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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:27 PM May 2018

Anti-gay group promises supporters that Prop 8 will come back to life sooner than people imagine

By DAVID BADASH MAY 11, 20182:38 PM

California's Prop 8, a 2008 neanderthal voter-supported ballot initiative that temporarily yet effectively ended marriage for same-sex couples will go into effect again some day soon. That claim was made Friday in a fundraising email by Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization For Marriage (NOM), an anti-gay group that spent millions of dollars, unsuccessfully, to end the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell that finds same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry, Brown insists the laws on the books in California and other states banning marriage equality will go back into effect when another conservative justice is appointed the there nation's highest court.

"The only thing that has happened to Prop 8 and all the other pro-marriage laws in states around the country is that they are not being enforced because of the illegitimate, anti-constitutional ruling by the US Supreme Court in the Obergefell case imposing gay 'marriage' on the nation," Brown insists in a fundraising email.

"While it may be inconvenient for the Left, the fact is that Proposition 8 in California and the laws in dozens of other states remain on the books and will come back to life when the Obergefell case is eventually overturned, which it clearly should be and we believe will be, perhaps sooner than people imagine," he wishfully claims.

"We are just one vote shy of having a pro-marriage majority on the US Supreme Court. If Anthony Kennedy decides to retire this year as many expect, we will have a realistic chance to promote a pro-marriage nominee from President Trump in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch."

Brown insists supporters should send NOM money because they are "also fighting for the truth of gender."


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http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/05/anti-gay-group-promises-supporters-prop-8-will-come-back-to-life-sooner-than-people-imagine/

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Anti-gay group promises supporters that Prop 8 will come back to life sooner than people imagine (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
Some people just gotta have and support hatred. It makes them feel good to abuse and bully RKP5637 May 2018 #1
I say this amused rather than offended Pope George Ringo II May 2018 #2
Oh FFS! Leith May 2018 #3
Control freaks IMO! They want to manipulate, control and bully everyone into their way of RKP5637 May 2018 #5
As long as there are sheep to be fleeced gratuitous May 2018 #4
Yep, money into Brian Brown's pockets. We see that a lot with these crusaders. n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #6

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
1. Some people just gotta have and support hatred. It makes them feel good to abuse and bully
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:29 PM
May 2018

others. They are mentally ill, deranged and need serious professional help.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
2. I say this amused rather than offended
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:40 PM
May 2018

But I can't help but feel that lumping Scalia in with Gorsuch insults Scalia's intelligence and integrity.

The rest of what that crackpot says is pretty offensive, admittedly.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
3. Oh FFS!
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:41 PM
May 2018

Why the hell do some people want to dedicate their lives to taking rights away from those who have done them no harm and never will?

This is the textbook definition of cramming religion down people's throats.

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
5. Control freaks IMO! They want to manipulate, control and bully everyone into their way of
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:50 PM
May 2018

life/thinking. They are exceptionally sick individuals that should be called out more than they are. We see them in all types of spectrums, especially religion. I would think there would also be linkage to sociopathic behavior.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. As long as there are sheep to be fleeced
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:45 PM
May 2018

These bigots will never go away, never give up. The good news is that we're on to them and ready for their campaign of lies and deception. Their once-mighty majority is now in the minority and shrinking day by day. When it no longer puts enough money in Brian Brown's pockets, he'll move on to another pasture and different sheep to shear.

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