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The main thing that I want to get across to people who voted Yes on 8 is that bigotry and hatred are WRONG and will not be accepted in our society. It took a while for ANY equal rights issue to become a standard. It will take time, but it WILL happen.
An interesting theory I heard today about why 8 won. The voter turnout this election was HUGE - especially among the Black and Latino voters who wanted Obama to be their next president. Many of these people are not usual voters. Black and Latinos also tend to be god-fearing religious people - Catholic, Baptist, etc. The theory was that if Obma wasn't an option for President, mny of these people wouldn't have voted and 8 would have been a firm No.
I that is true, then I think that comparisons to the Civil Rights Movement, to segregation, to hate crimes against blacks, and to other nasty wrongs in America's past should be played up. Not many in today's world would dare to be openly racist against a black person or even suggest that their rights should be any different thn anyone else. I think the parrallel should be drawn and emphasized and maybe there will be more understanding.
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