tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post8515490811840659137..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Be Afraid ... Be VERY AfraidSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-77570580681108626292009-04-09T12:14:00.000-07:002009-04-09T12:14:00.000-07:00To respond to IT,"In California, we gave a lot to ...To respond to IT,<BR/><BR/>"In California, we gave a lot to Equality CA including setting up a wedding registry (our guests were VERY generous) but I was decidedly unimpressed with the campaign they won" (sic)<BR/><BR/>I thought it was the worst-run political campaign I've seen in my lifetime since I began working in campaigns in 1961. It was utterly ineffective until it was too far gone to be Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-71432868541143690472009-04-08T18:18:00.000-07:002009-04-08T18:18:00.000-07:00Hey Susan, Sorry to bend the topic slightly, but I...Hey Susan, Sorry to bend the topic slightly, but I wanted to let you and your readers know that the Prop 8 folks are asking their followers to write letters to a list of Iowa legislators they feel might be sympathetic to their cause, asking them to get the Iowa Marriage Amendment out of committee and on the road to (they hope) passage. <BR/><BR/>I...er...borrowed the list and sent a letter of myLorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607439799725636481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-46911984798982893632009-04-08T16:32:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:32:00.000-07:00See the take down of the NOM vAUDITIONS here (Dif...See the take down of the NOM vAUDITIONS <A>here </A> (Different Youtube than the response one)IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-44716467972782675902009-04-08T16:30:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:30:00.000-07:00As for the question about who to support, I'm sure...As for the question about who to support, I'm sure Susan has her views. <BR/><BR/>Nationally, I don't know.<BR/><BR/>In California, we gave a lot to Equality CA including setting up a wedding registry (our guests were VERY generous) but I was decidedly unimpressed with the campaign they won, and their blaming of everyone else for it. Their decision to avoid any actual gay people was a total....IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-9676233291242794662009-04-08T16:28:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:28:00.000-07:00Let us stress what WelcomeToTheSearch brought up: ...Let us stress what WelcomeToTheSearch brought up: these are fakes. These are actors in the NOM ad. They aren't real people, they are speaking the lines they were paid to say. <BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://www.hrc.org/12470.htm" REL="nofollow">HRC news release</A> rebuts the lies in each of the "cases" the NOM video discusses.<BR/><BR/>LIES. This is what we need to get out there. THEY ARE IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49290359354527636382009-04-08T16:02:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:02:00.000-07:00Fear. The loss of freedom. Punishment by "the gove...Fear. The loss of freedom. Punishment by "the government." The same old conservative playback, whatever the issue. <BR/><BR/>The government is always a malevolent, exterior force. The government as "We, the people" - not so much.<BR/><BR/>Yet, government intervention to substitute religious indoctrination for reality-based policy - hey, no problem!uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-37760572388417978292009-04-08T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:37:00.000-07:00Happy to hug 'em, LG ... just not willing to roll ...Happy to hug 'em, LG ... just not willing to roll over and let them write their bigotry into our constitution!SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-73636075958522042252009-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:00I'm pleased that citizens NOM are organizing a...I'm pleased that citizens NOM are organizing and making their voices heard. Now, those of us with opposing views, can practice our hard won skills of Tolerance, Acceptance, & Inclusion of all beliefs! Have you hugged a Christian today?LGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-11364546518108311272009-04-08T15:28:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:28:00.000-07:00Disgusting doesn't even begin to come close. . . ...Disgusting doesn't even begin to come close. . . Great Youtube response. <BR/><BR/>After your experiences in CA do you have a sense of which organizations are in a position to make the most effective use of donations? Every LGBT supportive group that has my email had an appeal in my inbox today. I can't afford to give to all of them, but am not really in a position to know who would be best.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752647845657172289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-87789787375870867062009-04-08T14:52:00.000-07:002009-04-08T14:52:00.000-07:00Happy to see the GoodAsYou response. It's excellen...Happy to see the GoodAsYou response. It's excellent. <BR/>As one person commented on YouTube, though, the GoodAsYou response is 3 mins. long. Somehow, we need to get as smart as the bigots about distilling our message into 30- and 60-second soundbytes.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-72440983010677139502009-04-08T14:35:00.000-07:002009-04-08T14:35:00.000-07:00If we don't already have response ads in the can r...If we don't already have response ads in the can ready to go, we'd better get to work producing them!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-20571267337231265422009-04-08T14:09:00.000-07:002009-04-08T14:09:00.000-07:00Goodasyou.org has responded to this ad with an ad ...Goodasyou.org has responded to this ad with an ad of their own (warning:one word of profanity at the beginning of the ad, the "bs" word). It's on their website and it's a great response. It's also up on Youtube. Here is the url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGe8DwBs-s<BR/><BR/>Hard to believe they have the nerve to call themselves a "rainbow coalition."Cynthia Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928956743579728881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-63065204710948307942009-04-08T13:44:00.000-07:002009-04-08T13:44:00.000-07:00http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/04/lying-nom-ad-...http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/04/lying-nom-ad-played-by-lying-actors.html<BR/><BR/>"The Human Rights Campaign has found the audition reels for the anti-gay National Organization For Marriage spot that I posted this morning. Oops, all that "I'm a Massachusetts mother" bullshit turns out to be exactly that. <BR/>What’s next for the National Organization for Marriage? Will they hire legendary WelcomeToTheSearchForPeacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02940862967413106048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-15637353996708248022009-04-08T12:56:00.000-07:002009-04-08T12:56:00.000-07:00And here's a response on Youtube.Some conservative...And here's a response on <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGe8DwBs" REL="nofollow">Youtube</A>.<BR/><BR/>Some conservatives are <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/8/717823/-Conservatives-speak-on-gay-marriage" REL="nofollow">starting to get a clue....</A> but meanwhile they continue with this dangerous meme that gay marriage some how impinges on THEIR civil rights. We have to IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.com