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To: Ron who wrote (1061)	8/20/2006 3:15:52 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 1695

In that case, don't you think the advert was rather odd? I wonder who paid for it. I still think it would promote a backlash against gay activists. i.e a mistake if they were the true source of the adverts.

To: Ron who wrote (1061)	8/20/2006 3:26:46 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 1695

It's clearly a hot button issue. And it obviously works. If you remember how segregation language was used to whip up people in the South, you can see some really close parallels. Although segregation affected a lot more people than gay marriage does- so in that sense people who feared segregation had a lot more connection to the issue than the foes of gay marriage have. But since perception is reality for most people, the reasonableness of the fear doesn't have any real bearing on the issue. The people who are up in arms really believe this will destroy marriage as they know it and love it. You couldn't argue with anti-segregationists either, or with people who didn't want to sell property to Jews, or with people who felt that no one of color should be admitted to their country club... There has never been a shortage of people interested in protecting institutions from people perceived as outsiders, and the weaker and smaller the community of outsiders is, the longer the prejudice will last, and the longer the mistreatment can continue.