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Monday, November 10, 2008 03:48 AM

We need to stop giving money to homophobic Obama and Biden

The best thing we can do as a community is to immediately stop all donations to Obama and the Democratic Party.

It is the best way to show we will not be discriminated against anymore.

If you have a local or state politician that consistently supports our rights than please donate to them directly.

But to donate money to the administration of the man who said:

"I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman." (From the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Presidential questionnaire) - Barack Hussein Obama

is the ultimate masochistic act.

Obama wants to discriminate me fine, but I'm sure as hell not going to pay him to do it.

Monday, November 10, 2008 03:51 AM

Obama wants to discriminate against me, fine

but I'm sure as hell not going to pay him to do it.

No more donations to the Democratic Party!

Monday, November 10, 2008 03:54 AM

To anyone foolish enough to think Obama cares about equal rights for gays

During his Senate run in Illinois in 2004, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is said to have declined to have his picture taken with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who was in the center of a national turmoil over his decision to allow same-sex marriage in the city.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday that the snub took place at a fund-raiser hosted by former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

"I gave a fund-raiser at (Obama's) request at the Waterfront restaurant," Brown told the Chronicle. "And he said to me, he would really appreciate it if he didn't get his photo taken with my mayor. He said he would really not like to have his picture taken with Gavin."

While the Obama campaign has denied the rumors, Newsom's staff has corroborated the event.

http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/02/07/1

Then we have Obama's hate tour through the American south early in his campaign featuring:

Reverend Donnie McClurkin who said he's "in a war with homosexuality",

and anti semetic Hezekiah Walker, the Pentecostal pastor of Brooklyn mega-church the Love Fellowship Tabernacle,

and Mary Mary (a sister act duo) who have compared gays to murderers and prostitutes.

Now we have Prop. 8 winning because 70% of the black vote in California was in favor of it, here is a direct Obama quote:

"I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman." (From the Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Presidential questionnaire) - Barack Hussein Obama

Obama is no friend of the gay community and never will be.

Monday, November 10, 2008 06:35 AM

Blaming the victim

70% of black voters in California chose to discriminate against gays yet we are called racist for pointing out this fact.

This is the exact same thing the black community did in the primaries when it was pointed out that 90% of them voted for an unknown and inexperienced candidate simply because he was black like them, they smeared Hillary and Bill as racists.

I live in California and not one leading black figure spoke out against Prop 8 but it's our fault for not "reaching out" to the black community?!

Monday, November 10, 2008 09:48 AM

so called christians

As a former teacher of mine said "Christians are the most un-Christ-like people I have ever met".

It's their usual double standard.....it's fine for 70% of the black community to choose to discriminate against us but when we fight back we are being racist and hateful.

Monday, November 10, 2008 09:53 AM

Willie Brown blew the whistle on Obama's snub of Mayor Newsom

so props to him all the way around.

But the rest of them must have been speaking to themselves because I didn't see or hear one commercial featuring any black leader urging voters against Prop 8.

Monday, November 10, 2008 10:31 AM

Considering...

Bush got away with invading another country and inflating the price of oil to make more money for himself and for all his Texas oil friends

and

Bush succeeded in making it legal to give tax money to religions regardless of who they discriminate against

and

Bush succeeded in appointing more reactionary right wing judges

and

Bush succeeded in raping the environment and the EPA

and

Bush succeeded in giving over $700 billion in corporate welfare to Wall Street with the help of the Democratically controlled Congress

Not to mention rigging his presidential elections, I'd say he did extremely well for the Republicans.

Monday, November 10, 2008 11:17 AM

Let's see in 2004.......John Kerry is against gay marriage,

John Edwards is against gay marriage, George Bush is against gay marriage, and Dick Cheney is against gay marriage.

But gay marriage cost the Democrats the election?

I guess Kerry just wasn't against it ENOUGH.

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