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02/17/2011

Video: You pushed a bad vote, AFA. You didn't bind our minds or mouths!

by Jeremy Hooper

- Continued overlooking of the 6,410,482 residents who cast a principled vote against discrimination, with all involved acting as if only the 7,001,084 Californians who voted in favor of Proposition 8 matter in this ongoing conversation.

- Continued attempt to make those who've brought legal challenge look "radical" or out-of-line, even though all parties involved must ultimately answer not to their own activist consciences but rather to our shared constitution.

- Continued misunderstanding of the concept of legal standing, with discrimination supporters pretending (a) that Prop 8 proponents are within their legal right to appeal simply because they want to win, and (b) that state officials must defend laws that are patently unconstitutional. Neither of those are true.


So in short: Continued anti-LGBT activism from the AFA:


(H/t: Joe.My.God)

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