Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Coalition of Gay Rights Groups Favors 2012 for Repealing Prop 8

Despite insisting just a few months ago that they wanted to go back to the ballot in 2010 to try to amend the state Constitution to allow same-sex marriage, many of the state's gay-rights groups now say that is too soon. They worry about raising the millions of dollars needed to run a campaign and suggest that the job of changing enough voters' minds on same-sex marriage might take longer than 12 months. "Going back to the ballot . . . in 2010 would be rushed and risky," read a joint statement issued Monday by three gay-rights groups and signed by more than two dozen other groups and individuals. "We should proceed with a costly, demanding, and high-stakes electoral campaign of this sort only when we are confident we can win." Full Story from the LA Times

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is an understandable but bad idea. Since 2012 is a "major election year" with the presidential election, groups that don't vote in "mid session elections" will be voting in 2012.

Those groups, Black and Latino, will likely come out in 2012 and not in 2010. And since my own African American mother voted for Prop 8, I know exactly what I am talking about!

You can check out my blog posts about Minorities and Prop 8 at I'm Not Feeling It.com

July 14, 2009 at 9:41 AM  

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