Comments on De Nihilo Nihil: Something quizzical

I agree with you Tyler--the mismatch between Prop ...

2008-11-05T17:11:00.000-08:00

I agree with you Tyler--the mismatch between Prop 8 and Prop 4 makes no sense.

exit polls showed non-evangelical voters who came ...

2008-11-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

exit polls showed non-evangelical voters who came out for Prop 8 were lationos 65-35. The catholic vote?

But, they could have won the Prop 4 battle if they...

2008-11-05T10:05:00.000-08:00

But, they could have won the Prop 4 battle if they had been willing to put any money in it. The only money spent on Prop 4 was against it and it was close. They simply didn't care about it, because it's gays they really fear. And, they won't go after divorce, because evangelicals have higher divorce rates than the average population. But, Tom, do you have some reason to know or think that it was the straight Latino population that doomed us, or is this a surmise?

To play devil's advocate, those people could proba...

2008-11-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

To play devil's advocate, those people could probably respond in the same they do when people ask them why, if the protection of marriage is of such importance, there was no proposed amendment to ban divorce: they know which battles they can win.

Which is why I am writing the California Tourism Board to propose a new state motto. "California: Only Most Of Us Are Biggots."

BINGO! You cannot try to rationalize fundmanetali...

2008-11-05T09:50:00.000-08:00

BINGO! You cannot try to rationalize fundmanetalism (i.e. their chosen fights) and zeal in the name of religion.

But you are right on! Not one mention of this Prop that I heard from Dobson et al.

You understand my hope last night (and my incessant urging via email to you) when I saw the numbers completely turn against parental notification that I thought this was our opportunity too on Prop 8 when liberal numbers seem to be coming in.

In the final analysis, it was the straight latino population that doomed us, whose basis was in homophobia more so then their religion or the Mormons.