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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-22-08 11:30 PM
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A funny thing happened during some political activism today.
I was volunteering with a LGBT-rights group today to try to defeat an anti-gay "protect marriage" ballot measure that the right wing is trying to get on the ballot. When the three of us who were at the location talked after our shift was over, we discovered that all three of us were heterosexual. However, all three of us had assumed that we were the only heterosexual of the three!
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-22-08 11:37 PM
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1. Yaaaaah!
Now that's rich. Brilliant.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-22-08 11:40 PM
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2. ...
:spray:
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-22-08 11:46 PM
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3. That is very cool
and hysterical! Thanks on the volunteering. We had an issue like that in Ohio 2004, the rethugs used it to get every back woods wacko to the polls. They came out and voted against the gays and unmarried heteros. Go figure. Good luck, Kim
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 12:05 AM
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4. that is cool
We are lucky here to have a legislature blocking such an amendment. Good for you to fight the good fight.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 12:10 AM
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5. Beautiful!
Just goes to show that people such as you and your fellows realize the basic human rights nature of the issues involved.

I painted a large remodel for a couple who were very predominant in the "protect marriage" movement here in the North Bay...came onto the job one morning and they had placed one of their ballot petitions where everyone working the job could sign, with the unspoken assumption that "of course, we would all want to sign it"...

My refusal to do so made the rest of the time on the job pretty uncomfortable, but it also sparked some debate on the job-site...I was pretty appalled at how many people said they had signed because of the job-context, rather than what they said they actually believed about it (if they were being honest, that is...)
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 07:28 AM
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6. Hey you 3 are the balance
And thanks so much.
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Meeker Morgan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 11:44 AM
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7. Heh!
:evilgrin:
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:03 PM
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8. How very cool! And many thanks for your help in this fight against ignorance and bigotry...
This "protect marriage" bullshit will have to get old eventually.
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:36 PM
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9. Thats hilarious!
Thanks for volunteering. :hi:
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