Proposition 8

Truthiness versus Truth

By Kim on November 13, 2008

The fiercely independent thinking RWDBs of the Australian media and blogosphere have been out and about reciting talking points from the discredited Republican Noise machine ever since Barack Obama won the Presidency last week. For the life of me, I [...]

Posted in Australiana, Blogging, Foreign Elections, Media, USA | Tagged barack obama, Congress, Democrats, election results, faith based community, global financial crisis, GOP, noise machine, Proposition 8, reality based community, talking points, truth, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, wingnuts | 83 Responses

Your rights extinguished, by popular demand

By Mercurius on November 6, 2008

With which of your rights would you willingly part, if the majority willed it? Which of your rights would you not fight for, if the state legislated them away? Democracy, for all its precious redeeming virtues, has a major flaw [...]

Posted in Ethics, Foreign Elections, Law, Lesbian and Gay, USA | Tagged Proposition 8 | 145 Responses

NO on 8 – US election: the propositions

By Kim on November 4, 2008

Some US states which were influenced by the Progressive direct democracy movement in the early years of last century (which also saw direct elections to the US Senate and the beginnings of the presidential primary) have “propositions” as part of [...]

Posted in Activism, Foreign Elections, Lesbian and Gay, Sexuality, USA | Tagged 8against8, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ballot iniatives, ballot measures, blogosphere, california, civil rights, Culture Wars, direct democracy, Haviland, L Word, lesbian and gay rights, netroots, Proposition 8, propositions, referenda, Riese, same sex marriage, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 12 Responses

Proposition 8

Truthiness versus Truth

Your rights extinguished, by popular demand

NO on 8 – US election: the propositions

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