Kennedy.
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