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racaulk

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5. Actually, no, she didn't.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:51 AM
Feb 2012

A text search of yesterday's opinion (found here) for the word "bigot" (or variations such as "bigots," "bigoted," "bigotry," etc.) produces zero results.

A text search for the word "irrational" only produces two results, both of which seem to be in direct reference to the case Romer v. Evans, the opinion of which yesterday's opinion seemed to be heavily based. One of those results was a direct quote from the opinion in that case. The word "irrational" was not used in the original wording from this specific court at all.

Although you and I may agree that those who voted in favor of Prop 8 are irrational bigots, it was not the authors of yesterday's opinion that called them that as Maggie Gallagher claimed. She knows this, but she is purposely twisting the words of the court for no other purpose but to inflame others who would love nothing more than to continue harming and discriminating against people like myself. She also likely made this false claim as yet another ploy to get more donations out of NOM's supporters.

Not only was Gallagher factually incorrect in her tweet, but her motivations for posting it were wrong as well.

She didn't "get one right" at all, IMHO.

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