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CA: I've seen Yes on Prop 8 commercials
Apparently they bought time during the first commercial break of Today, I saw it yesterday and today.
It starts out with a clip of Gavin Newsom the day he started giving marriage licenses. It has some nonsense about the court overturning the voice of the voters and forcing gay marriage upon the citizens. It threatens lawsuits from people whose rights are violated (they flash some fuzzy paperwork on screen, maybe they're referring to the couple that demanded they be called bride and groom?) and suggests churches will have their tax exempt status revoked.
It ends with Gavin again. Subtext: don't let the crazy San Francisco liberals steal marriage.
I also saw a Yes on Prop 8 yard sign on my way to work today. It's going to take a lot of effort not to accidentally vear onto that guy's lawn in the next 35 days.
Re: CA: I've seen Yes on Prop 8 commercials
I just posted a link to that ad on E08. I thought it was hilarious. It was so poorly made and so cheesy and over the top fearmongering, that I had to watch it three times, all while laughing my ass off.
The No on 8 ads are so tasteful. The contrast between the two is mind blowing, and gives me great hope for our state.
I saw that add or one very similar last night. It WAS cheesy. They made it sound like the crazy liberals were going to force straight people to have gay marriages lol
I think the no on prop 8 commercials are MUCH better. Unfortunately, I think the fear mongering will probably work for many people. I have still hopefull that we will stop this from passing.
I saw a guy with a "Yes on Prop 8" bumper sticker the other day, after he cut us off. So he was a double douche. (The bumber sticker had two stick figures(one obviously a girl and one a boy) holding hands. It was pretty stupid.
not one peep in yet about the Florida constitution amendment against gay marriage.
This is why I can't believe Florida will ever go blue.
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I'm guessing they might lose tax-exempt status for discriminating against gays, though I have no idea why that would happen now, as they've been discriminating against gays since time immemorial. I think ESF knows more about this argument.
Did you all see this statement from Google? This is the first time they've taken a position on a social issue.
As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.
However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.
The only way they will lose their tax exempt status is if they are campaigning and lobbying. If a church says "vote yes on Prop 8" or "vote for McCain", they can lose their tax exempt status.
Ironic that they are scared about losing their tax exemption on this issue, but that all these churches are giving the IRS the finger and campaigning for McCain right now.
There is absolutely no logical reason why churches would lose their tax exempt status if this law passed. This line is as true as saying "everyone will be beamed up to Mars if gay people get married."