Posted by
Playful Walrus on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:09:46 PM
The marriage neutering obsessives are targeting supporters of Proposition 8 with boycotts. Los Angeles Times staff writer Jessica Garrison reports.
Proponents of same-sex [“]marriage[“] are calling for a boycott of two prominent San Diego hotels because their owner, Doug Manchester, contributed more than $100,000 to the campaign for Proposition 8, the ballot measure that would amend the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
It would restore marriage licensing to the traditional, universal bride-groom type.
Manchester, San Diego's most prominent hotelier, who goes by the moniker "Papa," donated $125,000 to pay for signature gatherers to get the measure on the ballot.
Good for him.
The dust-up in San Diego -- which follows a march last month against another Proposition 8 supporter, Carlsbad car-dealership owner Robert Hoehn -- is another indication that same-sex [“]marriage[“] is a combustible political topic and is viewed by [neutered] marriage advocates as a civil rights issue.
It’s not a civil rights issue, and good for Hoehn.
Meanwhile, GaysDefendMarriage.com disappeared. The blogger behind the site claimed cryptically it was because of something he learned about others defending traditional marriage licensing. I’m not sure what that has to do with whether or not it is right to change marriage licensing, but maybe we’ll learn more in the future about what prompted him to stop defending traditional marriage via that blog.
And, of course, it looks like Mass. is moving towards trying to steal some business from California.
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