tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63163213901072960122011-07-30T15:11:03.070-07:00I'm a conservative, Christian, Republican, straight white male and I support the rights of gays to marry and live their own lives. I voted NO on California's Prop 8. Let's support the rights of our gay brothers and sisters.Michael Higbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03229225335109401795noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316321390107296012.post-71631310765714328522008-11-07T08:00:00.000-08:002008-11-07T08:00:01.042-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SRPWjM14aYI/AAAAAAAABJ0/QnUzOrJZ-Yo/s1600-h/del-phyllis-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SRPWjM14aYI/AAAAAAAABJ0/QnUzOrJZ-Yo/s400/del-phyllis-2.jpg" /></a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Richard Alarcon's constituents voted overwhelmingly that little old lady lesbians like these can't get married.</span></i></div>&nbsp; <br />The County of LA provides results on various election races by Council District within various cities.&nbsp; I've pulled and recorded the votes for and against Proposition 8, the measure that bans same-sex marriage in California that has apparently passed with 52% of the vote statewide.<br /><br />It appears that in most Council Districts the measure failed, hence supporting marriage equity, with the largest number of no votes in CD5.&nbsp; On the other hand the measure passed in CDS 1, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 15 with Richard Alarcon's District 7 contributing a whopping 60% of yes votes to end the rights of gay families, a margin greater than that the statewide vote.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="325" src="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pZwTaZuJUtLlwSyGo5grpaQ&amp;output=html&amp;widget=true" width="300"></iframe></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6316321390107296012-7163131076571432852?l=straightsagainsthate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Higbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03229225335109401795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316321390107296012.post-78008560357639073282008-11-06T23:20:00.000-08:002008-11-06T23:21:01.191-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XrVgkGej4Ck&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XrVgkGej4Ck&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6316321390107296012-7800856035763907328?l=straightsagainsthate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Higbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03229225335109401795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316321390107296012.post-32434288417677130732008-11-06T23:07:00.000-08:002008-11-06T23:08:40.647-08:00The LA Times reports that <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-protest7-2008nov07,0,3827549.story"><b>thousands of supporters of same-sex marriage staged a protest in front of the Los Angeles Mormon Temple in West LA</b></a>. Police had to shut down Santa Monica Blvd. due to the protests and traffic is a mess at the moment.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SROMFD90bPI/AAAAAAAABJk/03DipMQ2s1s/s1600-h/43232141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SROMFD90bPI/AAAAAAAABJk/03DipMQ2s1s/s400/43232141.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Update</span>: the protestors are moving to Century City reportedly. The photo below was graciously stolen from Boi From Troy's site, this is one of the protests Wednesday night in West Hollywood. I like the one hand-made sign. Shows that the Obama California Campaign has some 'splainin to do.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SROSwWPk89I/AAAAAAAABJs/H0qdBjwurP0/s1600-h/n3428150_39789635_9277.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265713748628534226" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eU0Q5KAVbsI/SROSwWPk89I/AAAAAAAABJs/H0qdBjwurP0/s400/n3428150_39789635_9277.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6316321390107296012-3243428841767713073?l=straightsagainsthate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Higbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03229225335109401795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316321390107296012.post-78821264448670900442008-11-06T22:53:00.001-08:002008-11-06T22:53:45.701-08:00I'm pretty sure that there is not one political issue that the guy in this video and I would agree on.&nbsp; That doesn't matter.&nbsp; In this video, which is 10 minutes long but trust me it's well worth it, a gay man from New York discusses the passage of Proposition 8 in the larger context of the gay civil rights movement.&nbsp; I believe he is right; this time the gays are not going to step back into the closest, a major wave of activism and protest is headed our way.<br /><br />He makes extremely good points and is quite articulate and interesting.&nbsp; If you were in favor of Prop 8 beware, he might just change your mind.<br /><br />I urge you to join me in Straights Against Hate.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XeVCeRsqFWE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XeVCeRsqFWE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6316321390107296012-7882126444867090044?l=straightsagainsthate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Higbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03229225335109401795noreply@blogger.com0