According to exit polls, whites opposed the amendment 53-47. But blacks supported it 70-30, and Latinos supported it 51-49. The polls have blacks at 10 percent of the electorate for this issue, with Latinos at 19 percent and whites at 63 percent. (Asians, at six percent, opposed the proposition 53-47.)
Now, will criticism of the vote constitute racism?
Hey, at least they can't blame the conservative Christian Republicans :-)
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Prop 8 is not about discrimination. Gays in California have all the rights anyone else has. Any gay person can meet the requirement of marriage and marry - just like anyone else.
Society has an interest in promoting children having a mother and a father. Marriage is the way a Mother and Father are bound together legally with their child. All institutions have their standards that allow them to perform their function. One of the main purposes of marriage is to give children an opportunity to have a loving mother and father.
All institutions have their standards. Football teams, educational institutions, the Military. These standards help the institution meet their objectives. Just saying I want in - is no reason to change the standard. Marriage is about providing children with a mother and a father. When a child loses a mother or father through abandonment, or death, we rightly call it a tragedy. Likewise a child never having a Mother or a Father because society decided that 2 men were as good at raising a child as a mother and a father is a tragedy. Which in the raising of a child is not needed the mother or the father?
Those who are single and raise good children do an "exceptional" job. Unfortunately too often it is an exception. But on a whole a child missing a mother or a father is more likely to engage in drug addictions, crime, and be poor.
Thank goodness Arizonan's had enough sense to think of the good of their children
The same old argument - bigot, etc,etc.
It's all about REDEFINING a word. It's not about rights.
The causal effect on redefining this word to meet the specific goals of a minority in society is to force acceptance in the light of the original definition of the word. I suggest if you want the legal 'rights' of a married couple, then address those rights, not the word.
Only in the light of "rights" (parental, etc, etc) is the argument for "rights" valid. In the light of redefining a word, it is invalid.
It is not "rights" that are the issue. Those "rights" have been provided for in current legislation. However you wish to describe a same-sex union, it is provided for. So get over the argument of rights. It is the attempt to redefine the word, and ultimately so SOCIETY views same-sex unions as marriage. It is all about forcing acceptance on SOCIETY through legislation. It has nothing to do with rights. And for that, those that oppose are bigots. I wear the badge as you proclaim. But your proclamation does not make it true.
Thankfully, Prop 102 in AZ has also been recognized by the voters as a requirement to prevent bench legislation, which is the true violation of voter rights.
Prop 8 does NOT eliminate homosexual rights. Homosexual couples already have been getting the SAME legal benefits, such as tax reduction and so forth, as any other married couples.
The attorney general of California reworded the proposition right before the election.
Originally it was worded as "Marriage defined as man and woman", whereas it was altered into "To eliminate same-sex marriage".
You guys call US discriminating?? You guys are discriminating against conservatives, too. The ads that come out on CNN and so forth. At least the information to the public should be balanced. Plus, people should really really know about the true agenda of Equality society (veiled from the general public).
"Prop 8 does NOT eliminate homosexual rights. Homosexual couples already have been getting the SAME legal benefits, such as tax reduction and so forth, as any other married couples."
This is false! Homosexual couples do not have the same legal benefits as any other married couples. If a partner in a domestic partnership dies, the widowed partner does not have rights to the assets of the one that passed away. It will go to the family of the diseased. If one is in the hospital, the other does not have any rights to make decisions on medical matters.
Learn about statistics. The 70-30 numbers for blacks are the split percentage for their portion of the vote, which only amounted to 13% total. Way more white people voted for this measure than blacks. So don't worry, you won't have to start letting black people into your churches.
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