Texans donated big money to ban Calif. gay weddings

[cboy4]

Mind your own state's fucking business :puke:



Web Posted: 11/22/2008 12:00 CST
By Jeorge Zarazua - Express-News

Texans gave more than $1.3 million to the recent Proposition 8 election in California, with almost all of the money financing the successful campaign banning same-sex marriage in the state.

Of the $157,448 that was donated from San Antonio residents, all but $3,575 went to support the ban, according to information from the California Secretary of State.

More money was raised in Texas to help decide California's Proposition 8 election than when Texas voters approved their own constitutional amendment upholding traditional marriage in 2005. :wtf: Nearly $50,000 more was raised for California's battle, according to figures from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

California's Proposition 8 election was the most expensive decided by voters Nov. 4th, aside from the historic presidential election. It drew more than $60 million in campaign contributions from throughout the country on an issue that continues to reverberate from coast to coast. Last weekend, dozens of protesters filled the steps of San Antonio's City Hall to denounce the passage of the proposition as a hate-filled initiative. And, on Wednesday, the California Supreme Court voted 6-to-1 to hear legal challenges to the proposition.

Elizabeth Schleigh, a community liaison with the Human Rights Campaign, said she was surprised to learn San Antonio residents were among the biggest contributors in the state to support California's ban on same-sex marriage. Those contributors also tended to be Mormons, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which strongly advocated for the proposition.

“These are individuals that I know, and I was shocked,” said Schleigh, who helped organize the City Hall rally. “It's very confusing to me that the hatred is so deep-rooted that people would send their hard-earned money to another state to take away someone else's rights.”

But those who gave generously from San Antonio — to the tune of $10,000 apiece — said they were simply standing up for their beliefs and responding to requests from relatives who asked them for financial support.

“I'm always going to be there for families,” said Dr. Arlo Terry, a local ophthalmologist. “If I feel anything threatens the traditional family in the United States, I'm going to be there supporting families. Anyone who knows me knows I will do that.”

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/34913209.html

[JI7]

1. it's funny, all these states that usually talk about state's rights

are the ones who did the most to push prop 8 in California.

[RedLetterRev]

2. Thank you, exactly.

That is the second-most-offensive thing to me, right after the outright bigotry. The citizens of these states holler about the Fed coming in and telling them how to run their business, but they durnsure don't seem to mind running across their borders to interfere in the affairs and politics of some other state, now do they? I've brought the issue up in several posts, but you're the first to echo my dudgeon.

I think they need their noses rubbed in that bit of nastiness, too. Hypocrite, thy name is the oogedy-boogedy wing of the GOP.

Oogedy-Boogedy. I didn't coin it (wish I had) but if the pump fits...

[Zuiderelle]

3. They "said they were simply standing up for their beliefs"

That America should not be a nation of equality. :eyes:

And this:

“I'm always going to be there for families,” said Dr. Arlo Terry, a local ophthalmologist. “If I feel anything threatens the traditional family in the United States, I'm going to be there supporting families. Anyone who knows me knows I will do that.”

WTF? What about all the families that are hurt by this, you asshole? Like mine. I refuse to accept your hatred any longer. My family has as much right to the benefits you get.

It's appalling that someone who has an education at that level in 2008 could be so fucking backwards.

[bluedawg12]

4. What @ss holes-

“If I feel anything threatens the traditional family in the United States, I'm going to be there supporting families. Anyone who knows me knows I will do that.”

Right, so his money went to prevent domestic violence and child abuse?:argh: