{"id":7257,"date":"2008-11-10T19:48:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2008-11-10T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T04:41:09","slug":"bullying-the-prop-8-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7257","title":{"rendered":"Bullying The Prop 8 Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Last week America elected its first black president. But while racism in America is enormously diminished, it is not dead. Blogger Rod McCullom relays a report of postelection bigotry at a rally in Los Angeles, described by a reader named Gregory (quoting verbatim): <\/p>\n

It was like being at a klan rally except the klansmen were wearing Abercrombie polos and Birkenstocks. YOU NIGGER, one man shouted at men. If your people want to call me a FAGGOT, I will call you a nigger. Someone else said same thing to me on the next block near the temple…me and my friend were walking, he is also gay but Korean, and a young WeHo clone said after last night the niggers better not come to West Hollywood if they knew what was BEST for them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At issue, of course, was Proposition 8, a ballot measure that makes the traditional definition of marriage part of the California Constitution. Earlier the state Supreme Court had held that definition unconstitutional and ordered that localities issue marriage licenses to couples consisting of two men or two women.<\/p>\n

California voters approved Proposition 8, 52% to 48%, even as they were giving President-elect Obama an overwhelming 61% of the vote. But exit polls showed a striking divergence in voting patterns between racial and ethnic groups:<\/p>\n