Wednesday, November 5, 2008

US rejects "gay" "marriage" articles by Timothy Bloedow and Lifesite News

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November 5, 2008

Americans crush homosexual "marriage" and adoption agenda in U.S. election

Yesterday black Americans revealed their strong opposition to abusive and fraudulent attempts to link homosexual "sex" with the civil rights movement.

Voters turned out at levels not seen in 100 years, said some media. Most people credited this turn-out primarily to Barak Obama, which means that more of these voters were Democrats and a disproportionate number were black people. It was these people who demonstrated yesterday the broad-based contempt that thoughtful Americans have for the bigoted and perverse agenda of the radical homosexualist movement.

What the results show is that opposition to sexual perversion extends across the political spectrum and is a true bi-partisan position. The results also demonstrate that the more Americans who vote, the greater the demonstrated opposition is to homosexual "marriage" and adoption.

The homosexual "marriage" agenda was decimated in Florida. A ballot measure to ban the practice was passed with a huge majority of 62% to 38% (with 99% of precincts reporting as of this writing). Even easy-going Floridians want nothing to do with the ideological construct of "gay marriage."

Even in America's ghetto of rabid liberalism, California, the measure to ban homosexual "marriage" is winning with 52% over 48% (with 91% of precincts reporting). If the sexually perverse notion of same-sex "marriage" can't pass in California, that's as much evidence one needs that the idea is a political liability, a noose around a politician's neck - certainly not something of benefit.

Homosexual activists and their secular-fundamentalist fellow-travelers put millions and millions of dollars into this fight. The psychological impact of this defeat - especially knowing that this defeat came largely at the hand of Democrat voters - must be devastating.

How are conservatives going to take advantage of these results to press home their advantage - despite a Barak Obama presidency? Will conservatives take advantage of these results?

Americans in Arizona also voted against homosexual "marriage" by voting in favour of their ballot to ban homosexual "marriage" by 56% to 44% (with 99% of precincts reporting).

And in Arkansas, Americans showed their disgust for homosexual adoption. A ballot measure banning homosexual adoption won in Arkansas by 57% to 43% (with 96% of precincts reporting). Congratulations Arkansas for protecting your children from this proven risk to healthy upbringing. You voted with reason instead of siding with anti-rational homosexualist fundamentalism.

LIFESITE NEWS REPORTS THE FOLLOWING TODAY:

November 5, 2008

Victory: California Marriage Proposition 8 Passes in Historic Battle

By John Jalsevac

November 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexualist lobby received one of its stiffest blows in years, and one which may ultimately serve as a permanent setback for same-sex “marriage” in the US, after California’s Proposition 8, the ballot measure to define marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman, is projected to pass by a narrow majority vote.

The proposition was ahead by margin of 52% to 48% with 95% of precincts reporting as of 8am today. The referendum called for the California constitution to be amended by adding the phrase: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

The vote marks the second time that Californian voters have voted to protect natural marriage in the state. In a 2000 referendum Californians overwhelmingly voted for marriage, passing Proposition 22 with a 61% to 38% majority.

Proposition 8 proponents emerged victorious despite a difficult uphill battle that pitted grassroots Californians against a hostile political establishment, judiciary, and Hollywood elite that pulled out all the stops in the fight to defeat the initiative.

The battle for marriage was given a seemingly insurmountable setback earlier in the year after the California Supreme Court decided in a 4-3 vote on May 15 to ignore the 2000 referendum, and to force same-sex “marriage” on the state. Since then thousands of homosexual couples have been “married” under the court decision. Those “marriages,” however, will now be invalidated.

The strategically timed Supreme Court decision had numerous far reaching effects for the Yes on 8 campaign, one of which is that it permitted the Attorney General to alter the language of the initiative as it would appear on the ballot, so that, rather than positively defining marriage as between a man and a woman, the ballot read that Proposition 8 “eliminates (the) right of same-sex couples to marry."

Despite the high-level opposition, however, "we caused Californians to rethink this issue," Proposition 8 strategist Jeff Flint said last night, according to the LA Times.

In the beginning, he said, "I think the voters were thinking, well, if it makes them happy, why shouldn't we let gay couples get married. And I think we made them realize that there are broader implications to society and particularly the children when you make that fundamental change that's at the core of how society is organized, which is marriage.”

The victory is significant not only for California, but for the whole country, and for the West as a whole. The $70 million battle over Proposition 8 was one of the most heated battles of the 2008 election, even at times appearing to eclipse the presidential campaign in the state.

California, as the largest, and one of the most influential and liberal states in the Union, was perceived as being a key state for homosexualists bent on forcing same-sex “marriage” throughout the country. Opponents and supporters of Proposition 8 both recognized that if homosexual “marriage” was allowed to stay in California, the state would serve as an effective platform to spread this radical social engineering throughout the US, setting off a domino effect.

"No one can underestimate the impact of the largest state in the nation treating all of its citizens equally," said Lorri Jean, head of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, and head of the No on 8 campaign.

Despite early polls showing that Proposition 8 would lose, in the final weeks leading up to the vote, thanks to an effective ad campaign, the Yes on 8 campaign was able to warn Californians about the far-reaching effects of permitting same-sex “marriage.” In particular, Prop. 8 supporters focused on educating voters on the effects that same-sex “marriage” would have on the school systems, pointing to the experiences of parents in Massachusetts as a prime example.

The No campaign, despite repeated attempts to paint marriage supporters as liars for warning that same-sex “marriage” will have a profound impact on public schools, suffered significant setbacks after two embarrassing high profile cases emerged one after another in the news in the final few weeks: one of a kindergarten teacher who was found to be holding a “gay day” in her class, and another in which a whole class of grade school students attended their teacher’s same-sex “wedding” at the San Francisco City Hall. The latter case was particularly embarrassing since the minister at the wedding was none other the mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom.

While the final votes continue to be tallied in California, most major networks have declared that Proposition 8 is victorious. "Thanks be to God! Marriage won in California," wrote Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, in an e-mail to supporters this morning.

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