The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute yesterday released the results of a study debunking the myth that African Americans overwhelmingly and disproportionately supported Proposition 8. The study, commissioned by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco, found that the level of support for Prop. 8 among African Americans wasContinueContinue reading “New Study Debunks Myths about African American Voting on Prop. 8”
Category Archives: Ballot Initiatives
Day Without A Gay: Protesting Prop. 8 by Donating to Causes
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the gay community and its allies will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes in Day Without A Gay, a nationwide strike through an economic boycott and doing volunteer work, rather than civil disobedience or other tactics. Conceived by SeanContinueContinue reading “Day Without A Gay: Protesting Prop. 8 by Donating to Causes”
Colorado Voters Reject Ward Connerly’s Attack on Opportunity
OCT. 7 UPDATE: We may see the end of the Ward Connerly anti-opportunity initiatives. The Rocky Mountain News reported yesterday that voters in Colorado have rejected Amendment 46, Ward Connerly’s ballot initiative to destroy equal opportunity programs and policies in that state. Coloradans soundly defeated this attack on equal opportunity because they know that thrivingContinueContinue reading “Colorado Voters Reject Ward Connerly’s Attack on Opportunity”