Comments on: Photo Friday: Proposition 8 Hearings in San Francisco

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:11:17 +0000

yes, when i went to the sd pride parade years back, there was a small group holding a “god hates sin” sign on the fringe. and i said, god hates hate too.

*shakes head*

By: Malinda

Malinda — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:30:23 +0000

Sarah, I agree with you — I was really shocked by how hateful the anti-gay marriage signs were. Really shocked.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:36:39 +0000

Wow, these photos are so illuminating. The total checker board of YES/NO signs shows how divisive the issue is, but it’s interesting to see, as you put it, the shoulder-rubbing. I wonder how the Prop. 8 folk can mingle so closely with queer folk (and supporters) and not see that the similarities far outnumber and outweigh the differences. If nothing else, I hope they’re thinking long and hard and deeply about their decision to support Prop. 8. :-7

By: Sarah in Chicago

Sarah in Chicago — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:43:29 +0000

I think it’s really interesting if you look at your pics Malinda, and the pics I’ve seen at a bunch of other places, that the attitude and signs of the different groups are quite distinct.

For those rightly anti-H8, they are focusing on the issue itself, on love, on having everyone included, on equality, and on civil rights … while those bigots in favour of H8 seem to be all about the demonising of LGBT relationships, families, etc.

Really sums things up in my mind.