No on Prop 8 rally. Opening the rally
Bob Morris @ 22:40 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
November 15, 2008
No on Prop 8 rally. Gay Mormon couple
Bob Morris @ 22:37 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
Link.
(I screwed up and have the wrong caption for them. Obviously they are not Carole Midgen. But, by the time I realized the mistake, it already had several comments on YouTube, so I guess I’m stuck with it…)
Nov. 15, 2008. San Francisco. Jointheimpact.com
No on Prop 8 rally. Rev. Dr. Penny Nixon
Bob Morris @ 22:24 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
No on Prop 8 rally. Tom Ammiano. California State Assembly
Bob Morris @ 22:22 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
No on Prop 8 rally. Mark Leno. California State Senate
Bob Morris @ 22:20 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
No on Prop 8 rally. David Cameron
Bob Morris @ 22:17 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
Cameron is Intersex Outreach Director at Marriage Equality USA. Link.
Nov. 15, 2008. San Francisco. Jointheimpact.com
No on Prop 8 rally. Carole Midgen. California State Senate
Bob Morris @ 22:11 Category: LGBT rights Tags: prop 8;
NYT: Mormons tipped scale in ban on gay marriage
Bob Morris @ 08:10 Category: LGBT rights, Unfiled Tags: prop 8;
“We’ve spoken out on other issues, we’ve spoken out on abortion, we’ve spoken out on those other kinds of things,” said Michael R. Otterson, the managing director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the Mormons are formally called, in Salt Lake City. “But we don’t get involved to the degree we did on this.”
Well golly, then I guess the No on Prop 8 side should also get involved to a great degree too. I’ve got it. How about a) mass protests, b) nationwide boycotts of Mormon controlled businesses who gave to Yes on 8 (including personal donations by management), and c) a concerted effort to get the LDS non-profit status yanked? Just for starters.
The LDS may have won a Prop 8 battle, if only temporarily. But in doing so they started a war they only dimly comprehend. Marriage rights and equality for LGBTs will happen, of this I am certain.
I’ll be at the SF protest by the time this is posted, helping set up, will probably be videoing the speakers, and should have lots of photos and footage when I return. The SF protest alone has gotten 6,000 confirmations on FaceBook of people who are coming.
The financial collapse of Iceland
Bob Morris @ 05:50 Category: Credit crisis, Unfiled Tags: Iceland;
The Financial Times has a quite amazing story about Iceland, amazing in that the financial wreckage created by the collapse of their banking system will have repercussions that will last for years.
How bad is it? This bad.
“The huge measures introduced by the US authorities to rescue their banking system represent just under 5 per cent of the US GDP. The total economic debt of the Icelandic banks, however, is many times the GDP of Iceland” — Iceland Prime Minister
The UK invoked an anti-terrorist act to freeze the £8bn in assets of Icelandic banks there. This prompted Icelanders to start websites telling Gordon Brown that they are not terrorists. (see image.)
Their currency is not accepted anywhere except Iceland now. They appear to have a strong and cohesive culture, but it’s difficult to see how their society will not fracture, something which will be made worse by an exodus of escaping citizens.
