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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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From: Brumar8911/6/2008 7:42:16 PM
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How "Pres. Paper Shuffler"* helped pass the gay marriage amendment

*(Label suggested by SI poster geode.)

By getting blacks (the most anti-gay marriage demographic in CA) to turn out heavy, he assured Prop 8's passing. Ironic, isn't it? You'll see liberals bashing every other anti-gay marriage group, but you won't see them mentioning blacks role. Even after electing Obama, errr, President Paper Shuffler (TM by SI poster geode), blacks are off limits for criticism by liberals.

Telegraph:

Around 70 per cent of the African-American voters who overwhelmingly backed Mr Obama also approved Proposition 8, helping pass the controversial ballot measure despite a small majority of whites voting against the ban on same-sex unions. Hispanic and Asian voters were split on the issue.

The state's black turnout jumped to 10 per cent of the electorate, up from 6 per cent in 2004, as voters inspired by Mr Obama flocked to the polls for the first time. The Democratic candidate took the state with 61 per cent of the popular vote.

Although the president-elect opposed the gay marriage ban, it appears his supporters may have helped pass the measure that was vociferously opposed by many white Democrats.

The news is a blow to gay rights campaigners, who had hoped California would be the vanguard for the legalisation of same-sex marriage across the US. More than 18,000 homosexual couples have wed in the state since its supreme court allowed gay marriages earlier this year. The status of those unions is now in doubt.

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This is not particularly surprising. Black churches have always opposed gay marriage, and many blacks resent gays who attempt to compare gay rights to the civil rights movement. It is ironic that a big Democrat turnout push over the top an amendment opposed by the Democrats. Where are the stories about the lack of unity in the Democrat coalition?

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