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dems showing true colors on proposition 8?

Published Jul. 22, 2008

The Democratic National Committee is actively working to foil the campaign to ban same-sex "marriage" in California.

 

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) contributed $25,000 on February 28 to Equality for All for the purpose of opposing the proposed California marriage protection amendment known as Proposition 8. Equality for All is a homosexual group that pledges to defeat Prop 8 "one voter at a time." According to the group, "a loss in November will dramatically slow, if not halt, progress toward full equality for LGBT Americans."
 
Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs with Liberty Counsel, argues that the DNC is slipping further outside mainstream America. He asserts the DNC is advocating legalization of same-sex marriage by "go[ing] against the majority of Americans who support the historical definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, and...donating a substantial amount of money to this radical homosexual organization that is promoting so-called same-sex 'marriage' ...."

The Christian attorney and conservative activist also predicts that DNC chairman Howard Dean's multi-city tour in the South to promote Democratic voter registration -- a tour he started last week -- is not likely to succeed with voters who learn of the Committee's effort to defeat Prop 8.
 
"As the DNC tries to court values voters and Evangelicals, this misguided and ill-advised move by the DNC to support same-sex marriage, I think, is going to alienate that group of people that they are trying to court right now," says Barber.
 
Last week, the California Supreme Court decided to allow Prop 8 to remain on the November ballot. Although he opposes Prop 8, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has yet to officially announce his support for same-sex marriage.

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Democrats, do you agree or disagree that your party is alienating itself from most Americans with ultra-liberal actions like these? Are you afraid that democrats who lean more towards the center than the far left are going to leave the party if things like this keep up?



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If you offend straight couples whose marriage would actually be threatened by allowing same sex partners to marry, you would only lose a handful of votes. And if their marriages are truly threatened, then I question whether both partners are really straight.

Other than the 'bible-based' opposition to gay marriage, I don't get all the outrage and opposition.

Heck, if I was single, I'd be out there campaigning to make it legal.

After all, if two gay guys get married, doesn't that mean that there are two more heterosexual girls made available for me?

I call that a 'win-win' for hetero guys.

;-)

Considering where the funding is coming from in support of the amendment, I'd say it's pretty much a zero sum argument.

Also, it's a mistake IMO to assume that people like Matt Barber, who is about as far right as it's possible to get, represent the viewpoint of the center in America.

the DNC has been behind gay rights for years, I dont think $25,000 is a very big contribution compared to some other things going on right now with the DNC..... thinking all those millions of dollars trying to get Obama in office...

As I gaze into my Crystal Ball I see gays and lesbians creating there only political party, perhaps the Rainbow Coalition.

I don't see how a contribution qualifies as 'actively working' for something, and as contributions go, it's kinda small.

What else have they contributed to, and how much? That would indicate to me more about how invested they are in this movement.

I'm a Democrat and I agree, but I recognize the our party is composed of many differing factions, many more than the more unidimensional Republican Party. Offend the Gay vote, and they might not come out (as if coming out was a problem).

Offend the pro-choice, ditto; offend the Peace now, ditto; offend the Greeners, ditto;

offend a minority, ditto;

offend the trial attorneys, ditto;

offend the unions, ditto;

offend the immigrants, ditto;

and so it goes...someone is going to be offended, and why offend those who support you the strongest?

offend the feminists, ditto;

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