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Demonstrators at a protest on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Friday: African-American voters receive mailers with Barack Obama supposedly supporting Prop 8, the ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate gay marriage.
Saturday: The Obama-Biden campaign clarifies their position on Proposition 8: “The Obama-Biden ticket opposes Proposition 8 and similar discriminatory constitutional amendments that could roll back the civil rights he and Sen. Biden strongly believe should be afforded to all Americans." No on Prop 8 releases new ad featuring Obama, Schwarzenegger and Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Monday: Robocalls are reportedly sent to to phones in Chino (and presumably other communities) with Barack Obama's voice. The phone ad says he's against same-sex marriage and that the public should vote yes on 8, which is a vote against gay marriage.
Today: Supporters of Prop 8 are okay with 2,000 arranged marriages as part today's marriage event--The Moonies--in Washington DC. Today, Rev. Michael Jenkins of the church that organizes the event put "strong support" behind Prop 8. The Family Church of America, was founded by the Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon.
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Just got a robo-call like that this morning. They are even using a recording of him, during the first debate I believe.
These people do not seem to understand the phrase "how low will you go?".
I just got the same robo call about 30 mins ago.
I'm so disgusted by this and I'm really afraid it will pass. Someone I know was out in Desert Hot Spring this past weekend and said that area is LITTERED with Yes on 8 signs.
BTW, if 8 does pass what happens to the same sex marriages? Do they remain married or does their marriage license become void??
Prop 8 appears to be passing. Holy crap, what have we done?
Exit polls in California found that 70 percent of black voters backed the ban. Slightly more than half of Latino voters, who made up almost 20 percent of voters, favored the ban, while 53 percent of whites opposed it.