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Thread #115854   Message #2684443
Posted By: John P
21-Jul-09 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Subject: RE: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Two nights ago here in Seattle, two women were attacked in their bed at 3:00 a.m. One of them is dead and the other is in critical condition. It was known in their neighborhood that they were about to get married. We don't know, since the attacker is still at large, whether the impending marriage was the thing that set him off or not, but the timing makes it possible. In any event, it seems very likely that this was a hate crime.

Little Hawk: This isn't a game we're playing here.

Akenaton: This is what happens when people who are different than us are legally discriminated against, when our society thinks it's OK for us to hate "others". I know that you would never do anything like this, but I still lay part of the blame for it at your doorstep and at the doorstep of everyone else who behaves in a bigoted way toward homosexuals.