Scott A. Wilburn » politics http://scottwilburn.com PHP/MySQL programmer in the Pacific Northwest Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Obama Wins, Marriage Equality Loses http://scottwilburn.com/2008/11/05/obama-wins-marriage-equality-loses/ http://scottwilburn.com/2008/11/05/obama-wins-marriage-equality-loses/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:31:51 +0000 scott http://scottwilburn.com/?p=97 The end of an era has finally arrived after eight years of failed Bush policies.  In just a couple short months, we will soon be free of dealing with W and welcome a Democratically controlled congress and white house… and it’s about time.

I say, “Welcome to the White House, President Obama”.

In California, the gay community has been dealt a hard blow with no thanks to the Mormon Church.  Proposition 8 has passed and gay and lesbian couples will no longer be able to marry.  The largest contributor to the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign, if you follow the trail of dirty money, is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.  (Yes, that would be the same city I visited in June, 2007, where I walked around Temple Square with a big cup of Starbucks Coffee).  Dan Savage at The Stranger posted a very interesting letter with a suggested response to the California vote.

Read it here

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Stick with Obama, you’ll be glad you did

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